New bicycle festival to accompany World Mountain Bike Conference

The Original Bicycle Festival will be held in Dumfries & Galloway from May 2 to 24, 2009. The new festival will complement the World Mountain Bike Conference on Sustainability that is being staged in Dumfries from May 12 to 15. It will celebrate the mountain bike and road cycling trails and rich cycling heritage of the south west of Scotland.

The sixteen-day Festival will promote access and participation in cycling in the region through a varied programme of open mountain bike and road cycling events, guided rides and coaching sessions, youth and women's activities, a cycle expo, a film festival and music.

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