Adaptive cycling festival returns for second year

Bikes and tricycles adapted to be used by disabled riders will be available to use at an event in Cornwall.

The Limitless Festival has been organised for the second year in a row by the Cornwall Bicycle Project at Par Athletics Track.

The event, which will begin at 10:00 BST, will act as an open day for people of all abilities to try different types of bicycles and trikes and find out about the Cornwall Bicycle Project's work.

Emma Roberts, the project's founder and manager, said the event had a big response last year and 140 people turned up.

Organisers said a drop-in event would be run from 10:00 to 13:00 before bookable one-to-one sessions starting at 13:30 and continuing until 16:00.

Bikes and trikes will include side-by-side bikes which allow two riders to sit next to each other and wheelchair platform bikes.

Ms Roberts said at this year's event, frame-runners - which allow people run with the aid of wheels - would be on show.

She said the 2024 festival had a big impact on the project and people who attended.

"We had people last year say 'gosh, we didn't even know that this sort of bike was a thing and we haven't had the opportunity in a long time to be active in any way'," Ms Roberts said.

"It brings a sense of community because all of our cycling, while it might be individual, it's also about bringing people together and the really social aspect of it."

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