Wondering how to get to the new school? Join the Jessie Bike Bus – a group ride to school for all ages, every Wednesday morning. All roads cycled are 20mph zones and we do not cross St Paul’s Road. JESSIE BIKE BUS Starting 10 Sept See https://jys.bike/ for full details of route and timings. Practice ride at 3.30pm on Tuesday 1 July; meet outside the back gate on Norwich Road PO19 5DG. Anyone interested in joining the Bike Bus,…
A group of volunteers currently chaired by Joan Foster (Hunston resident) has been working over many years to establish a cycleway from Selsey to Chichester, along the east side of the Manhood Peninsula. Town and Parish Councillors from Selsey, Sidlesham and Hunston are members of the group. A route is now in place from Selsey to the RSPB Pagham Harbour Nature Reserve. Work continues for the middle section through Sidlesham. The focus now is the route from Hunston to the…
Sarah Sharp has kindly loaned out her (deceased) husband’s GoPro3+ so ChiCycle members can make video content. Bill Sharp’s action camera may prove particularly handy for filming the Bike Bus and Trishaw projects. It has a handy remote control to switch modes and to start and stop recording. This will be handy if the camera is mounted somewhere difficult to operate like on a bike helmet. There is also a useful time lapse mode, ideal for showing progress during project…
Update ChiCycle’s bike powered Cycleoke” event successfully got many people, singing and enjoying healthy exercise on a bike. Students found out about how they can get involved in organise future “Cycleoke” style events to promote active travel and green/sustainable living. Original Post On Thursday 7th November 2024, starting at 6:30pm, ChiCycle will be at Chichester University Student Union to encourage and inform students about how they can organise future “Cycleoke” events. “Cycleoke” is similar to Karaoke except entirely powered by…
Bosham Bike Bus in action Click above for a facebook video if the video at the bottom fails to load. Watch our first Chichester area Bike Bus in action, on a minute and a half of video compiled by James Green of Chichester District Cycle Forum. As our first Bike Bus in this area is in Bosham, it’s all about stopping the cars on the main A259 for long enough to cross safely. This takes adult volunteers to make this…
Philip Maber’s endless enthusiasm has brought Chichester’s Cycle Without Age Trishaw back into action again. Jenny Cole and Adam Bell deserve plenty of credit for assisting Philip too. The ambitious project was originally started by Richard Turnbull in 2020 but after his admirable hard work keeping it running for several years, other concomitants forced Richard to cease operating rides in 2023. A key to reinstating Chichester Trishaw rides has been Philips success in obtaining full insurance cover from Alex-Krupa/Unity insurance….
West of Chichester development Phase 2 plans 22/01485/OUTEIA intend to move the uncontrolled crossing at the Southern end of Sherborne Rd even closer to the A259 Collage Roundabout. Traffic approaching the crossing from the A259 going past the Tesco superstore, will have virtually no visibility of the crossing until a few metres from hitting pedestrians and cyclists. ChiCycle are submitting this document to CDC planning in objection The image below shows a clip from the current planning document showing the…
In June 2021 we published details of Ray Burridge’s GEMARA bike security system. Ray has now developed, modernised and refined his original ideas to create the new BICYCURE security system. BICYCURE is ready to STOP Cycle Theft wherever it is installed and Ray is discussing how to roll out his solution with a number of local authorities including Chichester District Council. Ray’s concept for securely locking bikes is elegantly simple. A series of raised steel posts are set into a…
Mark Simmons has recently moved to Chichester from Canada. He describes himself as a Graphic Designer turned Bicycle Mechanic writing about Lifestyle Cycling and drawing a funny robot cartoon strip called Farrbott. Mark has his own bike orientated website https://www.bottsbikesbits.com and has already teamed up with ChiCycle to organise a bike ride (wearing fashionable tweed) around the city. He has already shared the following plans for the bike ride planned for the 8th October 2023. Details Mark has given are…
Update 12th September drop in event engaged residents with art installation proposals and ideas for forming a community group. Original Post On Tuesday 12th Sept from 6:00pm to 8:00pm a community drop-in event will be held a the Sea Cadets Hut Pound Farm Road, Chichester, West Sussex,PO19 7PX. One aim for the event is to engage the local community in the decision making process about proposed art installations for Florence park. A second aim of the event is to discover…