Cycling news
Audio Visual Festival
The Bike-In Theatre will be held at the Static Gallery, 23 Roscoe Lane, on 15th September 2008. The featured screening, "The Living City" curated by Jacqueline Passmore will present an exciting and inspiring evening of international films which explore experimental uses and navigation of the urban environment. The screening will include work by local filmmakers.
The Bike In is a free bike-friendly event, but is open to pedestrians, skateboarders, bicyclists, carpoolers and user of public transportation.
The 15th is also the opening night of the week's AudioVision Festival Installation Series, which features a video installation on massive outdoor video projection on the Mersey tunnel air vent building on Queen's Dock.
Futher information is available at www.av08.co.uk.
Tour of Britain
7th-14th September sees this year's Tour of Britain. The finale of the 2008 Tour of Britain is taking place in Liverpool on Sunday 14th September. In this year when the North West plays host to the European capital of culture it is fitting that the race should finish overall in the heart of Liverpool. After racing south from Blackpool the stage will culminate with an hour of racing around a city centre circuit in Liverpool at the end of which, the overall winner of the race will be known.
The race itself will finish on The Strand, in the shadow of the Liver Building, one of Liverpool's 'Three Graces', that make up part of the city's iconic waterfront.
Mersey Waterfront Cycle Route Reopens!
Riverside Walk, from Columbus Quay to the Pier Head, has now reopened. This follows the completion of major maintainence and repair works to Brunswick Lock at the Brunswick River Entrance by British Waterways. The National Cycle Network Route 56 provides a traffic free cycle route along the Mersey from Riverside Drive, Aigburth to the Albert Dock.
Other events
For other bike rides and events throughout the summer across Liverpool and Merseyside, please visit www.letstravelwise.org/events/