Free Dr Bike sessions are coming to a town near you this October – Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire County Council’s Street Security and Energetic Journey group is encouraging residents to deliver bikes alongside to a sequence of Dr Bike occasions going down on the town across the County on the finish of the month.

These periods will embody the chance for residents:

• To have their bikes checked out by an skilled Dr Bike mechanic, who will make on-the-spot minor changes and advise on any upkeep points;
• To get their bikes safety marked and uploaded on to the nationwide Bike Registry database; and
• To speak to Warwickshire County Council’s Energetic Journey Officers about making the change to extra energetic journey for work and leisure.

These completely free periods will probably be going down on the following instances and places:

• twenty seventh October 9:30 – 12:00 Newbold Comyn Leisure Centre, Newbold Terrace East, Leamington Spa, CV32 4EW
• twenty seventh October 13:30 – 16:00 St Nicholas Park Leisure Centre, Banbury Street, Warwick, CV34 4QY
• twenty eighth October 9:30 – 12:00 Pingles Leisure Centre, Avenue Street, Nuneaton, CV11 4LX
• twenty eighth October 13:30 – 16:00 Bedworth Leisure Centre, Coventry Street, Bedworth CV12 8NN

Cllr Wallace Redford, Warwickshire County Council’s Portfolio Holder for Transport and Planning, mentioned: “The advantages of energetic journey, notably travelling by bike, are large, each for the person and for our wider surroundings.

“We’re dedicated to supporting residents to grasp that they’ll begin their energetic journey adventures by switching only one automobile journey each week to an energetic various comparable to biking and we hope that these free Dr Bike periods will encourage residents to get their bikes out of storage, deliver them alongside to get checked over and begin to benefit from the many advantages of biking for themselves.”

Watch a time-lapse video of a motorcycle being checked over at a Dr Bike session: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZbV77kqXYI4

Warwickshire County Council just lately joined the Like to Trip household of companion organisations, giving residents, companies and group teams entry to the most effective rewards and assets that encourage biking for journey, not simply leisure.

Residents can sign-up with the Like to Trip biking platform right here: https://www.lovetoride.net/warwickshire 

Warwickshire County Council just lately launched the #JustOneJourney marketing campaign to encourage residents to ditch their automobiles and make the change to energetic journey. Discover out extra about that right here: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/3068/helping-residents-to-switch-justonejourney-and-ditch-the-car-for-an-active-travel-alternative

Discover out extra about Energetic Journey in Warwickshire: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/3283/great-big-green-week-2022-getting-active-for-health-wealth-and-the-environment