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Our Partnership with The Bikeability Trust: Transforming Lives Through Cycling

Whether you're a parent wanting to give your child a life skill, a school looking to bring quality cycle training to your pupils, an adult who's always wanted to learn, or a family dreaming of cycling adventures together—we're here to help.

Inspiring a lasting love of cycling is the Pedal Power Training goal. Get in touch today to find out about upcoming training sessions, or contact your school to ask about Bikeability.

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Cycle to School Week 2025: Getting to School Just Got Awesome!

Mark your calendars! From Monday 13 to Friday 17 October, schools across Southampton, Portsmouth (and beyond) are invited to join in on Cycle to School Week 2025. This initiative, championed by Bikeability, encourages children and their parents or carers to swap the school car run for a bike ride.

Get pedal ready and enjoy all the benefits along the way—saving money, boosting health, and helping the environment.

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Why Cycling is Great: 7 Amazing Benefits for You and Your Family

Cycling truly offers something for everyone - from the simple joy of family time together to the serious benefits of improved fitness and environmental responsibility. At Pedal Power Training, we're passionate about helping individuals and families discover these benefits through safe, confident cycling.

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Our Biggest Summer Yet: 600+ Happy Cyclists

Pedal Power Training's biggest summer yet! Over 600 children learned to cycle through Portsmouth & Southampton's HAF programme this August. From first wobbly pedal strokes to confident cyclists - discover how we're inspiring a lasting love of cycling in young people across our communities.

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Buckland Community Day

On Saturday 26 July, the team had a fab afternoon supporting HAF Portsmouth for their community day.

Every child had a brilliant time! Great to see such a well organised and well supported event from Portsmouth City Council.

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BBC Radio Solent: Mystery Guest

Something a bit different this morning … we had a lovely message via our website from Tom at the BBC asking if we'd like to be the Mystery Guest on Alun Newman's breakfast show for BBC Radio Solent.

Absolutely, YES we would! This is how it went …

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Vote For Our Julie!

Every year, Bikeability hosts a Celebration of Bikeability Day with a big announcement … who will be the People’s Champion is up to you.

One of our instructors, Julie Way, has been nominated but she needs your vote to win!

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Choosing the Right Size Bike for Your Child: A Parent's Guide

As cycling instructors who've helped countless children learn to ride, we know that having the right size bike makes all the difference. Too large, and your child will struggle with control and confidence. Too small, and they'll find it uncomfortable and limiting.

In this guide, we'll walk you through everything you need to know to select the perfect bike for your growing cyclist.

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HAF Easter Break - Portsmouth

What is HAF?

Holiday Activities and Food is managed by Portsmouth City Council with funding from the Department for Education (DfE).

We run learn to ride sessions for children at HAF events in Portsmouth.

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Rules for owning and riding e-scooters in the UK

Public Roads and Cycle Lanes: Privately owned e-scooters are illegal to use on public roads, cycle lanes, and pavements. Only rental e-scooters from government-approved trials can be used on public roads and cycle lanes.

Private Property: You can legally use privately owned e-scooters on private property with the landowner’s permission.

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Our goal is to not only teach cycling, but to inspire a lasting love for it