Sky Ride Dublin
Sky Ride is coming to Dublin!
Sky Ride is a campaign that started in the UK to inspire and help everyone, whatever their age or ability, to get on their bikes and have fun, and it’s coming to Dublin on Sunday 11th September. It is a fun, free family day out brought to you by Sky and Dublin City Council, providing the perfect opportunity to get back on your bike. So why not join us for the day and ride your bike through Dublin’s streets without a car in sight!
The Sky Ride initiative will give thousands of people the freedom to enjoy riding their bikes with family and friends while seeing some of the city’s landmarks and attractions from a fresh perspective. Approximately 8km of the city centre’s roads will be closed to traffic, and we are calling on people to pump up their tyres, oil that chain, and polish up that saddle in preparation for a great free family day out!
Enjoy some of the sights of Dublin free from cars for the day. Take part in the free entertainment on offer for all ages and find out how enjoyable cycling can be. The traffic-free route around the city centre is entirely open and optional, so you can come and go as you please and ride for as long as you choose. Participants can cycle the route at their own pace, and enjoy an array of entertainment along the way. It’s free and easy to register and anyone, young or old, can get involved, no matter how wobbly you might be on two wheels!
Also, every registered participant has the chance to win a 3D TV and Sky subscription package free for a whole year.
To find out more and to register see www.goskyride.com/Dublin
4 Comments
David Smith
- August 25, 2011 at 2:09 pmDoes anyone know what the route will be? The website has no details.
Karl
- August 26, 2011 at 4:46 pmIf the Sky ride is to cross the Samuel beckett Bridge as it no doubt will, could some additional signage be placed to warn both cyclists and pedestrians that the cycle lane/footpath space on the bridge is shared, should cyclists on the day cycle on the footpath/cyclepath and not on the tarmac road across the bridge. An influx of bikes is not ideal for any pedestrians wishing to cross the bridge.
I crossed the bridge from south to north the other day, and was almost cleared out by a cyclist approaching from the opposite direction. They could not see me approaching from Sir John Rogersons Quay, nor could I see them, as they approached from the bridge to the quayside. There is a blind corner there at the end of the bridge at the quayside at Sir John Rogersons Quay. Cyclists unfortunately have to then ctcle on the footpath once they have crossed the bridge, as there is no continuous cycle path for them leading to or from the bridge. It appears that the bridge was shoe-horned in, with little thought given to road layout design, and no real thought given to pedestrian or cyclist safety.
The cycle lane/footpath on the Samuel Beckett bridge is shared space between pedestrians and cyclists, however it is only marked as so on the ground, halfway over the bridge. There are no other signs to warn cyclists or pedestrians that this is a shared space.
Liana
- September 1, 2011 at 1:43 pmWhy exactlty do we need to “register”?
Alan
- September 8, 2011 at 3:03 pmRoute is at http://www.goskyride.com/Dublin. Not really a route as such, they say you can start and leave wherever you like. Roads closed 10am-4pm