Benefits of Cycling

Regular cycling can improve your health. It can:

• Provide an excellent workout for the heart
• Build strength especially in your back and legs
• Promote the mobility of hip and knee joints.
• Cycling for 15 minutes at a moderate speed burns the same number of calories as a game of badminton, and you can use it as a form of transport, which is quicker than the bus!

More people cycling means better health and less congestion and pollution in the City.

Getting started

• If you do not own a bike, why not borrow or hire one to get started.
• A new bike may be quite expensive, so shop around.  Your local bike shop is a good place to start.  If you have a particular make and model in mind, you can use the internet to find the best prices.
• Adjust the seat height so that when you pedal you have a slight bend in the knee when your foot is at its lowest point.
• Adjust the handlebars so that you are comfortable with the reach when leaning slightly forward – too much of a stretch can hurt you back.

Cycle map of Brighton & Hove (pdf version) or pick up a copy at a library, tourist information office or bike shop

Cycling Information in Brighton & Hove

Abbie Hone ( Walking & Cycling Officer) 01273 293813

For more information on Cycling in the city and the proposed plans for the demonstration cycling city please click on the link below 

Bike for Life 

Based in Brighton & Hove and operating throughout Sussex, Bike for Life is a cycle training and promotion charity dedicated to helping anybody to bike for health, for leisure, for fun as well as for those everyday journeys. If you, your children or somebody else you know would like to:

·     Start cycling for the first time (we have successfully taught beginners aged 5-65+ to ride)

·     Improve basic bike control skills

·     Start to cycle safely and confidently on the road

·     Improve road-riding skills and increase confidence.

·     Learn how to fix and maintain your own bike

·     Cycle off road

then Bike for Life can help.

Training is to the highest national standards. Trainers are professional accredited instructors, enthusiastic cyclists, first aid trained and CRB checked.

The Bike for Life web site is a comprehensive source of local cycling information, including: shops, local groups and rides.

Local Cycling Groups and Clubs

Bricycles

Bricycles is the ‘Brighton, Hove and District Cycling Group’. It is Brighton based and runs a programme of rides and social events for new and regular cyclists throughout the year. A newsletter is sent to members quarterly either by post or by email.

Join one of the rides for new cyclists.

They are short rides suitable for beginners - ideal for people making a new year’s resolution to start cycling.

Meet at Brighton Pier (Palace Pier), starting time 10am. Easy flat ride along the seafront cycle track to Carats Café. Southwick Beach, 4 miles west. Back at the Pier for 1 pm. Joint Bricycles and Brighton & Hove CTC Ride.

Contact Becky and Tony on 01273 552662 for more details or email bright@cycle20.freeserve.co.uk

Bricycles campaigns for the continuing development of better conditions for cyclists both on and off the highway and promotes cycling as an environmentally friendly, healthy and enjoyable form of transport.