Submitted by David Domestique on Mon, 2010-06-28 18:39.
Last Saturday's Cycle Fest was great!
The sun was shinning and the park was just full of bikes and cyclists of all ages. There are just too many people/activities to mention, but here goes.
The mass ride from Centenary Square was good fun - led up the road by Goldilocks and the 2 bears, and the Neighbour Support Cycle Display Policing Team, see the pictures on Flickr tagged: cyclefestbradford.
There were cycle smoothies, where children got to select a cup full of fruit, and then blend it using pedal power, and best of all drink it down - delicious. Among other people the volunteers of the Saturday Bike Club at East Bradford were helping out there.
John Dennis, who is planning a ride to Malta this summer, raising money for Sue
Ryder Hospice at Manorlands, had his legs waxed in public - ouch!
Some of the FixedGearLeeds (and Bradford!) turned up, taking prizes in the Hill Climb, and competing in the bike polo.
Ginny from the CTC Cycle Champions project did a great job of pulling it all together.
Dan, was promoting the upcoming SkyRide this August bank holiday, with free T-shirts and info.
The team from Pennine Cycles were on hand to provide some of that advice you can only get from a good local bike shop.
The crowd were astounded by the trickery of the Professional Cycle Display from Inertia.
The adapted bikes from the Bradford Disability Sport & Leisure cycle club were on display, so people could have a go. You could also have a go on the skills course run by BeCycling, and have a taste of BMX racing thanks to the Bradford BMX Bandits. Racing was sponsored and run (I think) by Richard of Active Sports.
Of course the Aire Valley Bike Bus was there chatting away to folk in the sun, and so nice to see many of the regular riders popping in to say hello.
I'm sure there is much more, so sorry if I've missed you out. Check out the website for the event:
http://cyclefestbradford.org.uk/ and there are some pictures on Flickr tagged: cyclefestbradford.