Launch of All Abilities Cycling Group
John Hearns
launch Disabilities Cycling Group
Tuesday 25th March 2003 (European Year of Disabled People)
10.30am outside City Hall, Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
Cyclists with disabilities will be joined by MPs and GLA members when
Mayor Ken Livingstone launches the London Cycling Campaign's All Ability
Cycling Group(AACG) at City Hall on Tuesday 25th March, 10.30 am. The
launch is being organised by LCC in partnership with Transport for
London.
Transport for London has declared its commitment to all ability cycling
by supporting special events and publications. It will also take account
of disabled cyclists when constructing the new London Cycling Network -
LCN+. LCC welcomes TfL's support for all ability cycling.
At the launch speeches by Ken Livingstone, Jenny Jones , the Mayor's
Road Safety Ambassador, and the Group's chair Debbie Allaire will be
followed by a photo-opportunity and a chance for disabled people to try
out a range of adapted cycles. The All Ability Cycling Guide will be
distributed along with information about future events.
Cyclists present will include amputee Jim Bush (37), who in 1999 cycled
New Zealand end to end (1,607 miles), raising money for the Limbless
Association and Headway.
Cycles available for try-out will include hand-cycles, tandems,
recumbent cycles, the Duet wheelchair/cycle and side-by-side cycles.
'The London Cycling Campaign wants to make London a world class cycling
city,' says Debbie Allaire , the group's chair,. "That means working
with all sections of the community. Cycling is fun, it's good exercise
and convenient transport. Some disabled people cycle already, and we
hope that this group will encourage many others.'
'Anyone can cycle,' says Oliver Taylor of hire firm London Recumbents,
who are providing the try-out cycles. 'It's just a matter of having the
right equipment. We've been hiring out cycles to disabled people in
London for seven years and we've hardly ever found anyone we can't
supply with a usable bike.'
'Disabled people have higher expectations than they used to, says Allan
Sutherland, cycling correspondent for Disability Now and a member of the
group. 'We don't want to be trapped in cars. Cycles are the most
liberating form of transport in existence. Of course disabled people
want to be part of that.'
Further information:
Allan Sutherland, AACG: email atsuth...@freeuk.com tel: 020 7326 1811
Tom Bogdanowicz, Campaigns Manager, London Cycling Campaign Unit 228, 30
Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0HS tel: 020 7928 6112 email:
t...@lcc.org.uk
Website: www.lcc.org.uk
Debbie Allaire, AACG: email debbie...@onetel.com
goodcyc...@gmail.com
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