FREE fruit, fix-it workshops and a bike buddy to guide commuters into the city will help mark Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day.
On Thursday 7 August, commuters from participating workplaces will have a bike buddy leading them from the city’s three Park and Ride sites to Town Hall Square.
And anyone cycling into work in the city centre can stop off at Town Hall Square between 8 and 10am, where a free fruit breakfast will be available.
Later on in the day, from 12-2pm at Town Hall Square, Dr Bike can fix any minor mechanical issues for free, and Leicestershire Police will be running free security bike-marking sessions.
Northside Bikes are also doing free bike maintenance from 10am-2pm on the plaza outside Mattioli Woods’ Welford Road Stadium, as part of Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival.
And the Betterpoints app, which offers rewards to people who choose active travel, will be running a prize draw for cyclists on Cycle to Work Day. Betterpoints can be redeemed for high street vouchers or donated to your favourite charity.
The aim is to show people how travelling by bike can be an easy, value-for-money and healthy way to commute to work.
Assistant city mayor for environment and transport, Cllr Geoff Whittle, said: “Leicester is great to get around by bike, with most places in the city no more than a 30-minute ride away from the city centre. Our Cycle to Work Day provides the perfect opportunity to try out Leicester’s extensive cycle network and experience first-hand the health and wellbeing benefits that a cycle commute can bring.”
Cycle to Work Day in Leicester and Leicestershire is being supported by local employers including Hastings Direct, Leicester College, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, and Leicester’s hospitals.
Find out more about cycling in Leicester at www.leicester.gov.uk/cycling
More about Leicester’s Cycle to Work Day is at https://www.choosehowyoumove.co.uk/cycletoworkday/
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