Book an All-Ages Accessible Cycle ride

Low or no-cost rides for anyone, of any age, living with disability or health needs.

All-Ages Ride Service (open to public to book):

This is the service option where we train independent carers/friends/family to cycle-pilot for anyone (aged 4 -100+) who wants to ride who is living with disability or health needs.

These ‘All-Ages Rides’ are adaptable, suitable for complex needs and hoist available. 

Full details below. Please read this one-page carefully below before continuing on to the booking page.

Participant and Carer need to attend together (including for the first training ride).

Please note: Our separate 'Elder Care Rides' (collect elders from care homes/dementia wards) is entirely separate. That separate service runs ONLY from Care homes/wards we work with on a set-weekly schedule.  On that 'Elder Care Service' option wethose rides are operated by a team of our volunteers. You can email us to request an elder care home to join our waitlist.

Vital to READ this page first!

[REPEAT BOOKING? Skip to bottom of page for repeat booking instructions or straight to ‘BOOK NOW’ red button.]

First time booking a ride?

Booking info:

Unable to give one-off hire to city-visitors or people not in our target beneficiary population.  PLEASE DO NOT book a ride as a ‘ONE-OFF’ for a visitor or occassion. We cannot resource these as a very small charity. Training a Carer-Pilot is a considerable investment of very limited resources and takes the opportunity away from someone who could repeat-use the service. Thank you.

Donation request towards cost of ride. A per-ride donation of £11 (25% of the actual real cost) is requested from participants who can afford it. Pedal People covers the remaining 75% of the cost through fundraising. Requesting donations where possible, helps us meet the full cost of rides and enable the charity to continue. Exemptions from donation requests are:

1) On Universal Credit and living independently (not with relatives and not in residential or supported care with local authority care packages).
OR
2) Struggling financially (by this we mean: Unable to meet basic living costs easily). Low or no-income.
If you meet one of the exemption criteria above or have any donation query at all, please do email: hello@pedalpeople.org.uk and we will answer your query and/or provide a code for you to enter for 100% free rides.

Useful to know:

  • All-Ages ride service is based on Madeira Drive on the seafront, towards Marina. Location instructions come with booking email notifications to you.
  • STRICT safety manufacturer weight-limit per person: 
    - Side-by-side tandem:120Kg/18.5 stone.
    - Trishaw trike (participant cab up front with hood for 1 or 2 people) 160Kg/25st max total front cab load. So if a participant is over 120Kg they need to ride solo on this trike with Carer-Pilot pedalling.
  •  You must check on scales (home or GP) ahead of booking. We reserve the right to request a weigh in at our base if in doubt for safe operation of the trikes.   participant and carer are each 120Kg /18.5st per person MAX for 'side-by-side tandem'. OR for 'Trishaw' (cab up-front trike with hood) participant 160Kg/25st and total participant + carer combined max 209kg/32.5st
  • We have a moible hoist.  Max weight: 120kg. We supply 1 hoist trained staff to work with you/your trained carer or 2 staff on request. You are offered this option during booking.  
  • Ride duration: 90 minutes, including on/off-boarding time. You can cycle as much of this as you want and the participant does not need to pedal constantly - there are lots of adaptable options.
  • We train you to use our cycles, safety policies and routes. No cycle experience required. 
  • BOTH participant and Carer-Pilot must come together on your 'first-time ride' training.  First-time-rides have our cycle trainer with you alongside. 
  • Our terms & conditions (click to read in red) are agreed to by the Carer at point of booking (please read them). 
  • We train 1 Carer-Pilot per participant. If you then want to ride regularly we can train another Carer-Pilot for you so you have options to ride when one Carer-Pilot is not available. All Carer-Pilots must be 21 year old or above.
  • We don’t use helmets but you are welcome to use your own if you like. More info on why this is- in our ‘terms and conditions you click to read at point of booking and can click-to-read in red above.
  • You both come on the trike on your 'first-time ride training with our cycle trainer attending alongside. Only 1 carer can train per ride.
  • We can allow 1 adult to cycle alongside occasionally with a ride (or a child in exceptional circumstances - e.g. ‘end-of-life’ rides. Dependant on their age, cycle ability and staff discretion. We do not encourage 'alongside cycling', as our trikes are long and wide. We already have to accommodate our own staff-trainer alongside ‘first time rides’.  We do however have 2,3 and 4-seater trike combinations so can accommodate family/friends aboard our trike options.

  • If you’d like to know why participants on this our ‘All-Ages Service’ need to bring their own Cycle-Pilot with them you can read more on that here.

First-time-ride: Booking steps

Shortly, below you will shortly click the ‘Book Now' red button below -  you will then need to:

1) Select 'Accessible All-Ages Rides' option.

2) Select relevant cycle type. Read the short info on both options to decide which will suit you.

3) Select: ‘FIRST-TIME compulsory Cycle-Pilot training’ ride option. The dates and times then appear for you.

YOU ARE NOW READY TO BOOK!

SCROLL to foot of page to click RED ‘BOOK NOW’ BUTTON

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Repeat booking?

(If not repeat booking skip to foot of page to red ‘BOOK NOW’ button now)

  • Login and select type of cycle you have been trained to use to make a booking for it again.  

  • To CANCEL or MOVE your booking (up to 24 hours before) just select ‘My Bookings’ once logged in and then the booking you want to alter. Click Cancel and THEN the EDIT button to move your ride to a different date or Cancel again to delete the ride totally.

  • See ‘To make recurring booking’ below for how to book up to 8 weeks worth of weekly rides in one go.
 
 
 
 

You can make a recurring booking to secure your favoured slot. MAX 8 weeks recurring bookings in one booking set, to enable all to access.

Not got your regular EMAIL ride reminder notification the day before? DO CHECK you have made your next set of bookings! As no reminder notification means there is no ride booked.