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What's On 2008
For details of our events, promotions and competitions during the year, click here
2008 Year of cycling
It’s official! 2008 is the Year of Cycling in Aylesbury. This festival of cycling will get even more people in Aylesbury on their bikes and enjoying the benefits and freedom that cycling brings. Click here to read more
Bike It
What is Bike it?
Bike It is a nationwide scheme, managed by sustainable transport charity Sustrans, which aims to increase the number of young people cycling to school and on other journeys. It quadrupled cycling levels in participating schools in the first year. The project is funded by Bike Hub - the cycle industry levy, and backed by Cycling England with the support of the Department for Transport.
As a cycling demonstration town Aylesbury has its own Bike It officer, Michael Battye.
Michael works with 10 schools in Aylesbury to promote the benefits of cycling to children, teachers and parents. With each school she will help identify what the barriers to cycling are and look at measures to overcome them. This includes issues such as secure cycle storage, cycle training and safety, routes to school and bike maintenance.
The Bike It schools are:
Ashmead Combined School
Bearbrook School
Bedgrove Junior School
Stoke Mandeville School
Thomas Hickman School
Turnfurlong Junior School
Aylesbury Grammar School
Aylesbury High School
St Louis Catholic Primary School
Stone C of E Combined School
Wendover Campus Schools (John Colet, John Hampden, Wendover C of E Junior School)
How does the Bike It officer work with the school?
The Bike It officer works with the schools in many ways:
- contributing to classroom work and assemblies
- addressing concerns about safety and liability, with assistance from the local authority and other project partners
- giving practical advice to school management teams
- organising events such as bike to school days or weeks
- generating positive publicity about cycling to school