Tag: Tyne & Wear

15 September 2012 What’s the perfect reason to celebrate all things bicycle, cycling and its vibrant community? Do you need one? Come along and see for yourself at the Newcastle Bicycle Festival. The festival – two weekends of Cycle Celebrations – kicks off in earnest on Friday 21 September 2012 at 17:30 with a mass bike ride to the Star & Shadow cinema. Simply meet at Haymarket with your bicycle. Or alternatively – for the even more playful – an Alley Cat has been organised. Intrigued? Check out the festival programme. Katja Leyendecker of the festival organisation committee says “The[…]

14.10.2011 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWCASTLE BICYCLE FESTIVAL: THE CYCLING COMMUNITY CELEBRATES! 2011 it is Recyke y’Bike’s 5th anniversary. A perfect reason to celebrate all things bicycle, cycling and its vibrant community. Come along and see for yourself. The festival – a weekend of Cycle Celebration – kicks off on Friday 28 October 2011 at 17:30 with a mass bike ride to the Star & Shadow cinema, or alternatively – for the more playful – there will be an Alley Cat organised. Simply meet at Haymarket with your bicycle. Katja Leyendecker of the festival organisation committee says “The[…]

27.09.2011 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CAN YOU CURE MY CAR SICKNESS, DOCTOR! The Newcastle Cycling Campaign today handed over a book to key politicians to help cure car sickness forever. The narrative of Lynn Sloman’s well-researched book Car Sick – solutions to a car-dependent society rings true to cyclists’ woes: too much room taken up by the private cars not leaving near enough safe space for people walking and cycling. And Lynn’s findings are not just of interest to cycle campaigners, they are relevant to politicians too: Research shows that people are more keen now to explore green[…]

25.03.2011 PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cyclists To Help Green Newcastle Pull Further Ahead With Newcastle working hard to retain its position as Britain’s greenest city three years in a row, it’s little wonder that interest in cycling is booming. Last year saw over 800 Geordies sign a petition demanding policies to support this greenest of vehicles. And as a result, a new campaign group was born. The Newcastle Cycling Campaign aims to help keep the city well ahead in the green stakes by lobbying and advising the council on what they can do to get even more of[…]