Monday 29 September 2008

Cycling with Liverpool's Students

The Liverpool University Guild has a true cycling advocate as president this year (Danielle Grufferty), and there are big aims with TravelWise and the City Council to get as many students on bikes as possible. For more info see page 11 the first Cycle Liverpool Magazine here

Armed with two bikes, a bike rack, clamp, and no breakfast, Phil and I attended the Liverpool University Freshers Fair this Sunday. It was a great success and we had a good respo
nse with over 150 students signing for interest in the Cycling Society. Throughout the day we also got through a huge box of Liverpool Cycle Maps, handed out many fliers for Thursday's Bicycle Fair (see previous post), advertsied the free cycling lessons offered by Cycling Solutions and also promoted Critical Mass. After 6 hours of being on our feet and talking non stop we were knackered.



The Cycling Society at the University is in it's first year, and aims to be a social society, encouraging the uptake of cycling amongst students and providing information and support to all cyclists around the university. The initial aims are to have regular social cycle rides aswell as planning other events, such as a trip to Mancheter Velodrome, camping / bunkhouse weekends in the Peaks or Wales and possibly campaigning. The inaugral year will see the society shaped by it's members and will hopefully grow in the future.


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