Life Cycle - Bristol based charity helping Bristolians get on their bike
Posted on: 10 Jan 2014Life Cycle is a Bristol-based charity whose aim is to help people in Bristol transform their lives through cycling.
Founded in 1996, Life Cycle helps people of all ages, abilities and fitness levels get into cycling. Life Cycle helps people build confidence to get the most out of bikes and encourage them to make cycling part of their everyday lives by offering training and maintenance services to individuals, schools and businesses.
Life Cycle also supports people with disabilities, mental health illness, offenders, older people and disadvantaged young people to gain benefits from cycling through their inclusive cycling projects.
365Bristol looks at just some of the events Life Cycle has lined up for January!
Over 55s Group Ride - Frome Greenway & Snuff Mills
Life Cycle's Over 55's rides aim to encourage older people to cycle by providing a programme of supported rides in and around Bristol. Cycle the Frome Greenway cycle path to Eastville Park, take a break at Snuff Mills for tea & cake, continue through the Park & skirt Greenbank Cemetery via quiet roads. Return along the lower section of the Bristol to Bath cycle path. Approx 3 to 3.5 hours.
Bike Maintenance - Intermediate
Life Cycles’s Intermediate Bike Maintenance course is perfect for cyclists wanting experience in comprehensive gear and brake adjustment and a more in depth knowledge of bike maintenance than provided in its beginner course.
Guided Ride Training
1 day - 4 hour training session to learn how to safely manage a group of riders covering all aspects of Risk Assessment, behaviour management & positioning. Ideal for working with groups of school children.
Bike Minded Group Ride to Bitton railway cafe
A long ride along the cycle path to Bitton railway cafe for lunch
Life Cycle's Bike Minded project brings the benefits of cycling to people who are experiencing emotional or mental health problems. For details of all the above events and what Life Cycle has planned throughout 2014 please visit the Life Cycle UK website.