FREE CYCLIST TRAINING FOR FAMILIES
Sunday 29th June, click here for your free places.
What's On 2008
For details of our events, promotions and competitions during the year, click here
Saturday 14th June
See us in Kingsbury at the Community Showcase. Bring your bike and get it checked over.
Friday 20th June
Save the Planet by car sharing to work on this day and you will get a bag of delicious Mars Planets. Log onto Click here
Saturday 21st June
Green Transport Festival, Kingsbury Circus Bill, Jazzercise, Dr Bike, Mix96 Megaslide. Fun all day. DON'T MISS IT!
Commuting by bike
Cycling to work makes so much sense. You will save yourself time, money and improve your physical and mental health on the way.
Check out the cost benefit.
Now check out the time benefit.
And the health benefits.
- Cycling 20 miles or more a week reduces the risk of heart disease to less than half that for non cyclists who take no other exercise.
- Cyclists and pedestrians absorb lower levels of pollutants from traffic fumes than car drivers.
- Regular cycling adds 2.5 years to your life expectancy.
Parking Your Bike
There are over 200 designated bike parking spaces in and around the town centre, providing quick and easy access to shops, cafes, cinema and work places.
All cycle parking in Aylesbury is free and undercover.
Getting your employer to be cycle friendly
More and more workplaces in Aylesbury are getting cycle storage facilities for their employees. If your workplace doesn't have designated cycle storage, contact the team at Cycle Aylesbury and we will try to arrange some provision for cyclists with your employers. Email commutingbybike@buckscc.gov.uk
Tax free bike purchase
The government has introduced a tax-free bike buying scheme. Called Cycle to Work, you can buy a bike with up to 50% discount. See the Cycle Loan Scheme for You page.
Employers can loan bicycles to their staff as a tax-free benefit providing that the bicycles are used some of the time to get to and from work or for work related purposes. Employees can then buy the bike at the end of the loan period for a nominal sum.
Any employer can set up their own 'Cycle to Work' scheme, which operates like a salary sacrifice scheme.
For employers who don't wish to set it up, it can be outsourced to third party companies. There are four main 'Cycle to Work facilitator schemes:
www.boost.uk.com
www.cyclescheme.co.uk
www.cyclesolutions.co.uk
www.halfords.com/bikesforworkschemes