Events & Bike Culture

Hamburg has served as an international transport hub and embodied the concept of mobility since time immemorial. The city consistently focuses on adopting a future-oriented mobility mix. The system devised by the "Bündnis für den Radverkehr" (Alliance for Cycling) which was founded in 2016, represents a commitment to promote cycling and improve quality of life in and around the city. This is why Hamburg is now working with Bike Citizens to promote the benefits of cycling using the mantras: Bike Benefit! Get cycling! It’s worth it!

720,000 kilometres by bicycle in 6 months? The citizens of Bremen are confident that they can rise to this challenge. They have been warming up for what is probably the longest cycling trip in the Universe.

For the first time the bicycle entered the traditional catwalk at the Milan Fashion Week and brought dynamism and design to the streets of Italian's international fashion capital. Ludovica Diligu, cycling passionate designer and founder of Labo.Art, is sharing her thoughts on fashion and cultural change. Story by Pinar Pinzuti, Bike Citizens reporter based in Milan.

Critical Mass and Cycle Chic combined in one cycling event? Yes, it is possible. What started with a small bike ride among friends, evolved into a big movement. The Fancy Women Bike Ride gives more visibility to women in Turkish society and is asking for cycle safe cities. In this year's even more than 30.000 women joined the bike ride in over 50 cities all over Turkey.

Cycling experts and decision-makers from all over the world are coming together in the Netherlands for the Velo-city 2017celebrating The Freedom of Cycling. 1,500 participants from more than 80 countries are expected in Arnheim-Nijmegen, the country’s second largest urban agglomeration, to learn from the world's pre-eminent cycling nation and to exchange information and ideas. Alongside urban development and planning of cycling infrastructure, the focus this year will be on social justice, social participation and the economic viability of cycling.

The bicycle was invented in Mannheim over 200 years ago: the draisine, a velocipede. Since then the bicycle has experienced a revolution, also with regard to social development.

An exciting year of bike fairs is coming to an end. We've visited a lot of fairs and are excited to do so next year. In 2017 there are also great fairs going to take place where numerous innovative products and the must-haves of next years bike scene are going to be presented. We've created an overview, not to miss one of those events.

When the dark first comes it’s a shock. I love cycling, and I especially love riding with my young kids. But it takes an extra adjustment, a mindshift even, when nursery and school runs, and then commutes to and from work, must suddenly be ridden with no light from the sky. I blink into the blackness. It always takes a few days for my eyes to accept to this utterly predictable yet still constantly surprising shift in seasons.

With the falling temperatures and the sun disappearing early, it's natural to catch oneself looking for excuses to avoid long distances or only leave the flat when necessary. Once personal idleness meets Christmas and its many family dinners, it's accomplished: the couch potato is born.