Author: Peter Eland
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Mega-update! Racing, trade, jumbles, flyers, Friends, more…
An overdue update about the 2025 York Cycle Rally & Festival! Our all-volunteer organising team has been busy making this year’s event the best and busiest yet, with: We’re working hard to make the event the best it can be, not least to secure its financial future, as you can read here. Many thanks especially…
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Merry Christmas from the York Cycle Rally & Festival!
And a reminder that earlybird discounts for campsite bookings close at the end of the year! Next year’s event (20-22 June 2025) is really starting to take shape, with site plan changes firming up and our all-volunteer organising team already working hard to iron out the hundreds of details which make for a successful and…
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2025 campsite bookings are open – with a note on the event’s finances
We hope that many of you enjoyed the first York Cycle Festival in June – where the York Rally was joined on the Knavesmire by the Retrobike Show and the National Clarion Cycling Club’s Summer Meet. Grasstrack racing returned, and compared to 2023 there were more rides, more campers and more traders. We were again…
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A week to go, and dry weather’s forecast!
It’s next weekend! We can’t wait to see everyone on the Knavesmire, and as you’ll see above, the weather is looking perfect. Fingers crossed, it should be dry all the way from Wednesday when our volunteer set-up team arrives, through Friday when gates open, until Monday when we break down and depart.
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Under two weeks to go!
We’re just under two weeks away from the York Rally and York Cycle Festival 2024!Our busy volunteer teams have been firming up all aspects of the event: NEW features to highlight this year include: Don’t miss this year’s event – it really is shaping up to be a good one! Finally, the inevitable reminder for…
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York Cycle Rally & Festival 2024 – March update!
Rally and Festival are shaping up! Help us by distributing the 2024 flyers… As we look forward to warmer weather, an update on preparations for the York Rally and York Cycle Festival 2024! We’re working hard to make this next York Rally – and Festival – the best yet! Our next organising team planning meeting…
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York Rally 2024: post-Christmas update!
Audax is back, and we’re making trade stands free! Plus a reminder that the lowest super-earlybird campsite pitch prices end on the 31st December – book yours now! Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all! Amid the festivities we’ve been busy on the organising team, and the 2024 York Rally is really…
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York Rally 2024: three events in one, and grasstrack is back!
Exciting news for the York Cycle Rally 2024! We’re bringing three fantastic, volunteer-organised events together on the Knavesmire in June 2024: the York Rally, the Retro Bike Show and the National Clarion Cycling Club Summer Meeting. Together, they’ll make up a grand – and still 100% volunteer-organised – York Cycle Festival on the 21-23 June.…
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2024 campsite bookings are open!
We’re delighted to announce that campsite bookings are now open for the 2024 York Cycle Rally, 21-23 June! The current super-earlybird prices are the lowest possible, and are available until the end of December only. Please do book your pitch ASAP – it really helps our planning! Our campsite team volunteers will be happy to…
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York Cycle Rally 2024 – save the date: 21-23 June
Belatedly, many thanks to all who contributed to the 2023 York Cycle Rally, be that as volunteers, visitors, campers, speakers, exhibitors, caterers, contractors or organisers! As well as wrapping up this year’s event we’re now looking forward to 2024, with the Rally dates now confirmed as the weekend of 21-23 June. We’ll open campsite bookings…