Bicycle is one of the most popular ways to get from A to B in London, the rise in popularity of fixies and the availability of ‘Boris Bikes’ has helped no end in getting people on their bike. To celebrate the rise of the two wheeled traveller, a festival is taking place in London this Saturday aimed at getting the whole family together, riding around a 10 mile traffic free route in the English capital. It’s called RideLondon and it’s a totally free event for all to attend.
The cycle route takes place around london, incorporating many of the cities finest sights from Buckingham Palace in the west to the Tower of London in the east via the Houses of Parliament and St Paul’s. You’re welcome to join and exit the loop at any point round the circuit, just look for one of the points to join or leave the giant bike ride. There will be plenty to see all around the route with music bikes, bands on bikes, stilt bicycles, Penny Farthings, stagecoaches and rickshaws, with bike doctors on hand in case of any technical problems.
Once you’ve done your cycling you can stop off at Green Park, Tower Hill, St Paul’s Churchyard, Guildhall Yard or Leadenhall Market to join in with some cycling related festivities. There are far too many fantastic things happening at all of these locations to list them, but if you go to the official RideLondon website, you can see a runthrough of all the days activities. If you’ve not got your bike with you, you can easily hire on and join in with the days activities, take a look at the TFL website for information on the best places to hire a bike.
Later in the day, after the freecycle, pop along to St. James Park to see the Grand Prix event where some of the worlds best pro cyclists will battle it out. Then on the Sunday you can spectate (or take part!) in the London-Surrey 100, with cyclists starting in Queen Elizabeth Olynpic Park and embarking on a 100 mile route around the stunning Surrey countryside, before coming back down The Mall in central London, all along closed roads.
If you’re planning on making the trip to London for RideLondon this weekend, make sure you download Trippa London, the best travel guide to the English capital. If you’re not going to London but fancy getting away this weekend, why not take a look at one of our other fantastic guides like Trippa Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Cardiff, Helsinki, Marseille, Oslo, Palma, Reykjavik,Seville or Stockholm.
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