Current events
February 2024
Monday, 5 February: U3A ride: Neath via Llansamlet, Trallwn and Skewen
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Return: NCRs 47 and 4. Approx. 30 miles; no major hills.
Please let Jim know if you plan to join the ride. (email: Jim_forrest@ntlworld.com)
Monday, 19 February: Wheelrights Routes Group meeting.
7.00-8.30pm by Teams.
March 2024
Monday, 4 March: U3A ride: Pavilion cafe Pwll on the Millennium Coastal Path
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Approx. 20 miles; 200ft ascent.
Please let Jim know if you plan to join the ride. (email: Jim_forrest@ntlworld.com)
April 2024
Saturday, 6 April: Wheelrights Routes Group meeting.
10.00am in Ripples Café, West Cross, Swansea Foreshore.
Wednesday, 10 April: Wheelrights public meeting.
Christine Boston Director of Sustrans Cymru will give a presentation on
Sustainable Transport for a Better Life
7.00pm in the Environment Centre, Pier St, Swansea SA1 1RY. This
poster tells you a bit about the speaker. All are welcome.
May 2024
Wednesday, 29 May to Sunday, 2 June: Swansea and Gower Cycling Festival
Details to come.
June 2024
Saturday, 8 June to Sunday, 16 June: Bike Week
Providers
Wheelrights.
As noted on the
About us page the events which
Wheelrights provide include promotional rides and evening meetings.
Several evening meetings a year are held for our members. (Watch this page.) Talks are given at some. These meetings are open (and free). Detailed planning is done in our Campaigns and Routes sub-groups. Members who feel they can help are encouraged to join one of these groups.
Sustrans
Sustrans main role is to create such important things as the National Cycle Network and Safe Routes to Schools. Currently their focus is on upgrading the NCN and encouraging cycle commuting. These aims are shared by Wheelrights. We hope also to help Sustrans - as we have in previous years - by manning stalls or supporting other activities organised by them.
Cycling UK
They changed their name from "CTC" to "Cycling UK" in 2016. On 1 January 2008 the local CTC group ceased to be a
District Association and became the
Swansea and West Wales CTC Member Group. (This group decided in 2016 to retain "CTC" in their name.) The old sections disappeared so that the rides which used to be the responsibility of the sections are now coordinated by the one group. They take place on Sundays, Wednesdays and often on another day. Most are at a moderate pace between 30 and 50 miles and are graded 1-5. Most are in the range 2-3 with Grade 1 indicating an easy ride suitable for the less fit or inexperienced cyclist.
Wheelrights provide Grade 1 rides by means of our Cappuccino rides.
Cycling UK are active nationally in campaigning across the UK for better cycle provision. For information about the local rides visit the
CTC Swansea page on CUK's website.
Other
Other events gleaned from wherever are included on this page.