Keswick Mountain Festival 2012

The Keswick Mountain Festival is an action-packed, five-day festival celebrating the best the great outdoors has to offer in the heart of the Lake District.

Once again, we'll be at the Bike Village on Saturday and Sunday, where we'll be promoting ‘cycling fun for the little ones’ with our fleet of pedal-free balance bikes. Our Nursery Freewheelers coaches use these bikes to help children as young as two learn about balance, steering and stopping. So bring your toddler along for a FREE 'have-a-go' session.

We'll also be running our Coaching Based Guided MTB Rides - these proved popular last year, despite the soggy, windy conditions! New for this year is a Guided Family Road Ride, and an Advanced Guided Road Ride. Click here for more information on these rides, and to book your place.

Plus, we'll be offering a bike maintenance service to the bike-based events including the Keswick Sportive and the Triathlons.

Last year's weather wasn't quite what we'd hoped for, but we've everything crossed that it'll be kinder to us this year. Whatever the weather, you're guaranteed an awesome five days, with all sorts of 'mountain' sports on offer, plus exhibitors, entertainment and refreshments.

See you there!

Whinlatter Wicked Weekend: Cyclewise Demo Day & Altura MTB Challenge - March 24th-25th, 2012

Entries are now open for the Altura Whinlatter MTB Challenge on Sunday, March 25th. And to coincide with the endurance event, Cyclewise is hosting a Demo Day on Saturday, the 24th.

Whether you’re a competitor, part of a support crew, or just around for a ride, there’ll be plenty to get involved with on the Saturday. We'll have men's and women's Cube bikes to demo FREE OF CHARGE, while there'll be a selection of shoes from Teva, and body armour courtesy of Knox. You'll also be able to check out the latest riding kit from Altura, the main sponsors of the event and the bike trails at Whinlatter.

Cyclewise will also be running various workshops and taster sessions, plus there will be discounts in store including ‘on-the-day’ specials. Other activities are planned for the day, which will appeal to all age groups and abilities.

Full details about the Demo Day will be available nearer the time - to be among the first to find out what’s going on, keep an eye on the website, ‘Like’ us on facebook and/or subscribe to our monthly Newsletter.

On the Sunday, why not take part in the Altura Whinlatter MTB Challenge - choose from the Full Enduro of 30 miles, or the 17-mile Half Enduro - both of which cover most of the trails in the forest. More information can be found at www.whinlatterchallenge.co.uk/

Please note: the trails at Whinlatter will be closed for most of the day on the Sunday.

Cyclo-Cross North Eastern League - November 20th, 2011

Whether you’re an experienced cyclo-cross racer, or just fancy giving it a go on your mountainbike, why not head to Workington’s Curwen Park on November 20th for Round 8 of the Cyclo-Cross North Eastern League, hosted by Velo Club Cumbria & Lakeland Sprinters.

We'll be there offering a FREE bike maintenance service, as well as cyclo-cross specific 'specials' for you to buy.

Racing starts at 10.30am with the Under-12s, then Youth at 11am, and everyone else at 12.30pm. Entry is on-the-day only, at £1, £5 and £10 respectively (non-British Cycling licence holders are subject to an extra levy). It’s a Cat B race which means more BC points and an enhanced prize pot.

For further details, contact Keith Ashbridge on 01900 872312/07795 186168/ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . More information can also be found on the British Cycling website at http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/74611/CXNE-Round-8

7 Non Stop Charity Ride - September 3rd/4th, 2011

On the weekend of September 3rd/4th, we got on our bikes for our latest charity challenge ‘7 Non Stop’. Starting at 11am on the Saturday, Team Cyclewise rode for 22 hours non-stop, completing all of the 7Stanes (Scottish MTB trail centres) and cycling on the road from and to each centre.

The stats break down to 87 miles of off-road riding and 159 miles on-road.
Our epic event started in Kirroughtree (near Stranraer), then went on to Dalbeattie, Mabie, Ae, Newcastleton, Innerleithen and finally to Glentress in the Tweed valley near Edinburgh.

Despite heavy rain the whole team, with huge support from Ben Keen at Shearwater and Cheryl Frost from Rather Be Cycling, completed the 250-mile mission in less than 24 hours.

The event was in aid of Breast Cancer Care and so far we have raised almost £2.5k. Many thanks to all who donated, supported and helped make it happen.

Keswick Mountain Festival 2011

If you're in to 'mountain' sports, or would like to find out more about them, don't miss the Keswick Mountain Festival, which runs from May 18th to 22nd.

Once again, we'll be at the Bike Village from Friday to Sunday, where we'll be promoting ‘cycling fun for the little ones’ with our fleet of pedal-free balance bikes. Our Nursery Freewheelers coaches use these bikes to help children as young as two learn about balance, steering and stopping. Taster sessions will demonstrate how much fun learning can be!

Also this year we'll be offering a bike maintenance service to the bike-based events including the Keswick Sportive and the Triathlons; as well as coaching-based guided rides on Saturday and Sunday - click here for more information and to book your place.

Last year's glorious weather helped make the festival a huge success. Whatever the weather for 2011, the event again promises to be a great five days, with all sorts of 'mountain' sports on offer, plus exhibitors, entertainment and refreshments. See you there!

Ambleside Outdoor Festival - September 16-19, 2010

The inaugural Ambleside Outdoor Festival runs from September 16 to 19. We’ll be there on the Friday and Saturday, when we’ll be promoting ‘cycling fun for the little ones’ with our fleet of pedal-free balance bikes.

Our Nursery Freewheelers coaches use Like-a-Bike learner bikes to help children as young as two learn about balance, steering and stopping. Taster sessions throughout the festival will demonstrate how much fun learning can be!

The Ambleside Outdoor Festival promises to be a great four days, with all sorts of 'mountain' sports on offer, including biking, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, gorge scrambling ... plus screenings of amazing outdoor films and your chance to test the latest equipment!

For the full programme of events and booking information, go to the event website at http://www.amblesideoutdoorfestival.co.uk/

Keswick Mountain Festival

Come see us at the Keswick Mountain Festival, which runs from May 19 to 23. You'll find us at the Bike Village, located by The Theatre by the Lake, where we'll be running various skills workshops, showing off our Cube road and mountainbikes and generally talking bikes and bits.

As well as Cube bikes available to demo, we'll have Like-a-bikes for the little ones - our Nursery Freewheelers coaches use these pedal-free learner bikes to help children as young as two learn about balance, steering and stopping. Taster sessions throughout the festival will demonstrate how much fun learning can be!

It promises to be a great five days, with all sorts of 'mountain' sports on offer, including hiking, climbing, orienteering ... and biking, of course. Click on the logo to go to the Festival website.