VIE Velo is a new tandem cycling club for visually impaired people in Edinburgh and the Lothians. We are keen to hear from people with an interest in trying tandem cycling, as visually impaired stokers or as sighted pilots. No experience of tandem riding is needed, as training will be provided. Pilots should already be cyclists, but stokers may not have had any cycling experience, or may not have ridden since being affected by sight loss.
Traffic-free taster sessions will be arranged at convenient places and times in Edinburgh over the next couple of months.
Thereafter there may be options to progress to riding Edinburgh’s cycle paths, or to go further afield.
The first of these taster sessions are on the following dates at Bangholm Outdoor Centre, 23 Craighall Gardens, EH6 4RJ
- Friday 17th August – 3-5pm
- Sunday 19th August – 12-2pm
- Tuesday 4th September – 3-5pm
There will also be opportunities, through recognised training programmes, for people to gain skills in cycle ride leadership for groups of bikes and tandems and training in essential tandem bike mechanics.
If you would like to come along, give it a go, and chat about what happens next, get in touch with VIE Veloe and Cycling UK Development Officer, David Glover by email at VIEvelo.edinburgh@gmail.com.
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