Bike Week 2022
Bike Week 2022 is taking place between the 6th and the 12th of June and is all about celebrating the many benefits that cycling brings, both personally and collectively.
From adopting cycling as our chosen method of commuting or simply getting back on the saddle as a leisure activity, Bike Week, delivered by Cycling UK, presents us with the opportunity to come together and discover the wealth of positives of biking.
The importance of Bike Week’s message cannot be understated when taking into account the fact that, for example, a person is 45% less susceptible to cancer and 46% less susceptible to cardiovascular disease if they cycle to work.
That goes without mentioning the fantastic environmental and financial impact made when taking up cycling; switching one journey a day to bike reduces an individual’s carbon footprint by 0.5 tonnes over the course of a year, while an increase of all cycle journeys from 2% to 25% by 2050 would see a collective saving of a whopping £248 billion.
Find out more and learn how to donate to the movement on the Bike Week website.
To play your part in this campaign, there are plenty of things you can do!
Encourage colleagues to take up cycling for their trips to and from work; discover new routes around your local community by bike; even organise your own rides via the Bike Week website!
You can also log your rides to the Bike Week site to be in with a chance of picking up a Halfords Bike and prize bundle worth over £500!
You can engage online with the campaign by utilising the hashtags #BikeWeek and #BikeWeekUK.
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