Charity Events
Charity Bike Events are a great way to get out and about on your bike, enjoying the fresh air, meeting new friends, and also supporting good causes. Bikes.org.uk support a wide range of charities. If you would like to promote your charity cycle ride, please contact us with details.
Great North Bike Ride
The Great North Bike Ride is a sponsored Charity Bike Ride for The Chris Lucas Trust. The route runs for 60 miles along the North Northumberland coastline, starting at Seahouses and travels to Tynemouth Priory & Castle. The entry fee covers the cost of running the event and in itself provides no money for the [...]
Wirral Bikeathon
The Wirral Bikeathon is an annual charity cycling event held in June on the northern part of the Wirral peninsula. In aid of Leukaemia Lymphoma Research, who’s aim is to beat blood cancers, the Wirral event was first established in 1999 and is now one of the charity’s most popular Bikeathon rides. Other Bikeathon’s include; [...]
How to Prepare for a Charity Bike Ride
Charity bike events are a great way for cyclists to get involved with their local community, raise money for good causes and have fun too. For some people, a charity cycling event may be their only cycle ride each year so it is essential to prepare for the event well in advance if you are [...]
Bike Scheme for the Unemployed
There is a lot in the news at the moment about the introduction of a cap on benefits, with claimants being restricted to the overall amount they can claim. The basic idea is that those on benefits will not be eligible to claim more from the state than the average working household, specifically this amounts [...]
Hoy Bikes
Olympic God, Sir Chris Hoy, has launched a range of self-titled HOY bikes. Perhaps inevitably, Sir Chris follows in the footsteps of another Cycling legend, Chris Boardman MBE, who has already established himself in the bike supply arena with his Boardman Bikes. Developed in conjunction with Evans Cycles, HOY Bikes has taken several years of [...]
£20 million Investment to Improve UK Cycling
What a fantastic announcement from the Government this week. Transport Minister, Norman Baker, has confirmed that a further £20 million will be allocated on supporting cycling in the UK. The money is to fund cycle safety and cycling facilities throughout the UK, including improvements to safety at junctions. The announcement was made by Mr Baker [...]
Who has the Cheapest Bikes?
In part one of this series of articles, we looked at the importance of Christmas trading for the Cycling Industry. In particular, we looked at who has the Best Choice of Bikes for adults and saw that it was the specialist bike shops; Winstanleys, Tredz and Evans Cycles that were the clear leaders. In part [...]
Win a Muddyfox Stomp Mountain Bike
We’ve teamed up with Argos to give away a Muddyfox Stomp 24 Mountain Bike just in time to light up one lucky child’s face this Christmas. Bike riding is one of the most popular ways for a child to keep fit whilst having fun with family and friends. This child’s mountain bike has a dual [...]
Best Bike Shop Online for Choice of Childrens Bikes
In a previous article, we looked at how bike shops should be preparing for Christmas trading and which of the leading retailers had the Best Bike Shop Online for Choice of Bikes. The clear leader was Wigan based mail order company, Winstanleys, who have over 2,200 adult bikes. The report also saw a clear winner [...]
Survival of the Fittest Bike Shops at Christmas
For many retailers, Christmas trading can be the difference between a good year, and a disastrous year. The latter is becoming more likely to result in under-performing companies going into administration, with inter-company debts and job losses the visible signs of failure. We are all by now more than familiar with the effects of the [...]
Skyfall for Team Sky or Clouds with Silver Lining
What a week for Team Sky and the Cycling World. We’ve had the lows of doping scandals and the highs of Bradley Wiggins winning the prestigious Vélo d’Or award. Nestled in the middle of all this is the possibility of a Tour de Yorkshire .. read on. Monday – UCI Accepts USADA Report On Monday, [...]
Shand Cycles Grows Range for 2013
It is good to see that small, boutique manufacturers of bikes are still able to establish themselves in a crowded marketplace dominated by major corporations, which is why the expansion of Scotland’s Shand Cycles is to be heralded as a success for the little guy. The company opened up shop almost 10 years ago, with [...]
UK Cycling Boosted After Olympics Success
Whether or not you were particularly engaged with the London Olympics back in August, you would be hard pressed to avoid the coverage of the games and will probably appreciate that the British cyclists managed to have a particularly successful year. Now a new study conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE) suggests that [...]
Pioneer Cycling Computer Launched
A new computer aimed at analysing your cycling technique has been launched by manufacturer Pioneer during the Interbike 2012 event. The range will come in two flavours and is expected to launch in mid 2013, with the SGY-PM900 and the SGX-CA900 both allowing riders to check up on the force which is being exerted on [...]
Obstacles to Cycling Uptake According to Government Minister
Obstacles to wider cycling uptake outlined by government minister. Norman Baker, who acts as transport minister for the coalition government, has spoken out about why more people around the UK are not turning to cycling in order to get from A to B. In an interview with The Times, Mr Baker explained that there are [...]
