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The inaugural Bike Bath event takes place from 22-24th June this year and the following programme of events is in place:

Friday 22nd evening - pre ride registration at the Bath Pavilion
Pre ride past supper prepared by Rob Clayton, Michelin starred chef will be available from 7-9.30pm

Guest speakers include:
Rob Penn – author of It's All About the Bike: the Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels - a Sunday Times bestseller
Ben Rockett – world record holder for Land's End to John O'Groats and back again and attempting to cycle 542 miles in 24 hours this November.

A bus driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist down in Bristol using his bus "as a weapon" has been jailed.

Gavin Hill, 29, of Frome, previously pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm.

Bristol Crown Court heard that after an altercation, Hill deliberately knocked Phillip Mead off his bike by swerving the bus into him.

Sentencing Hill to 17 months in jail, Judge Mark Horton said his action "was not an accident".

"You used the bus as a weapon to bully and intimidate Mr Mead," he added.

The Times newspaper has started a campaign for safe cycling called "Cities Fit for Cycling", kicking of with a front page lead on 2 Feb and calling for an 8-point plan to be implemented.

Basic cycle maintenance courses every Monday starting Monday 9th January, 6-9pm.
- LEARN NEW SKILLS
- SAVE MONEY
- BUILD CONFIDENCE
- HAVE FUN

The courses are open to all, but the first Monday of each month is a women only course.
The cost is £40. Please bring your own bike to work on.

Contact Bath Bike Workshop on 01225 463350, email - bathbikeworkshop@gmail.com or drop in to 35 Corn Street, Bath to book your place.

Customers at John's Bikes in Walcot Street will be asked to make a donation to CycleBath if they need a carrier bag.

"I hate carrier bags but sometimes, you just don’t have a choice. You’ve bought a lot of kit and the only way to carry it is in a bag. So we are using our carrier bags to raise awareness about and raise much needed dosh for Cycle Bath. They work totally voluntarily to get more people on bikes and improve conditions for all cyclists, which is great for the city and the planet", Says John Potter, owner of Johns Bikes.

As a BANES resident not only do you qualify for a £25 discount off each Cycle Training lesson you buy thanks to CycleBath but you can now also book on-line direct with our provider Life Cycle UK.

Our training is aimed at adults who need more confidence on their bike. What better to help you, or someone you know, get back on the road?

What CycleBath is concerned about is the loss of now not one, but 2 major cycle routes. How long would it take to make repairs to one of the major road bridges? Not as long we suspect. Where is the reality behind the council's stated policy of pedestrians and cyclists being higher priority than motor vehicles?

We do not understand either why the riverside path is currently closed as far west as Windsor Bridge.

CycleBath is part of Cyclenation - the body which represents all the Cycle Campaign groups in the UK

Below is a list of ways and means that we can all stay in touch and help each other out with campaigning. This can be really useful to everyone, for example,
Portsmouth Cycle Forum is having some issues with the way the local authority deals with abandoned bikes, it doesn't seem very fair! They would like some help and info if you can give it.

from BANES council

In October 2010, Victoria Bridge was closed to pedestrians and cyclists in the interests of public safety. This closure followed a scheduled periodic inspection of the bridge’s structural condition by Bath & North East Somerset Council. Since this time, independent structural engineers have conducted further regular detailed inspections to ascertain its condition