Pedal the Park

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Sunday 23rd May 2021 Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip Road, Lochwinnoch.

Looking for a new training challenge for 2021? Sign up to Clyde Muirshiel & Ride63’s annual sportive Pedal the Park, taking place on Sunday 23rd May 2021. The event will start at Castle Semple Visitor Centre in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire at 8am and will follow a challenging 115km route with approx 1650 meters of climbing through Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and North Ayrshire, the rough boundary of the Regional Park. It is aimed at road bikes but hybrids, e-bikes etc are very welcome. This is not a closed road sportive. Pedal the Park is supporting CLIC Sargent in Scotland for the third year in a row, helping children and their families affected by cancer in the local area, with over a third of the £20 entry fee going to charity. The remaining funds will go towards Ride63’s target of improving cycling facilities and routes in the OS map 63 area. Sign up now via British Cycling and set yourself a winter training target for you and your turbo, plus it will encourage you outside! Planning a new bike purchase soon? Signing up to Pedal the Park will get you new season ready. You can also ride for your own charity or raise additional funds for CLIC Sargent. What are you waiting for? Sign up now through British Cycling. Food & service stops will be available if Covid regulations allow at the time and we will update the info here once we know the current situation. The event was unable to go ahead as planned on 2nd May due to Covid regulations so it has now been rescheduled to Sunday 23rd May. All riders registered already will have an email informing them and have automatically been moved to the new date. Event updates will be posted on the Ride 63 facebook page A Rider Information Pack will be issued to all riders 2 weeks before the event by email. If you entered the 2020 event which regrettably had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, you have automatically been transferred to the 2021 event. So get out that turbo trainer or cycle (as permitted by current regulations) and get into training.

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You can get up to 15mph almost instantly on an e-bike and with no energy sapping hills to contend with you’ll manage to cycle much further too. 2. They get you riding more.

According to a recent report by the Transport Research Laboratory, 46% of regular bikes are being used just once or twice a week. In comparison, 30% of people with e-Bikes use them once a day, while a massive 81% ride them at least once a week. Which means that e-Bike users are twice as likely as regular riders to get out there and ride. 3. They can help keep you fi t.

Because you’re riding more, you’ll be pedalling more – even if that electric motor is helping you out on occasion. E-bikes are especially great for people who love the idea of riding a bike, but feel they can’t because their fi tness isn’t what it could be, or isn’t what it used to be due to age or illness or just don’t like hills! 4. They can help save you money.

An eBike is far cheaper than buying, insuring and maintaining a car and a lot less than forking out for a season ticket or taking regular trips on public transport. 5. They’re great for commuting.

Not only will they save you cash and get you fi t on your way to work, they can also free you from the misery of either stalemated traffi c (the average speed of cars in central Glasgow is only 7.4mph!) you’ll zip past everyone on your e-Bike, it also allows you to avoid overcrowded trains and buses. Last but not least - they’re just so much fun to ride! The full range of Hikobike E-bikes costing from £1,375 are exclusively available across Glasgow and the West of Scotland only through spokes.