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Bicycle Week in Barcelona

Bike Week BarcelonaThe annual Setmana de la Bici is celebrated from the 8th-14th of June.  The event promotes the use of bicycles in the city and includes free bike lending and cycle repairs, cycling lessons and a circuit for little kids.  The Festa de la Bici i els Patins ends the week-long festival with a public cycling and skating session that runs through the streets of Barcelona.  If you don't have bicycles and would like to take part in this fun event,  you can rent them for the family including ones with child seats

 

Bike Week celebrates the bicycle as an environmentally-friendly form of travel and aims to increase the use of bikes in the city. The creation of more bicycle lanes and the Bicing shared cycle venture are other ways that Barcelona has remodelled itself as a cyclist-friendly city.


If you would like to try out Barcelona by bike this week, you can hop on a free bicycle available from 10 am to 7 pm, at 'Un Cotxe Menys'  the "One Car Less" association located at C. Esparteria, 3.  They also have bikes for kids aged from 6-7 years and options with child seats. They are also available from Biciclot bike rental. 

 

Novice cyclists can take beginners courses throughout the week and those with a phobia of city cycling can also put their fears behind them with a workshop in  Biciteràpia - Cycle Therapy.


A children's circuit will be set up at Plaça de la Catedral for young kids from 3-7 years which can help them learn better bike control.  There are night time group excursions and free drinks for city cyclists at the Bicia't, "On your bike", breakfast on Thursday 11 June.
 

bikeweekbarcelona.jpgThe Festa de la Bici i els Patins, on Sunday June 14th, is a fun cycling and skating event for all the family.  If you need to hire bikes to take part, you should call and reserve ahead for the occasion.

 

The weekend of the 13th and 14th June also sees the 2-day Barcelona Bike Show, the most important in Europe, at the Parc del Forúm. You can hire free to attend the event and take part in a range of activities with the family. The show includes skating workshops, bike ramps, BMX zones, competitons and exhibitions.


Barcelona has around 200,000 bike share Bicing users, who make some 90,000 daily cycle journeys. The cycle lane network in Barcelona continues to expand with the city expecting to have 156 km of paths by the end of 2009.

 

Bike Show

13th and 14th June

10am-8pm at the Parc del Forúm 

www.bikeshowbcn.com

 

Children's Bike Circuit

8th-12th June, 2009

5pm-8pm. Children 3-7 years.

Plaça de la Catedral
Av Catedral, 6

 

Biciteràpia (Cycle therapy) workshop

Sign up with the BACC (Catalan Cycle Club)

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Free Bicycle Hire

Un cotxe menys  Tel. 93 268 21 05 from 8 to 12th June; 10am-7pm  

Biciclot Tel. 93 307 74 75 from 8 to 12th June; 9.30am to 2pm

   

Festa de la Bici i els Patins

Sunday 14th June at 10am

Start: C. Aragó with C. Balmes

Information: http://www.bcn.es/festadelabici/es/salutacio.html

 

Bike hire for the events of the the 13th and 14th from Un cotxe menys and Biciclot. Request bikes with child seats and children's bikes. Early reservation is advisable.

 

Download Full Programme for Bike Week in Barcelona

 

 

 
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