A Pilgrims Hospices Cycle Challenge launched two weeks of cycling events at the University’s Canterbury campus.
The Sports Centre Cycling Festival ended with the formal opening of Kent Sport’s Cycle Hub on Thursday 11 May by ‘Tandem Men’ John Whybrow and George Agate, the Kent alumni who are awaiting verification for setting a world record for riding around the world on a tandem.
In the evening there was another sports challenge in the Pavilion Café Bar involving cyclists racing each other on static bikes.
More than 1,200 cyclists of all abilities took part in the Cycling Challenge which launched the Cycling Festival at the University’s Sports Pavilion to embark on one of three routes of different lengths – The Century, The Challenge or The Classic – through the Kent countryside.
During the Festival a number of events were held at the Pavilion to celebrate cycling with the aim of encouraging more people to take up the sport, including a ride to Tankerton (ending with fish and chips), one promoting cycling to work and one to build cyclists’ confidence on the roads.