You are here: Liverpool Confidential › Entertainment › Events.
IT'S TIME TO harden those buttocks off for summer. So have you thought about going in for the Liverpool-Chester Bike Ride?
It's happening in just under two weeks time. On Sunday 18 July. If you want, you still can enter the event which sees thousands of bike-owning adventurers set off for the Dee with lashings of ginger beer and posh water.
But to make sure you don't come over all wobbly legged the second you hit Wallasey, and have to get the ferry home, you have to be fit-ish. So organisers and local cycling experts are keen to offer preparation tips for anyone taking part.
Veteran Liverpool bike man Pete Matthews says: “To ensure a safe and enjoyable Bike Ride, riders need to be prepared for the day. Your bike should be serviced a week or two before the event to make sure you can get any faulty parts repaired. Weather is always unpredictable so I’d always recommend taking a rain jacket and eye protection. Above all don’t forget to wear a hard shell helmet, however experienced you may be.”
The Liverpool-Chester-Liverpool Bike Ride will start at Old Haymarket, just outside the Birkenhead Tunnel entrance. The event will feature four rides this year: A challenge ride (54 miles), a community ride (30 miles), a family ride (25 miles) and a sportive route (90 miles).
Simon Wallis, Sustrans Bike it Officer for Merseyside, also offers the following advice:
Dr Paula Grey, Director of Public Health at Liverpool PCT wants more local people than ever before to sign up to this year’s Bike Ride. She commented: “By signing up for the Liverpool-Chester-Liverpool Bike Ride, people could begin an active pursuit that will last for the rest of their lives.”
Just log on to here to enter.You heard. Now get out your Chopper or whatever.
Like what you see? Enter your email to sign up for our newsletters which are chock-a-block with more great reviews, news, deals and savings.
7 comments so far, continue the conversation, write a comment.
"Bike"? The word is 'bicycle'! Is that too hard for these johnny-come-latelies?
I was your prize, but I'm always on my cycle!
It's asking for trouble, riding your bicycle amongst that lot in the picture - why, they appear to be riding in their underwear.
It's a contraction. English has plenty of them. My five faves are: bus, babe, pants, plane and net.
A "helmet"? What is wrong with my bicycling cap?
What is it about wearing one of those silly plastic helmets that makes people think they have the right to ride bicycles illegally on the pavement? Are the roads not wide enough for them?
A 'bike' is a promiscuous woman, according to the O.E.D.