Reach for the Sky - British Cycling get involved in Harrogate

Sky Rides are coming to Harrogate these are recreational rides to get more people cycling. They are organised by British Cycling the people behind the success of our world beating olympic cyclists, Mark Cavendish and Sir Bradley Wiggins. There will be a lot more news about these over the next year but for now. If you want to get involved with the whole setup and run some rides you can? I just got this from Jo Armstrong at Harrogate Borough...

"On my command unleash the Tour De France Legacy Doves"

An interesting day for Cycling in Harrogate. I was nattering to Radio York this morning after they tracked me down. I talked about Cycling in Harrogate and why it wasn't as big as it is in York. I think I managed to blame it on poor infrastructure and a lack of any kind of strategic planning on the part of NYCC, if not dear reader I tried. Thing is it was snowing, I was stood outside and I was covered in cold, wet cement. So for some...

Harrogate Hospital begin to cuddle cyclists

A good meeting today with Liz Pugh from Harrogate Hospital Trust. We had a chat about what we could do to help each other get more staff from the hospital cycling. Oh I and I had a mild dig at their relatively unambitious travel plan for cyclists. Here's what we came up with. We will work together to make a leaflet to promote cycling to hospital staff. It will contain info about routes, clubs, the cycle to work scheme and other...