SOURCES OF ASSISTANCE / REFERENCE
Assistance for the Cycle Challenge
| Everyday Cycling Everyday Cycling Provides a one-stop-shop, online portal on cycling, that gives you access to a range of online tools to enhance your riding, including an Activity Log where you can record your rides, Buddy Groups where you can chat with your cycling mates, and Challenges allowing you to set your cycling targets. All this plus routes, a comprehensive events calendar and the latest leisure cycling news. For more information: www.everydaycycling.com/london |
Other sources of assistance / reference
| TfL initiatives TfL already offer a number of incentives for your organisation to get involved in cycling:
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| Bike Week 2007 Bike Week is the UK’s annual celebration of cycling and this year runs from 16 to 24 June. The activities run from sponsored bike rides to ‘Dr Bike’ Clinics to get people back in the saddle with safe bicycles. In conjunction with this week of events is the Bike2Work promotion; this is focused on commuters and employers and involves workplace events to encourage cycle commuting. For more information: www.bikeweek.org.uk |
| Pool Bikes for Business Guide A guide designed to help any organisation interested in setting up a workplace bike pool, a scheme which provides company bicycles to employees for any kind of journeys, but typically work-related trips. The guide is written for London-based organisations, and contains references to information and resources available in London. For more information: www.optimum2.org/downloads/bikes-guide.pdf |
| London Bikeathon This charity bike ride, on Sunday 15 July 2007, could provide a good challenge for your team. It is on open roads from Royal Hospital Chelsea, Ham Common and Thames Barrier Park (13, 26 and 52 mile routes available). To register/more information go to: www.londonbikeathon.co.uk |
| good going good going, the travel awareness campaign for London, promotes the use of healthy and environmentally friendly travel options. With good going, Londoners are choosing walking, cycling, public transport, car sharing and even low-emission vehicles with confidence. For more information: www.goodgoing.co.uk/information-for-workplace |
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