Meet our Cycle Stars

Date Published: 6 July 2010

Cycle Stars logoThis summer Cycle Colchester recruited four families from across the town to take part in a variety of activities to help them get on their bikes and make cycling a part of their everyday lives.

The Cycle Stars project is the brainchild of Cycle Colchester, a partnership between Essex County Council, Colchester Borough Council and the cycle community.The film crew

Over six weeks the budding Cycle Stars were given all the training and support they needed to help them feel the benefits travelling by bike can bring, from Bikeability skills sessions and a bike maintenance masterclass to fun challenges and help planning regular journeys.

The families were filmed along the way and will feature in an advert to inspire others, due to hit the screens at Colchester Odeon this summer.

Click here to take a look at the Cycle Stars cinema advert.

A short film has also been created about our Cycle Stars and their adventures. Click here to take a look.

To find out more about our families and their adventures click on the links to the left of the page.

We'll be checking up on our Cycle Stars throughout the course of the coming year, to find out how cycling has improved their lives.

Our Cycle Stars are Corina, Justin, Jo, Abbie and Byron Boswick-Pagani, Jim and Jackie Waterhouse, Belinda and Daniel Colaianni and Allan, Sue, Sean and Ryan Parry
 Cycle Stars
 

 

One of the challenges the families took part in was to complete a bike maintenance course at Re-Cycle
 Cycle Stars take part in basic bike maintenance session  Matt Lawford teaches the Cycle Stars how to look after their bikes

 

Our Cycle Stars also showed off their cycling skills to visitors at the Young Children's Festival
 Cycle Stars at Young Children's Festival  Arena activity

 

The red carpet premiere of the Cycle Stars film and advert took place during Bike Week
 The Boswick-Pagani family on the red carpet  Belinda, Daniel and guests on the red carpet  Jim and Jackie on the red carpet
 Parry family and guests on the red carpet  Cllr Nick Barlow arriving at the premiere  Pam Nelso arriving at the premiere
 Cycling up the red carpet!  Arriving at the premiere  Cycle Stars get ready to watch the premiere