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Velo Vision events listing

This is a round-up of events in the coming year or so. Please email if you know of any more, or have corrections...

  • For British Human Power Club and British Pedal Car Championship event dates, scroll down...

    • 2008 Events

    • Taipei Cycle Show : 13 - 16 March
      Taiwan's cycle industry show: see www.taipeicycle.com.tw.

    • Bike Right Longridge: 21 March - 24 March
      Social cycling weekend held at Longridge Towers School near Berwick upon Tweed, UK; good food and traffic-free riding. See www.cyclefeast.com or contact Philip Stanbury on 01289 301937 or bursar@lts.org.uk.

    • Paastreffen IX: 21 - 24 March
      Easter meeting of the Netherlands recumbent community. More details on www.ligfiets.net.

    • Easter Tandem Rally: 21 - 24 March
      Arnside Youth Hostel, Cumbria, UK. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

    • Sheldon Brown Memorial Ride: 6 April
      This will be "a leisurely roll through central London, ending at a hostelry". All cyclists welcome. See http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=11168 for start time and place details.

    • SPEZI: 26 - 27 April
      The unique Special Bikes Show held every year in Germersheim, Germany. Amazing one-stop shop for everything Velovisionary. See numerous past reports and their multilingual website www.spezialradmesse.de.

    • China Bicycle Fair 25 - 28 April
      Held in Shanghai, China. See www.e-chinacycle.com

    • Wasco Wild West 75: 10 May
      75 mile recumbent and tandem race, The Dalles, Oregon, USA . See http://www.wasco75.com/default.aspx

    • Tour de Presteigne, Eco Weekend: 17 - 18 May
      Tour de Presteigne, Eco Weekend and Green Wheels link up to provide a weekend of electric bikes, eco cars and more, including the Tour de Presteigne one hour endurance rally round the streets of Presteigne. Details should be coming up on http://www.presteigne.org.uk or contact Pete Mustill on 01544 267163

    • Get Cycling Show: 25 -26 May
      Nottingham Racecourse, Nottingham, UK. Bringing together "all kinds of bikes, people, ideas and organisations". See http://www.getcyclingshow.info/ for details.

    • International Tandem Rally: 25 - 31 May
      Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France. See http://www.tandem-club.org.uk/ for full details.

    • Round Up Folder Fest, Philadelphia, USA: 6-8 June
      The organisers say: "FREE for riders and fans of Brompton, Dahon, Bike Friday, Birdy, Moulton. Strida, Swift and more. Rides, rallies, talks, and for the first time, the Manayunk Hill Climb will have a folder bike class, including prizes for the first folding bikes up 'the Wall'. For complete info see http://trophybikes.com/events.php.

    • Smithfield Nocturne: 7 June
      First held in 2007, the Smithfield Nocturne event includes a number of races around the historic Smithfield Market, London, including an Elite Criterium, and a folding bike race complete with Le Mans style start. Free to the public, with a carnival atmosphere. See http://www.smithfieldnocturne.co.uk/index.html for full details.

    • International Trieste Trade Fair: 7 - 15 June
      As a forerunner for a planned International Recumbent Trade Fair in 2009, the Italian Recumbent Group are appearing at the International Trieste Trade Fair. See here for details of the trade fair, or contact Guido Petronio of the Sezione Recumbent - G.I.R, on guidorecumbent@alice.it

    • PedalPalooza, Portland, Oregon, USA: 12 - 28 June
      Check out the fifth year running of PedalPalooza, 100+ bike events in the Portland area between June 12 - 28. Calendar here for an impressive programme of events.

    • Recumbent Bike and Trike Rally, State College, PA, USA: 13 - 15 June
      Tours "with rolling hills through beautiful Amish country" and recumbent activities including test rides and "a tune-up workshop and recumbent-specific tips". Details at www.rbr.info/rbr_rally_2008.html.

    • UK National Bike Week: 14 - 22 June
      Thousands of events across the UK in this annual promotion: Tel 0845 612 0661 or see www.bikeweek.org.uk.

    • CycleVision: 21 - 22 June
      The world's largest recumbent event held each year in the Netherlands. Venue is Amsterdam's Sloten Sportpark, including a velodrome. See www.cyclevision.nl.

    • York Cycle Show: 21 - 22 June
      Thousands of cyclists descend on Velo Vision's home town for a weekend of riding, socialising and bargain hunting. Tel 0870 873 0066 or see www.yorkcycleshow.co.uk.

    • 25th Annual Michigan HPV Rally: 21 - 22 June
      At Waterford Hills race track, northwest of Detroit, the oldest HPV event in North America. See http://mhpva.blogspot.com/.

    • 19th International Cycling History Conference: 25 - 28 June
      St Etienne, France. For details see http://www.cycling-history.org/.

    • Tri-Cyclefeast: 4 - 11 July
      Longridge Towers School, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK. Gathering for recumbent trikes, with the opportunity to hire if you don't own one. Details at http://www.cyclefeast.com/.

    • Tandem Triathlon: 5 July
      Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, UK. A fun event comprising a 1km swim, 10km run and a total of 35km of tandem riding. Details here.

    • 6th European Pedal Car Championship: 2 - 3 August
      Reana del Rojale, Udine, Italy. Details in English and Italian at www.karbyk.com/.

    • HPV World Championships: 16 - 17 August
      To be held at Bentwaters Parks, Suffolk, UK. More details on the BHPC forum: here.

    • Malaysian Pedal Car Race 2008: 17 August
      Penang, Malaysia. More details at www.MalaysianPedalCar.com.

    • UK National Tandem Rally: 23 - 30 August
      Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, UK. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

    • Durham Dales Cycle Rally: 30 Aug - 5th September
      Based around Consett YMCA. A fixed centre holiday with outdoor activities, including at least two organised rides each day. For details contact Bob Sorley on 01207 270400 or robert.sorley@btinternet.com

    • Eurobike: 4 -7 September
      The major trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Open to the public on Sunday. www.eurobike-exhibition.de.

    • The Final .deciMach Challenge, Battle Mountain: 15 - 20 September
      The final running of the .deciMach Human Powered Speed Dash, with a top prize of $25,000. Information on the contest at http://www.recumbents.com/decimach/regs.htm or email Garrie Hill with further questions at garrie@recumbents.com

    • London Freewheel: 21 September
      A day of entertainment, picnics and traffic free riding round a route in central London, UK. 38,000 bikes took part in 2007. Details and registration at http://www.londonfreewheel.com/.

    • IFMA: 18 - 21 September
      The major trade show in Cologne, Germany. Open to the public on Sunday. www.ifma-cologne.de.

    • Interbike: 24 - 26 September
      The major trade show in Las Vegas, USA. www.interbike.com.

    • Herfsttreffen IX: 3 - 5 October
      Autumn meeting of the Netherlands recumbent community. More details on www.ligfiets.net.

    • Cycle 2008: 9 - 12 October
      The London show - now in Earls Court. See our report from the 2007 event, and www.cycleshow.co.uk

    • EICMA Bici: 4 - 9 November
      Trade show held in Milan, Italy. See www.eicma.it.

    Thanks to BikeBiz for help compiling this listing.



    British Human Power Club events for 2008 are to be confirmed, but a preliminary list is:

    • April 20th (Sun) - Hillingdon
    • May 11th (Sun) - Shrewsbury
    • May 24th (Sat) - Quibell Park
    • June 8th (Sun) - Castle Combe
    • June 28th (Sat) - Preston
    • June 29th (Sun) - Lancaster
    • July 20th (Sun - Darley Moor
    • August 16th/17th (Sat/Sun) - World Championships, Bentwaters Parks
    • September 6th/7th (Sat/Sun) - Fowlmead
    • September 28th (Sun) - Hog Hill + AGM
    • October 12th (Sun) - Hillingdon + Prizegiving
    Check the BHPC website for further details.


    British Pedal Car Championship events for 2008 are:

    • April 13th (Sunday): 100 miles / 6 hours, Shrewsbury, Sports Arena (BPCC Round 1)
    • May 10th (Saturday): 10 hour day-night race, Swansea, Margam Park (BPCC Round 2)
    • June 28th-29th (Saturday/Sunday): 25 hour race, Shenington (BPCC Round 3)
    • July 5th (Saturday): Blackpool Scoutcar Nationals, Scouts only (Non-BFPCR)
    • July 13th (Sunday): Ringwood Grand Prix 2 hour Charity Race (Non-BFPCR)
    • July 20th (Sunday): 1hr + 2hrs + 3 hrs races, Silverstone (BPCC Round 4)
    • September 6th (Saturday): 1hr + 2hrs + 3hrs Blackbushe (BPCC Round 5) (Berkshire)
    • September 7th (Sunday): 5 hours Blackbushe (BPCC Round 6) (Berkshire)
    • September 27th (Saturday): 1hr + 2hrs + 3hrs (Day/Night Race) Curborough (BPCC Round 7) Sprint Course (Lichfield)
    See the BPCC website for more details.

    2009 Events

    • Velo-City 2009: May 2009
      The cycle campaigning and promotion conference moves to Brussels, Belgium. See www.velo-city2009.com.

    To send info or corrections, please email peter@velovision.co.uk.