Author: Yvonne Ramage

The Festival Organising Committee is hoping that this year’s event will be a bumper one; so much so as to guarantee the future of the York Cycle Festival. To make this happen, we need to raise as much money as possible, not only to cover this year’s costs, but also to create a surplus to…

We’re excited to tell you that we have 20 guided rides at the York Cycle Festival – Retro Bike Show this year, as well as hosting two Audaxes! These have been made possible by a number of volunteers stepping forward to lead rides, from cycling clubs within Yorkshire, and from far and wide, including Norfolk,…

New Rides Registration procedure for 2025 If you would like to go on any of our Guided Rides, we are asking you to register, well in advance of your ride, at the Festival’s Information Hub. This means at least 30 minutes before the ride is scheduled to leave! The reason for this are, firstly, it…

Advice for riders The Festival is only a few weeks away, and we are looking forward to welcoming you to our Guided Rides programme for this year. There are some circumstances where the leader of your guided ride might need to be made aware if you have certain medical conditions which could affect you during…

The York Cycle Festival is holding its Cycle Jumble (formerly the Saddlebag Sale) over TWO DAYS this year The Friends of the York Cycle Festival will have a table at the jumble, but will need articles to sell, to raise money to help run the Festival next year. We would be grateful if you have…

The Organising Committee has done its best to keep costs as low as possible, but there are many things which have to be paid for: marquee hire, toilet blocks, showers, generators, furniture hire, insurance etc. We have started to assemble a team of Friends who will help us to secure the future of the Festival.…

We’re busy recruiting experienced cyclists to lead our popular programme of guided rides at this year’s York Cycle Festival. We have already enlisted some fantastic people to lead traffic-free family rides, shorter distance and longer distance road rides, retro rides, rides for non-conventional bikes and themed rides. We’re still looking for two or three volunteers…

The City of York Council is carrying out flood resilience work around the Millennium Bridge, from this week, and over the weekend of the Rally. Pease be aware that there will be barriers around, although we are assured that the bridge will remain open for walkers and cyclists and other non-motorised modes of transport.

As you might have seen, in the previous post, there have had to be a few tweaks made to a few of our Guided Rides. Two of these are due to planned road works on a short section of the Solar System Greenway, but another has arisen due to a bridge on a Public Bridleway…

We have been informed, by the City of York Council, that a short stretch of the Solar System Green way will be closed for resurfacing, over the period of the Rally. It has necessitated a diversion, using Sim Balk Lane, to avoid this. This will also impact on those of you cycling to the Rally.