September update

Sadly, Cycle Winchester have had to postpone the Mass Ride 8 on 28 September due to organisational issues. The team is currently hatching plans for a 2025 Mass Ride in late spring or early summer.

Mass Ride information

Everyone is welcome to join the Cycle Winchester Mass Ride 8 on 28 September. The more diverse the riders, bikes, ages and outfits the better! All you need is a working bike that you can happily steer, brake and pedal the length of your chosen route at a slow-medium pace. The ride will take place on open roads, but there will be experienced cyclists marshalling the group for safety.

Start locations and routes for 2024 are being finalised, but you should expect feeder rides to start at around 10am, converging on the city centre at 10.30am for a massed procession around the one-way system, reaching Abbey Gardens a little after 11am. In previous years, feeder rides have picked up from Harestock, Weeke, Kings Worthy, Headbourne Worthy, Abbots Barton, Highcliffe, Badger Farm and Stanmore, with a longer ride coming in from Colden Common and Twyford. Check Cycle Winchester nearer the time for full details of meeting times and locations.

The ride ends with refreshments in Abbey Gardens, a mini bike-fest and kids activities, and a chance to socialise and share experiences of the ride. If the weather looks good, maybe bring a picnic too!

More about Cycle Winchester Mass Ride 8

Don’t miss the chance to be part of the largest annual gathering of ordinary cyclists on the streets of Winchester, from 10am on Saturday 28th September! It’s part of Winchester Green Week and once again we ride in partnership with Kidical Mass!

We have suffered for decades with substandard cycling infrastructure, but we dare to dream of a better future for our children and grandchildren. Kidical Mass is a worldwide movement of cyclists from 0 to 99 years old, who take over the streets to reclaim the road space in colourful bicycle demonstrations. It’s seized the imagination, with over 230,000 riders joining 900 worldwide rides last year. in 2023, Cycle Winchester affiliated with Kidical Mass UK, and we share their vision of a future where all children and young people can safely and independently use cycles as a mode of travel. Our 2023 ride was the biggest in the UK, with more than 400 participants, many of them young families.

About Cycle Winchester

Cycle Winchester is a local community action group, campaigning to make Winchester better by bike. Our aim is to create a better Winchester by promoting cycling as a convenient, healthy and inexpensive way to get around the city, as well as campaigning for improved provision for cyclists. In so doing, we also hope to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in order to make Winchester a more enjoyable place to live, work and visit.

Through a range of cycling events and other initiatives, we hope to highlight the many benefits of cycling and encourage more people to get on their bikes and join us in our campaign to make Winchester better by bike. You can support our campaign – and gain discounts at local bike shops – by becoming a member, by signing up to our email list, by following us on social media, and by signing the Winchester Cycling Charter.