Pedal Power
Cycle Centre and Bike Hire
Main Pontcanna Office +44(0) 29 2039 0713
Cardiff Bay Office +44(0) 7775 616411
Email: info@cardiffpedalpower.org
Pedal Power
Cycle Centre and Bike Hire
Main Pontcanna Office +44(0) 29 2039 0713
Cardiff Bay Office +44(0) 7775 616411
Email: info@cardiffpedalpower.org
Pedal Power is the working name of The Friends of Pedal Power
Project. We are a charity (Registered
Number: 1092304) whose Mission is "to make cycling accessible to
all". Friends of Pedal Power Project Ltd is a not for-profit company
registered at Companies House (Company
Number 4373456). Revenues from the company are ploughed back
into the charity.
We also receive grants from many organisations. Two recent Awards are from the People's Postcode Trust and The Rank Foundation..
People’s Postcode Trust is a grant-giving charity funded entirely by
players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. Our project received £3181
from the Trust to buy
three electric bikes and an electric trike.
Pedal Power is home to one of the best accessible cycling centres in the UK. We operate out of two centres, one near the city centre and one in Cardiff Bay.
We have an extensive range of different cycles for hire, from standard bikes and tandems and specially designed tricycles for all abilities and ages. This enables virtually anybody to enjoy cycling.
We offer a full assessment service to members in order to find you the perfect cycle for your needs. Unfortunately, we cannot hire out the adapted cycles without the disabled person being assessed, nor are they normally available to the general public. However, it is possible to hire a side-by-side at the weekend if there is one available
We run a cycle hire service open to the public 7 days a week in Pontcanna, Bay opening hours are more variable. We have gent's bikes, ladies' bikes, kid's bikes of all sizes, as well as a range of baby seats, buggies and tag along bikes.We also offer a full range of cycle maintenance services. .
For those looking for something a bit different we have go carts, and pedal cars which can take up to six people available from our Cardiff Bay centre.
We also offer bicycle tours both locally and long distance tours.
Spokes Café is available for drinks and meals. It is open between 10:00 and 15.00 during the week and between 08:00 and 12.00 at weekends. We are a BT Openzone hotspot and existing cuctomers will be able to connect. We will soon have vouchers for sale that will eanble others to connect too
Finally, we offer a range of courses and one off sessions from total beginner to the advanced skills required to cycle safely in traffic. We specialise in delivering cycle training courses to people who may feel that cycling presents them with a wider range of challenges than most.
Registration is now open for our sponsored ride on Saturday, 23 June, 2012. This is a major source of funds for us so please consider riding for us.
Mark's presentation at our Business Breakfast at City Hall on April 27 was truly inspirational. He hopes to be able to repeat it soon in a lull in his training.
He is now blogging on his life as a Paralympic hopeful. It is a very interesting read! Also, when he visited us a little while ago, Marion Gray, our Vice-chair, interviewed him on camera.
The next fair will be held at the Scout Base on June 9.
We have a series of fund-raising bird watching events in May.
We are pleased to announce that Mark Colbourne has agreed to be our Patron. Mark is a para-cyclist who won Gold and Silver medals in the Paracycling World Track Championships in Los Angeles in mid-February. Mark's schedule is pretty full but we look forward to his involvement with us in the near future.
Our provisional events calendar is available
We will be offering an exciting new product in 2012: Long Distance Tours. The first Sea to Sea tour is already fully booked!
We are able to offer a number of cycle training courses free of charge to the Over-50s.
We recondition unwanted bikes for sale. We are always happy to accept bikes for reconditioning.
We are particularly in need of volunteers in the bike shed and the kitchen . Kitchen volunteers can gain qualifications in food handling skills. Other training is available. Volunteer with us and enhance your CV