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...

British Pedal Car Racing events are listed here.

British Human Power Club event dates are listed here.

2011 Events

  • The London Bike Show: 13 - 16 January
    Running alongside the Boat Show and the Outdoors Show, at ExCel, London. A ticket to the bike show includes entry to the Boat and Outdoors shows. See here for details.

  • Bikefix Laid Back Social Ride: 16 January
    Bikefix say: "A gentle social ride with various mystery East London destinations. Organised by the British Human Power Club and meeting at Bikefix on Sunday 16th January at 10.30am for 11am departure. If you don't have a recumbent we can probably lend you one. This is a great opportunity to get the Laid Back experience!"

  • Twoo, Basel: 4 - 13 February
    The Swiss Bicycle Exhibition: see www.twoo.ch in German or here for an English translation.

  • North American Handmade Bike Show: 25 - 27 February
    "World's Leading Handmade Bike Show", in Austin, Texas, USA. See website here.

  • Taipei Cycle Show : 16 - 19 March
    Taiwan's cycle industry show: see www.taipeicycle.com.tw.

  • Velo-City 2011: 23 - 25 March
    The cycle campaigning and promotion conference moves to Seville, Spain. See www.velo-city2011.com for more information.

  • VELOBerlin: 26 - 27 March Happening at the Messe Berlin exhibition centre, this spring show is designed to compliment the Autumn Eurobike show. See here for details.

  • The Scottish Bike Show: 16 - 17 April
    Scotland's first consumer bike show, at the SECC, Glasgow. See www.thescottishbikeshow.com for details.

  • Australasian Cycling History Conference: 15 - 17 April
    To be held in Christchurch, New Zealand. For details see here.

  • Bike Right Longridge: 22 - 24 April
    Social cycling long weekend held at Longridge Towers School near Berwick upon Tweed, UK: good food and mostly traffic-free riding. For more details and prices contact Jason Patient on 01890 883408 or [email protected]

  • Paastreffen XII: 22 - 25 April
    Easter meeting of the Netherlands recumbent community. Keep an eye on Ligfiets.net for details.

  • Easter Tandem Rally: 21 - 25 April
    Arundel, Sussex, UK. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

  • SPEZI: 30 April - 1 May
    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.

  • Isle of Wight Randonnee: 1 May
    Choice of 100km or 55km rides on the Isle of Wight. Free to enter, and no need to pre-register. Details can be found here.

  • China Bicycle Fair: 4 -7 May
    Held in Shanghai, China. See here for details.

  • 3rd European Hand Made Bicycle Exhibition: 20 - 22 May
    To be held in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, this event will bring together professional and non-professional builders from around the world. Details can be found here.

  • 22th International Cycling History Conference: 25 - 28 May
    To be held in Paris, France. For details see http://www.cycling-history.org/.

  • International Tandem Rally: 28 May - 4 June
    St Martin, Jersey, The Channel Islands. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

  • International Veteran Cycle Rally: 1 - 4 June
    At La Ferte Imbault, in the Sologne region of France. For details, see here.

  • The UK Handmade and Boutique Bicycle Show 2011: 10 - 12 June
    Bespoked Bristol is the UK's first handmade bicycle show, at Bristol. See here for more information.

  • Tandem Club Family Camping Weekend: 24 - 26 June
    Proposed dates, details to follow. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

  • CycleVision and IHPVA World Championships: 25 - 26 June
    The world's largest recumbent event held each year in the Netherlands. See here for the latest information.

  • Smithfield Nocturne: 11 June (provisional date)
    First held in 2007, the Smithfield Nocturne event includes a number of races around the historic Smithfield Market, London. The feature Race for 2011 will be a penny farthing race. Free to the public, with a carnival atmosphere. Nocturne races will also take place in other cities: see Nocturne Series on Facebook for updates, or the Nocturne Series website once it's updated.

  • Warminster Wobble: 4 - 5 June
    Tours of Warminster and cycle festival. Details here.

  • York Cycle Show: 25 - 26 June
    Thousands of cyclists descend on Velo Vision's home town for a weekend of riding, socialising and bargain hunting. See the CTC Website for details.

  • UK National Bike Week: 18 - 26 June
    Thousands of events across the UK in this annual promotion: Call 0845 612 0661 or see www.bikeweek.org.uk.

  • Tandem Experience Festival: 30 June - 3 July
    Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, UK. A free event, incorporating the country's only tandem triathlon. Details of the festival can be found here.

  • UK National Tandem Rally: 20 - 27 June
    Lucton, Herefordshire. See www.tandem-club.org.uk for details.

  • Bike Expo: 21 - 24 July
    Show open to trade and the public (on 23 - 24 July)in Munich, Germany. Website is here.

  • Ausbike 2011: 20 - 22 August
    At the Melbourne Showgrounds. Show for trade and the public. More information here.

  • Mildenhall Cycling Rally: 27 - 29 August
    Annual event in Suffolk, run by Mildenhall Cycling Club. For details, see here (at time of writing, website not updated).

  • Eurobike: 31 August - 3 September
    The major trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Open to the public on Saturday. Details here.

  • Macride 2011: 11 September
    Charity ride over three distances starting in Stratford-upon-Avon, in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. New this year is a two day Mac Tour, covering 100 miles. For details see here.

  • World Human Powered Speed Championships, Battle Mountain: 12 - 17 September
    Check here for further details of the 2011 event as they become available. Forum discussion of the event is here.

  • Interbike: 14 - 16 September
    The major trade show in Las Vegas, USA. www.interbike.com.

  • Herfsttreffen XII: 30 September - 2 October
    Autumn meeting of the Netherlands recumbent community. Information on Ligfiets.net.

  • Cycle 2009: 29th September - 2 October
    The Cycle show moves for 2011 to the NEC in Birmingham. See www.cycleshow.co.uk

Thanks to BikeBiz for help compiling this listing.



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