This year, Waterford Bike Week will kick off on Saturday May 13^th with BIKEFEST, a partnership between Cycling Ireland, Waterford Sports Partnership and Waterford City & County Council, with lots of fun cycling activities for all ages.  This Family Cycling Festival will be based at the ‘Learn to Cycle Park’ in Fairlane Park, Dungarvan and take place between 10am and 2pm and there will be lots on offer including:

Learn 2 Cycle Zone – coaching for 3-7 year olds
Cycle Right Zone – coaching for 5-12 year olds
Cycling Skills Coaching
Stunts Display – BMX, Skate boarding, Scooter at the skatepark
Bike Maintenance Stand – For basic bike repairs
Bike Challenges: Watt Bike,  Cycling Ireland

There will also be three Community Bike rides hosted by Cycling Ireland
starting from Fairlane Park as follows:

Group Ride 44km @ 11am Dungarvan to Kilmacthomas return BOOK HERE
Group Ride 25km @ 11.30am Dungarvan to Durrow return BOOK HERE
Group Ride 12km @ 12pm Dungarvan to Clonea Beach return BOOK HERE

Finally from 10.30am-1pm there will be The Power Tower (2 bikes with Smoothie makers) & Pedal Powered Scalextric hosted by ‘smoothie bikes’. Food and drinks stands will be available on site.

Come along & enjoy this FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY event!

For more information please contact:
Peter Jones on 087 101 5130 or pjones@waterfordsportspartnership.ie

Bike Week is a celebration and promotion of all that’s great about bikes and cycling. Held over an extended week each year, with bike themed events organised by local authorities, community groups and cycling groups throughout Ireland.

This year, Waterford Bike Week will kick off Saturday May 13^th with BIKEFEST, a partnership with Cycling Ireland with lots of fun cycling activities for all ages on the ‘Learn to Cycle Track’ in Fairlane Park, Dungarvan. Over the week, a range of cycling activities, events and workshops will take across the county. There will be activities for all ages and levels from new to advanced cyclist planned by Waterford City and County Council and Waterford Sports Partnership

In total, WSP are planning 11 events with 5 events open to the public. Opportunities include school cycle bus, learn to cycle for people with disabilities, high tea cycle, school bike maintenance workshops and a lunchtime cycle.

Including our online resources, there is something for everyone to get active and get on their bike. All events are free and if you have no bike, no problem, we have some bikes that we can loan out.

Check out our FREE events:

For more information please contact:
Peter Jones on 087 101 5130 or pjones@waterfordsportspartnership.ie