The wheels are in motion for National Bike Week, the biggest nationwide cycling event in the UK. It starts June 18th and is a week of activities celebrating cycling and the environment and of course the social health benefits. Team Green Britain, founded by EDF Energy, are sponsoring the event.Bike week was started by the Cyclists Touring Club in 1923 and each year tens of thousands of cyclists take part. The aim is to encourage everyone to use a bike as their preferred form of transport.There are organised bike rides all around the country and organisers are varied.Norwood are staging a Junior Bike Ride on June 19 starting at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Herfordshire and Deaf Connections who have two events for the Deaf Community in Scotland. There?s even a bike fashion show run by Envirolution in Manchester at Platt Fields Park where you can show of your bike on a bike walk and the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride is a 70 mile sponsored charity cycle ride starting at Wetherby (the Racecourse) and ends in Filey.There are hundreds of events everywhere, and whether you are participating or inspired to get on your bike, Bike Week website has a calculator to find out how much money you save, and how many calories you burn.More information about what?s going on in your area: http://bikeweek.org.ukIf you are joing in, we'd love to see your photos.�
15 June 2011
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