Britain's biggest bike breakfast on Cycle to Work Day - Thursday 4 September

Monday, 01 September 2014

Tuck into Britain's biggest bike breakfast on national cycle to work day.  If you cycle to work on Thursday 4 September, come along to Whiteknights House (foyer by Receipts Office) between 8.30am and 10.30am to receive your free breakfast voucher.

Cycle to Work Day is a national event, championed by multi gold medal winning Paralympic cyclist, Dame Sarah Storey, which aims to encourage everyone to cycle to work for just one day.

Last year's event saw tens of thousands of cyclists taking part nationally. Over a quarter of a million miles were pledged, nearly 7,000kg of CO₂ were offset and over 12 million calories were burnt.

You can pledge to ride at www.cycletoworkday.org and not only will you be doing your bit for the cause, but you'll also be in with a chance to win some great prizes.

This is also an ideal opportunity to come along and find out more about the Cycle2Work scheme the University is running in conjunction with Halfords, who will be in Whiteknights House from 8.30am to 1pm to answer any questions and give away some goodies. Through the scheme you can choose a bike and accessories up to the value of £1,000 and make savings of up to 40%. For more information visit: www.reading.ac.uk/benefitsplus.

You can also get a check-up from Dr Bike who will be providing free bike maintenance and Security will be offering free security labelling and bike passports to help protect your bike and deter theft.