Free Family Bike Festival Taking Place in Beverley This Sunday

Beverley’s Saturday Market and will be taken over as part of the annual celebration of cycling in the East Riding, the Cycle4Life Challenge Week, on Sunday 17 June.

The whole of the market place will become a huge cycling playground with fun, safe activities for all the family.

Things that will be happening in Beverley include;

• The 3Sixty Bicycle Stunt Team, which currently holds eight Guinness World Records, will be performing daring displays throughout the day.
• Children and adults will have the chance to ride some weird and wonderful bikes including the world’s first bicycle, the penny-farthing.
• Cyclists will have a thrilling chance to ride their bikes up a ramp and land safely and softly in a giant airbag.
• They can also try their hand at riding around a special ‘pump track’, which takes riders around a circuit of rolling bumps and banks without the need to pedal.
• And children and adults can also have a go at riding a KMX Kart, a fun cross between a bike and a go-kart.

There will also be three organised family group bike rides around Beverley setting off from the Market Cross at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.

Parents and children can come along and take part in the guided rides, which are around 4 miles each, and can sign up at the Market Cross on the day. Just bring your own bikes and cycle helmets.

Places are limited to 24 people per bike ride on a first come first served basis.

There will also be various stands on the day, including Cottingham bike charity R-evolution, the council’s public health team offering free health advice and the council’s road safety team also available to give advice.