Where will your bike take you?

Sky Ride city events are a nationwide series of summer events to encourage people to get back on their bikes. In 2010, over 200,000 people took part in free-mass participation rides all over the UK.

Sky Ride Local rides are fun, friendly and free community bike rides that help you get out and explore your local area. They’re led by a British Cycling trained ride leader who can provide support and give you a few tips, whatever your age or ability.

The Breeze network from British Cycling is all about fun, local bike rides for women, by women – and there's a whole range of support, training and ride opportunities too. The network's informal and relaxed. It’s what you want it to be.

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Get Into Cycling > Taking it further > Social cycling groups

Social cycling groups

Published 18 May 2011

Sky Ride Leaders touring a Monarch hangar

The Sky Ride campaign is inspiring lots of us to get out on our bikes a bit more.

Some of our fantastic Ride Leaders have set up social cycling groups – informal groups offering even more opportunities to get out and do some local bike riding.

Ride Leader Laurence Collins set up a group so that he and some fellow Sky Ride Local riders could do some more regular local cycling.

After the Sky Rides finished the group decided to keep on cycling and take their bike riding a bit further – and they’ve certainly done that! Laurence works for Monarch airlines, so when the group's Sunday ride went past Manchester airport, Laurence thought it was the perfect opportunity to show his fellow riders the inside of an aircraft hangar. All agreed it was one of the more unusual places for a mid-ride pit stop. The group enjoyed a unique aeronautical tour before heading back to the bikes.

About Sky Ride Sky Ride is a national campaign from Sky and British Cycling created to inspire and help everyone whatever their age or ability to get on their bikes and have fun. Our ambition is to get 1 million more people cycling regularly by 2013 and we've created a whole range of ways for people to get involved. From big traffic-free events, to local rides, from routes and trails to courses and training, there's something for everyone.

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