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Make Ride to Work Day a success in your workplace. Help new riders get involved and drive facilities development within your workplace.
Regular Riders play a very important role in the Ride to Work Program. They can provide support and advice to new riders, develop a Workplace BUG for other regular riders to be a part of and drive facilities improvements such as better bike parking and end of trip facilities.There are many things you can do to support riding in your workplace such as:
Workshops
Workshops are a great way to share tips, answer questions and start discussions. Organising a workshop is a great excuse to get cyclists in your workplace together. Invite a guest speaker or somebody from your local bike shop to share their cycling knowledge.
By publicising your workshop to everybody in your workplace you may even pick up a few new members, or people who would like to start cycling.
There are loads of topics you can hold your workshop on, some of them can be: riding in traffic, getting ready for riding in winter or bicycle maintenance.
There are many bike stores who will come out to your workplace to provide hands on bike maintenance workshops. One of these stores is Gran Prix Cycles in Caulfield South, Melbourne. For more information contact Gran Prix Cycles on 9523 0611.
Ride to Work another day
Perhaps you'd like to organise a Ride to Work Another Day breakfast or morning tea. It is a great way for regular and new cyclists to get to know each other, and you may even entice some more of your colleagues to commute to work by bike.
Presentation for new riders
Have you thought of running a lunchtime workshop for new riders to help them take the first step? This 20 minute presentation works well along side the Everything you wanted to know about riding to work...but were afraid to ask flyer. If you would like more flyers please contact us - it may even be something you would like to keep on hand at work.
Start a Workplace BUG
Starting a Workplace BUG or Bicycle User Group is a great way to help lift the profile of cycling. There are now 491 Workplace BUGs and the list is growing every day. Registration is open to all Workplace BUGs around Australia. We have included some tools below to help you get your BUG started.
Workplace BUG Guide
If you are thinking of getting bike riders in your workplace together, take a look at the Workplace BUG Guide. The Workplace BUG guide tells you what a Bicycle User Group is, why you should start one and gives you an action plan to help you get your BUG going.
Register your Workplace BUG
Maybe you already have an email list or corporate cycling team but you have never called your group a BUG before. Why not register your Workplace BUG today - it only takes two minutes and there is no cost involved to join the growing list of Workplace BUGs!
Find a Workplace BUG
Want to know what workplace BUGs exist in your region? Then download this list of 491 registered Workplace BUGs across Australia.
Ride to Work can provide assistance in contacting existing BUGs providing insights into others expereince in establishing their BUG. To speak with the Ride to Work team please email us or call on (03) 8636 8888.
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