Brighton’s first Love Your Bike Week will run through half-term, culminating in The Spin, an amazing free family event at the old market in Circus Street on 22nd February 12noon – 4.00pm, featuring stunt riders, award winning performance artists, bike workshops, Dr Bike, the chance to tackle a bike assault course and more.
During ‘Love Your Bike Week’, Groundwork volunteers will be on hand at the new Circus Street Bike Hub from Tuesday 18 through Friday 21 February from 11am-3pm for local people to drop in with their bikes and get free help to fix them, or learn to maintain them. Anyone who has an old, unused bike can also drop it off there and it will be recycled.
There are also several fun group rides on offer, inviting people to meet up at Circus Street to cycle together along the seafront cycle paths to Shoreham and Saltdean. To join in the fun and find out details, visit www.circusstreetbrighton.com
The project has been created by Brighton-based charity Groundwork South in partnership with Cathedral Group, who have created the Circus Street Bike Hub, operating out of the old market building and offering free services to help people fix, maintain and get their bikes back on the road.
“In light of the ever improving cycling conditions around Brighton & Hove, we aim to support more people to get on a bike and enjoy the benefits of this most affordable, efficient and healthy way to get around,” said Duncan Blinkhorn, Community Projects Co-ordinator at Groundwork South.
Said Martyn Evans, Creative Director of Cathedral Group, “The Circus Street Bike Hub is a precursor to our ground breaking cycle friendly development proposals on the site. We are absolutely committed to encouraging pedal power and will be going one step further, giving free bikes and secure storage to all our new residents as one of many sustainable features to help make Brighton a healthier and cleaner city.”
Cathedral Group in partnership with McLaren Property submitted a planning application in December for a development on the site estimated to bring over £200million into Brighton & Hove over the next ten years, create over 600 jobs, deliver two landmark public buildings: The Dance Space, a new home for South East Dance, and a library and teaching building for the University of Brighton, as well as much needed new homes.
Groundwork South is a registered charity which works in partnership with local communities, business and government to improve neighbourhoods, develop skills and promote greener ways of living and working. The group intends to use Circus Street as a temporary home for the Bike Hub before moving to Lewes Road after the Circus Street development begins. People can drop in on Saturdays and Thursdays, 11am-5pm time with their bikes. Further opening times will be announced later.
Find out more at www.circusstreetbrighton.com
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