Update: Mass Ride #9 will take place on 25 April 2025.
Cycle Winchester has so far organised eight Mass Rides (12 May 2018, 15 Dec 2018, 27 Apr 2019, 12 Oct 2019, 16 Oct 2021, 1 Oct 2022, 30 Sep 2023 and 26 April 2025). Despite some poor weather conditions turnout has been excellent and the largest gathering was approximately 630. The Mass Rides have helped to create a growing community of cyclists in Winchester. They have raised awareness of Cycle Winchester and given it a body of supporters. The Mass Rides continue to demonstrate the large numbers of cyclists in the city and show that people who ride bikes are a significant and ‘mobilised’ demographic. The rides also encourage new, young or wary cyclists to get on their bike and find fun and safety in numbers.
Due to COVID -19 restrictions a fifth Mass Ride was converted into a Not the Mass Ride (NtMR) wherein individual cyclists posted selfies of themselves beside a logo decorated bike at King Alfred’s Statue during Bike Week. In the end around 100 riders posted selfies and more took part.
Occasionally, we publish quiet routes which everyday cyclists and families can enjoy without encountering heavy traffic.
420 participants fill our streets in a joyful celebration of pedal power. Wow! It’s hard to do justice to the amazing events of Saturday’s Mass Ride & Kidical Mass. The huge turnout. The heart-warming, impromptu bike festival in Abbey Gardens, where happy kids honed their bike skills. The spectacular skaters...
It was a carnival atmosphere for an hour on the streets of Winchester on Saturday as 250 cyclists converged on the city from five outlying locations. They merged for a procession around the one-way system to the sounds of bike bells and music, displaying placards calling for a Winchester that...
Cycle Winchester Mass Ride 5, taking place next Saturday, October 16th, falls just outside the main Winchester Green Week, which concluded on October 3rd. Still, we are pleased to share the common branding agreed for many of the Green Week events, in the lead-up to COP26, the 2021 United Nations...
When we launched Not The Mass Ride, as a socially-distanced alternative to our hugely popular mass rides, we had no idea whether anyone would feel motivated to join in. We said we would create a combined visual record to show the breadth of cycling activity in our City and to...
Today Cycle Winchester launches ‘Not The Mass Ride’. Ride to King Alfred’s Statue > Take a selfie > Post on social media #cyclewinchester #BikeWeekUK. Until June 14th. Lots of little rides, one big message: Make Winchester’s streets safe for cyclists. Huge thanks to Shortcuts Video for this production...
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