Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride - 2008

Introduction

Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride

Date for 2009 Event

Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride 2009 will take place on Sunday 21st June 2009.

Please register in advance for this event. The online Registration form will be available on this site from April 2009.

Thanks to everyone that took part in Bristol's Biggest Bike Ride on Sunday, 22nd June 2008.  Thousands of riders took part on the day and we do hope all riders enjoyed the event.

The news that Bristol has been chosen as the UK’s first Cycling City, where government funding totalling £11.4 million has been awarded to Bristol to transform cycling infrastructure and to pioneer innovative ways of making cycling a real alternative to the car, made this year's Bike Ride even more special.

** LATEST NEWS **

Winners of the Business Challenge

Sponsored by Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP in association with GWE Business West

The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Christopher Davies presented winners with their trophies at an awards ceremony held at the Council House.  Power Electrics kindly presented the Lord Mayor with a £500 donation for the Lord Mayor’s Appeal for Children. “I was delighted to have been asked to present the winners of Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride’s Business Challenge with their trophy today.  It is an opportunity to acknowledge the work businesses do to help promote cycling in our City.  I would like to thank all the riders that took part in the bike ride and kindly made a donation to the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, which helps children in Bristol” said The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Christopher Davies.

The three winning organisations that had the highest number of participants for its category:

• University of the West of England Large business size category (250+ employees)
• Power Electrics Medium business size category (50-249 employees)
• Ryhurst (part of Rydon Group) Small business size category (0-49 employees)

The Right Honourable, The Lord Mayor of Bristol, Councillor Christopher Davies, Simon Harvey from Hartnell Taylor Cook LLP (Sponsors of the Business Challenge), Nigel Hutchings from GWE Business West, John Pullen, Geoff Halliday and Lisa Freeman from Power Electrics, and representatives from UWE and Ryhurst. View larger image

Winners of the Schools’ Challenge

When five or more primary school children or ten or more secondary school pupils took part in Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride, their school was eligible to be entered into the prize draw. List of all the schools that were entered into the prize draw.

We are pleased to announce the winners are:-

Elmlea Infant is the winning primary school

Ashton Park is the winning secondary school

Southville Primary is recognised for their fantastic achievement with 87 children taking part.

Well done to everyone that took part

Photos of the event are also on the following websites:

• Bristol Evening Post
• BBC Radio Bristol
• GWR

You still can buy one of Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride high visibility waistcoats

Sizes available are adult sizes Medium, Large and Extra large are available.  An order form can be obtained from this site or by ringing 0117 903 6701.

Visit this site again from April 2009 to Register for the event

We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 Bristol’s Biggest Bike Ride.

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