Events

Unless noted otherwise the events should be free. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult on rides.
Links to local cycling groups and to the rides they offer are given on our Links page. Note that for the U3A rides participants can go on up to two rides before joining. See the Rides/Commutes page.

Current events

November 2025
Sunday, 2 November: Wheelrights Kidical Mass ride.
11.00am start from the Vetch Field, Swansea SA1.
Click here for a map showing the route and what you need to know.
Monday, 3 November: U3A ride: Swiss Valley to Cynheidre.
10.00am: Railway Inn, Killay. Cancelled due to weather.
As for the 6 October ride to Llanelli, then up the Swiss Valley (NCR 47) to Cynheidre where restoration work is underway on the Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway. Coffee there in the Super Printer café. Total distance 38 miles, flat apart from 700ft (213m) of gradual ascent.
Please let John know if you plan to join the ride. (email: jw.lambert100@gmail.com)
Monday, 24 November: Wheelrights AGM.
7.00pm in the Environment Centre, Pier St, Swansea SA1 1RY.
After the election of officers there will be a tea/coffee break and then, instead of a talk by an invited speaker, there will be a workshop on the Active Travel Network Map (ATNM). This is due to be updated and the purpose of the workshop is to get advice from the membership for a forthcoming consultation. Note that both Wheelrights recommended routes and the ATNM ones are shown on the four maps on the Routes page (under New cycle routes in Swansea). All are welcome but only members can vote in the election.

Previous events

This archive page contains a selection of earlier events.

Providers

Wheelrights.
As noted on the About us page the events which Wheelrights provide include promotional rides and evening meetings.
Several evening meetings a year are held for our members. (Watch this page.) Talks are given at some. These meetings are open (and free). Detailed planning is done in our Campaigns and Routes sub-groups. Members who feel they can help are encouraged to join one of these groups.
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
They changed their name from "Sustrans" to "Walk Wheel Cycle Trust" on 30 September 2025. Their main role is to create such important things as the National Cycle Network and Safe Routes to Schools. Currently their focus is on upgrading the NCN and encouraging cycle commuting. These aims are shared by Wheelrights. We hope also to help them - as we have in previous years - by manning stalls or supporting some of their other activities.
Cycling UK
They changed their name from "CTC" to "Cycling UK" in 2016. On 1 January 2008 the local CTC group ceased to be a District Association and became the Swansea and West Wales CTC Member Group. (This group decided in 2016 to retain "CTC" in their name.) The old sections disappeared so that the rides which used to be the responsibility of the sections are now coordinated by the one group. They take place on Sundays, Wednesdays and often on another day. Most are at a moderate pace between 30 and 50 miles and are graded 1-5. Most are in the range 2-3 with Grade 1 indicating an easy ride suitable for the less fit or inexperienced cyclist. Wheelrights provide Grade 1 rides by means of our Cappuccino rides.
Cycling UK are active nationally in campaigning across the UK for better cycle provision. For information about the local rides visit the CTC Swansea page on CUK's website.
Other
Other events gleaned from wherever are included on this page.