Hosting An Event Ideas
Event ideas:
- Week long cycle festival
- Family fun cycle
- Cycle challenge 5km, 10km, 20km … (Couch to 50k) – build up in weeks preceding BW
- Cycle to Work (record previous weeks commute time & compare to this week, prize for most time saved/ stories/ pictures)
- Cycle to School
- Competitions
- Bike Repair Workshops / Basic bike repair demonstrations
- Leisure cycling involving community groups (e.g scouts, youth clubs etc.)
- Cycle for your breakfast/lunch/BBQ /picnic etc.
- Colouring, ‘Bling your Bike’ and Bike related photography competitions.
- Mystery/History/Scenic Tours of area (guided/self-guided) – Discover ‘Place’
- Treasure Hunt
- Bike orienteering
- Women Only events
- Group cycles: active retirement groups, nursing homes, work colleagues (lunchtime fitness) etc.
- Close a street for a bike festival with Balance Bikes, Jenga, Bling your bike, Soccer etc. (involve traders)
- Cycling skills course
- Restaurant bike crawl
- Mountain bike rides
- Road rides
- Tandem Bike events for the visually impaired etc.
- Cycling events for children/adults with a physical/intellectual disability
- Dawn Cycle – ‘Darkness into light’ type event
- Bikes available to try, electric bikes, cargo bikes, tandem, folding, trailers, child carriers etc.
- Donate unused/unwanted bike (local bike shop repairs, then donate to good cause such as local refugee centre)
- Movie/documentary screening of cycling related content.
Other considerations:
- Consider entertainment: band/music, performers, face painters, carnival entertainers.
- Consider stands: bike displays, maintenance, repair demo, cycling information.
- Consider events showcasing new/existing infrastructure/facilities: greenways, cycle lanes, national parks, bike parking, public bike schemes.