British Cycling partnership Celebrating cycling in our Olympic year Richmond Update

Sky Ride Local Update Richmond Sky Ride Local Final registrations on the day of the ride Participants NOTE: In addition, approximately 110 Richmond residents took part in rides outside the Borough. This equates to approximately 12% of those on London Sky Ride Local rides

AUG Level NameRegTot Easy Crane Park Nature Trail 1916 Steady Bushy Park and Hampton Court 3125 Easy Bridge 2 Bridge 208 Easy Bridge 2 Bridge 116 Steady Ham Common Wanderer18 12 Strong Rugby Marathon Tour27 21 Easy Boat Race Ride47 30 Well Train Spotter's Delight SEPT Level NameRegTot Easy Crane Park Nature Trail - Rain 221 Steady Bushy Park and Hampton Court 2924 Steady Bushy Park and Hampton Court 218 Strong West Richmond Boundary Beater 1911 Easy Bridge 2 Bridge17 2 Steady Ham Common Wanderer6 6 Well Ham Barnes Figure of Easy Boat Race Ride28 14 Well Train Spotter's Delight OCT Level NameRegTot Easy Crane Park Nature Trail 2913 Well Ham Barnes Figure of Easy Bridge 2 Bridge 72 Stead y Bushy Park and Hampton Court 2515 Stead y Ham 'n' Tamsin Trail22 12 Well Train Spotter's Delight8 4 Well Ham Barnes Figure of Stron g Rugby Marathon Tour Sky Ride Local Update

Participant Feedback Comments on Richmond events include; “Fun ride - well organized and a good route around Richmond” “Nice leisurely ride around Richmond and surrounding area, highly recommended” “Thanks to Hannah and all the Sky Ride leaders who were all excellent” “A fun day and makes me want to get out on my bike more. It was great to discover a new area and the leaders pointing out places of interest made it even more enjoyable - good stuff” “The three ride leaders were very good at watching over a large group - felt very safe. A very enjoyable afternoon”

Local Resource x3 training courses 26 ride leaders trained 6 route planners trained. 22 of the 26 live in the borough. Significant local resource – many are interested in setting up social cycling groups x10 new, fully validated, risk assessed routes mapped

Breeze x4 Breeze Champions in the Borough x4 further Champions will be running rides in Richmond Currently mapping routes and scheduling rides Team building and preparation rides currently being organised Kingston University- Intermediate- 12 attended /16 places Kingston University- Advanced - 11/12 Crystal Palace- Intro - 12/16 Crystal Palace- Intermediate- 16/16 Bike Maintenance

Strategy Planning Currently developing recreational cycling Action Plan - Activity based Objectives, Audit of current provision, Potential future activities Workplaces & Social cycling networks under development Sky Ride Local Evaluation report – end November Year 1 evaluation report – Mar / April