Current events
May 2026
Fridays, 8 and 15 May: Free Bike Marking in Swansea Railway Station (Courtesy TfW).
10.00 - 14.00 on both days.
Simply turn up with your bike and get it marked so that it can be identified if lost or stolen.
Monday, 11 May: U3A ride to the Pavilion Café in Pwll. Note change in ride.
10.00am in the Railway Inn.
The return journey will be 28 miles mainly flat and will follow the Millennium Coastal Path.
Please let John know if you plan to join the ride. He changed it because the café in Cynheidre would not be open. (email: jw.lambert100@gmail.com)
Swansea and Gower Cycling Festival
27 to 31 May
Click
here for details.
June 2026
Monday, 1 June: U3A ride from Carmarthen to Llandeilo.
By train to Carmarthen and from there follow the new cycle track for a flat 26 miles up the new Tywy Valley Path to Llandeilo. Snack at Stacey's Kitchen in Abergwili.
10.51: depart Gowerton for train to Carmarthen.
14.48: depart Llandeilo for train to Gowerton. (Heart of Wales line.)
John will check bike space on trains.
Please let John know if you plan to join the ride.
Bike week: 9 to 15 June.
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 Routes sub-group. Members who feel they can help are encouraged to join this group.
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
They changed their name from "Sustrans" to "Walk Wheel Cycle Trust" on 30 September 2025. Their 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 them - as we have in previous years - by manning stalls or supporting some of their other activities.
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.