Community Events and Activities

Join us to celebrate EPIKS’s launch of Walk Wheel Ride Batley and Spen Valley, your local Active Travel Hub. 

As part of our WWR launch day celebrations, EPIKS is offering a day of free e-bike test rides led by our experienced cycle instructor.  

Each hour-long session will begin at Market Place with a helmet fitting (helmets and hi-vis vest provided by us). There will then be brief 'show-and-tell' and a quick spin in our secure orientation area on Market Place to familiarise you with the bike (and make sure you're happy with riding).  

The instructor will then lead your group of up to five cyclists on a short cycle ride out of Batley town centre and back to get a feel of the benefits that e-bikes can bring in hilly North Kirklees. 

Please book to reserve your free e-bike test ride. Check in will be at the EPIKS gazebo on Market Place at the start of your session. At check-in, we will require a driving licence photocard or passport as security. 

Our insurance allows us to offer test rides to anyone over 18. Join us whether you are regular cyclist who wants to compare the e-bike experience, someone who hasn’t cycled in years or someone who finds their health or the hills are too high a barrier to cycling. 

WWR Batley and Spen Valley is working to make it simpler, safer and more accessible for everyone in the district to choose walking, wheeling and riding as part of their everyday journeys. We want to help more people choose active travel more often for their local journeys.  We hope our e-bike test rides will give you the skills, confidence and information to choose cycling for local travel more often. 

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