Team Green Britain Bike Week 2010

Last year more than 1,700 events across the UK attracted 265,000 participants.

This year, supported by EDF Energy’s Team Green Britain - an organisation dedicated to helping Britons live a more sustainable lifestyle – Bike Week promises to be even bigger with 12 regional workshops, organiser guides for event planners, and free advice on minimising environmental impact.

Rediscover the joys of cycling with free training sessions, information stalls, inspirational talks, history bike tours and cycle orienteering. And if you feel like updating your old machine, there’ll be cycle try-out sessions with the opportunity to have a go on state-of- the-art mountain bikes or the latest hybrids, touring and trekking models, plus the chance to purchase some trendy cycling apparel.

Bike Week is a sociable event too: last year some towns organised free breakfasts en-route for cyclists on their way to work, and there were cycle tours with stop offs at local hostelries… before a rather more wobbly ride back!

Like Falling Off A Log…

It doesn’t matter if you haven’t ridden a bike since the age of ten – they say that like swimming, bicycling is a skill you never forget.

On the other hand, what you may have forgotten is the sheer exhilaration and sense of freedom you get when coasting along leafy country lanes, or that satisfied feeling of having accomplished some exercise without having to

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