The Tour de France was first organised in 1903 and along with the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana they make up cycling's prestigious three week long Grand Tours, with the Tour de France the oldest and widely considered the most prestigious. The modern Tour de France consists of 21 day-long stages, over a 23 day period and covers around 3500 kilometres.

This week we are doing events around Berkshire encouraging more sustainable travel and getting people on their bikes, but making it fun, as it should be. Sunday 30th June On Sunday we went to the 2019 Wokingham Bikeathon. An amazing event with hundreds of participants of all ages cycling around Wokingham. There are 2 rides, 35 miles or 15 miles. […]

  Bike Week 2019 – 8th to 16th June Bike Week is delivered by Cycling UK every year to encourage and to celebrate cycling. The aim of the week is to inspire people of all ages to get on their bikes and to adopt a fun and sustainable way of travelling. While there is so much negativity in the world, […]

So having spent a day loitering around the halls of the Excel Arena for the 2016 edition of the London Bike show, what did we find that was really worth paying attention to?

Another day, another Urban Limits event. Yesterday we were in Slough, supporting their national bike week events they have running throughout the town.

Yes, it's national bike week, and yesterday we rocked up to Wokingham Borough Council to support their cycling activities they have taking place all week.

Last Saturday, Urban limits went along to a brand new cycling event held at a school in Wokingham.

Gigantic maps prove really useful to residents in identifying where the counties cycle routes are.

For the final day we were in Maidenhead as part of the cycling festival and it was HOT!

Our penultimate day found us in Charles Square, Bracknell with rides, advice and cycling challenges on offer