Author: Yvonne Ramage

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.

The Guided Ride to Linton Lock has been moved from the Sunday of the Rally to the Saturday. This is because of businesses offering refreshments being closed on the Sunday ,and the ride leader’s other commitments at the Rally. Our apologies for any disappointment caused.

Many of the Rally’s wonderful volunteer ride leaders are busy riding and testing their Guided Rides over the next couple of weeks. Inevitably, they are coming across potential problems in some areas, and therefore some of the routes are having to be tweaked. For this reason, if you are planning to go on any of…

We have discovered that Doyly’s Tearoom is closed on Sundays, and so it has been necessary to move the Retro Ride to Saturday.We hope that this will not disappoint those of you riding lovely older bikes!

400km Audax at the York Cycle Rally :  Summertime Blues 400km cycling event starting from York Knavesmire. Controls at Thirn, Hawes, Appleby, Watson Hall, Castle Carrock, Mickleton Village Hall, Barton Truck Stop and York Knavesmire., plus 3 information controls. A well-supported midsummer 400 with hills, but not a hilly ride. Campervan control at Thirn, and…

We are delighted that the popular “Tour de York”, led by an expert Club Cyclist, will be featuring on this year’s Rally Guided Rides Programme. This 68 miles long route will take riders through lovely countryside as well as pretty villages whilst circumnavigating the City of York. An added bonus is that all who complete…