The Bristol Bike Project

Breeze: Bike Rides for Women

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:27:34 +0000

Breeze rides are fun, social, local bike rides organised by women, for women.

Next Bristol Ride will be on Thursday 10th May, meeting at 6pm for a 6:15pm departure. Meeting in Queen’s Square by the statue then exploring the sights of Bristol’s historic harbour by bike. This will be a gentle ride with plenty of opportunity to chat and they’ll be riding at the pace of the slowest rider so no one is left behind. The ride is about 2.5 miles and will last about 50 minutes. Finishing at the M Shed for tea and a cake!

Everyone welcome (but must be female I’m afraid!). Email emsie45@hotmail.com if you have any questions, register your place online at www.goskyride.com/breeze or just simply turn up on the day!

Penny Farthing Festival, Bath, 5th May

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:50:04 +0000

We are pleased to be supporting the upcoming Penny Farthing Festival – a one day music and arts festival located in Bath – by letting them use our fleet of hire bikes for the day. To be held at Bath Pavilion, the festival will generate its power solely from riding bicycles. The festival will open doors at 3pm and finish at 11pm. More info here.

Western Quest with Otesha UK

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:47:38 +0000

Whiz around the west on your bicycle this summer with the Otesha Project. Starting in the stunning Wye Valley this tour will pedal over the rolling hills of Somerset and Devon, sampling the best of West!

Dates: 10th August – 22nd September 2012

More info here.

Bristol Bike Project Screening in Kuala Lumpur!

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:32:54 +0000

The Bristol Bike Project film has been chosen for the Bicycle Shorts event in Kuala Lumpur. You can watch it here.

Midnight Beach to Border Ride

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:28:02 +0000

At the end of this month the clocks go forward to mark the start of British Summer Time – losing us one hour in bed, but gaining us extra daylight to do more of the things we love. So on the night of the 24th, a group from howies and writer/ cyclist Rob Penn have invited a few of us from The Bristol Bike Project amongst others to join them for a night-long bike ride across Wales, from beach to border. The 115 mile race against the sun begins in the early evening in Cardigan. Riding east through the night on dark back roads, over rolling hills and alongside lakes, the route will take us over some of the country’s most infamous peaks, before descending into Rob’s hometown of Abergavenny, in time for the sunrise. Some of us will be fast, some of us will be slow, some of us may not even make it to the finish. There will be flat tyres and deflated souls, mud, blood, sweat and struggle – the stuff that makes strong hearts and legs. But whatever happens, there’ll be no time to rest.

We are SO excited about this! Can’t wait…..

Jessica’s Jewellery – Bike Project Enamel Badges

admin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 11:23:12 +0000

Jessica just dropped in these beautiful enamel badges that she made for the bike project. Find out more information about her work here

2000 miles from Perth, WA, to Adelaide, SA, Australia!

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:18:35 +0000

Be part of the ‘Do’ nation and support one of our volunteer mechanics/illustrators, Nick Soucek, on his ride in Australia. To find out more about his trip and how you can sponsor him (without sponsoring money)… click here

We will be following his progress and our pals at boneshaker magazine will be running some of his doodles and stories in future issues. We wish him all the best!

BBP featured in new Worldwide Cycling Atlas

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:13:42 +0000

We are very pleased to be featured in the 2011 Worldwide Cycling Atlas, a collection of some of the most interesting bicycle related initiatives from around the world. More information can be found here.

The Bristol Bike Project Film travels the world!

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:09:04 +0000

‘The Bristol Bike Project: a short film about cycling, recycling & asylum’ was recently screened in four different venues in Kutaisi, Georgia as part of a People in Need programme to use documentary film to raise awareness of human rights issues. The director / producer of the film, Alistair Oldham, was at the screenings and said how struck he was by how audiences empathized with the issues of political asylum in the film, as Georgia has been affected by four different conflicts in the past ten years, which has resulted in large numbers of internal political refugees.The film has also recently screened at the Ekotop Festival in Slovakia and has been used in touring educational programmes in Slovakia, Romania, the Czech Republic and Estonia. Altogether the film has now been translated into fourteen different languages over the past two years, as well as playing at over forty film festivals all over the world. Notable screenings have included New York, Madrid, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, San Francisco, Prague, Vienna and Milan.

The film and its full distribution details can be found at http://vimeo.com/9469007.

The Bristol Bike Project is Three!

admin — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:05:20 +0000

The project has been running for three years as of this month! We celebrated by going for a Winter’s ride out along the Bristol-Bath cyclepath to the pub by the river at Saltford for a hot chocolate and chips! Thanks to all those that came along – we were 26 in total and the sun shone all day!

Thanks to all of those who have supported the project in the last three years. Please continue to help us spread the word about the project and donate your unwanted bicycle to us!