Ride your way, and enjoy the scenic beauty of Suffolk.
The two-day Pedal Suffolk Festival is situated at the spacious arena at Ipswich’s Trinity Park. A perfect venue for our celebration of cycling, having hosted rounds of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup and the annual home of the Suffolk Show. Across multiple events, we promise a weekend of cycling bliss, with road, retro and gravel riding, through scenic countryside, historic market towns, and picturesque trails.
A very warm welcome awaits you at our event village which will be the base for all riders across the weekend. There will also be plenty to see and admire around the event village, including Retro bikes and gear on display, cycle jumble, food vendors and evening cycling entertainment.
Whichever ride you enter, we are with you every step of way with fully signposted routes, peace of mind mechanical support, fully inclusive drinks and lunch stops plus our extraordinary bespoke medals and a free souvenir photo of your day out.
Saturday 27th June
ROAD
Start 8am-9.30am
25, 50, 75, 100 miles
Join hundreds of riders and enjoy a tour of the heartlands of Suffolk with open skies, on beautiful scenic roads and rolling hills. With options from 25 to 100 miles, there is a route for every rider. Join us for a celebration of cycling with like-minded riders.
PRE-2000 ROAD
Start 8.00am, 9.30am
25, 50, 75,100 miles + PedalRetro Show
PedalRetro is a journey into our shared cycling history. Ride your retro machine on one of our four routes, display your beloved steed in our PedalRetro Show arena, or browse the largest collection of Time Trial bikes from across the years— or do it all!
Sunday 28th June
GRAVEL
Start 8am-9.30am
25, 50, 75 miles
By popular demand and new for 2026 at the Pedal Suffolk Festival is The Unattended – Suffolk. Get the best of both worlds with quiet country roads and peaceful off-road trails. Also, our riders will get exclusive access to a new bespoke-built off-road trail thanks to our friends and event partners at Twisted Oaks Bike Park.
RETRO MIXED TERRAIN
Start 8am-9.30am
25 miles + Untamed-Retro Show
Another ALL NEW addition to the Pedal Suffolk Festival is The Untamed – Retro. The perfect event for classic 26″ XC machines and old school off-road rigs to enjoy a blend of rural lanes and off-road trails. Also, our riders will get exclusive access to a new bespoke-built off-road trail thanks to our friends and event partners at Twisted Oaks Bike Park.
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Special Guests
We are excited to have some special guests joining us on Saturday at Pedal Suffolk. Like all of us, they are both passionate about all things cycling and will be joining us to view the exhibits, chat to guests and ride with us!
On Saturday evening, there will also be a FREE presentation in our marquee with an open Q&A session, discussing how technology has transformed our sport and hobby – bikes, kit and riding. Everything has evolved except our shared passion for riding!
Dan Bigham
We’re thrilled to welcome Dan Bigham, one of the most innovative and accomplished figures in modern time trialling. A former World Hour Record holder, European Champion and Olympic medallist, Dan has competed — and succeeded — at the very highest level of the sport.
With a background in engineering and a relentless focus on aerodynamics and marginal gains, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the evolution of cutting-edge time trial technology within elite cycling. Now, Head of Engineering at Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe, Dan works to make some of the sports top athletes even faster, including current world TT champion, Remco Evenepoel, who he’ll be working with at the Tour de France shortly after joining us at the Pedal Suffolk Festival!
Ride with Dan on Saturday and join him afterwards at the PedalRetro show, where he’ll be showcasing some of his own bikes in our show arena. In the evening join us for a FREE presentation and Q&A, where he’ll share his insights on how time trial bikes — and the sport itself — have transformed over the decades.
Alex Dowsett
We’re delighted to be joined by CAMS Ambassador, Alex Dowsett, one of Britain’s most accomplished and recognisable time trial specialists. A multiple-time National Time Trial Champion and former World Hour Record holder, Alex has competed at the very highest level of professional cycling, riding the Tour de France earning stage victories in races such as the Giro D’Italia and representing his country on the world stage.
Renowned for his commitment to the discipline of time trialling, Alex has witnessed first-hand the rapid evolution of equipment, aerodynamics and performance science. Alex now works for top flight team XDS Astana as a Performance Engineer, optimising the teams TT performances.
He’ll be riding alongside participants in Saturday’s road sportives before taking part in our evening presentation and Q&A, discussing how time trial bikes have developed through the decades — perfectly fitting our exhibition celebrating the largest collection of time trial bikes through the ages.
PedalRetro Show
FREE TO ATTEND!
The PedalRetro Show is a showcase of pre-2000 bikes, kit, and memorabilia. All types of bikes are welcome and there is no charge to attend, view and display. Join us to meet friends from the past and connect with like-minded riders that share our passion. Fancy a ride ? Have a look at our PedalRetro sportives on Saturday – ride with like-minded friends and be back in tim e to displasy, chat and soak up the atmosphere after.
Road machines not your thing? No problem, we have something for you too! The Untamed – Retro, keep scrolling for more info!
Dan & Alex Discuss - 'The Race against Time'
Join Dan Bigham and Alex Dowsett for a special evening exploring the evolution of time trialling and aero bike technology. The best part, IT’S FREE!
With food and drink available, this engaging session will look back at the key moments that shaped the sport — from iconic Tour de France breakthroughs to record-breaking Hour Record machines — alongside our exhibition showcasing time trial bikes through the decades.
Drawing on their experience at the very highest level, Dan and Alex will discuss how equipment and performance have evolved, what’s driven innovation, and what the future of time trialling could look like.
The evening concludes with an open Q&A session, giving you the chance to ask your own questions.
20" Wheel Challenge
In collaboration with Elmy Cycles and Ipswich Bicycle Club, we are hosting an evening 20″ wheel challenge! Be prepared for fun and spills on their full Cyclo Cross Course, but with a twist ! Negotiate the track on bikes the quite frankly no fully grown adult should be riding.
With top prizes of beer to the best fancy dress, the best dressed bike, the best performance – it’s not just about winning.
So bring out your Happy Shopper, your Raleigh Chopper or Disney Princess. It’s up to you. We will even have a separate start for Brompton’s (shirt and tie advised😉 ) and Retro BMX Bandits. Separate children’s race – All welcome.
More info to follow! Sign up to our Rider List and keep an eye out on our social media and website for more updates soon!
TT Reunion
We also plan to gather the biggest ever assembly of time-trialling bikes through the decades, from the fixed-wheel specials of the early days of the sport to the super lightweight drilled specials of the 60s, to the short wheelbase specials of the 70s and low-profile and carbon monocoques of the 80s and 90s.
Time-trialling was the club and racing mainstay of our sport during the 50s-90s and we hope our offer to host a reunion of past riders, bikes, memorabilia and long stories will bring out the largest ever collection of histroic time trial bikes, riders and past champions.
Our special guests for the day, former World Hour Record holders, Dan Bigham and Alex Dowsett will be on-hand all day riding and chatting to us and no doubt, as self-confessed bike geeks themselves, drooling over TT bikes over the ages. They are bringing some of there iconic and current machines aswell!
Cycle Jumbles
Across both days, there will also be a Cycle Jumble for riders and guests to explore. Expect bikes, parts, clothing and gear from every corner of the sport — road, MTB or BMX — whether you’re hunting for retro gold or modern kit at a great price.
You might uncover a bargain, track down that elusive component, or simply enjoy a proper rummage through cycling history. Either way, it’s all part of the weekend at the Pedal Suffolk Festival.
Get in touch with our team to secure your plot today, a car sized plot is £10, larger plots can be accomodated if you wish to load the biggest van you can get your hands on…
eBike Demo Centre
Ever wanted to try an eBike? Well now you can thanks to our friends and event partners at Elmy Cycles.
Family Activities
Bring your youngsters and buddy Pedal Suffolk’s for some coached cycling fun and demo rides
Camping
Why not come and make a weekend of it! Pitch up, kick back and relax with a weekend of cycling and craic with fellow cycling enthusiasts. We will have on-site camping available from Friday to Sunday with full modern facilites. We will announce full information on camping once it is confirmed, so check back soon!
Food & Drink
In addition to our all-inclusive feed stops along the routes, our riders and guests will have plenty of options post-ride with food and drink vendors available until 9 p.m. all weekend. Grab a post-ride meal, share an evening meal with friends, or meet some new riding buddies over a beer or soft drink.
Festival Partners
We’re delighted to partner with CAMS, one of the UK’s leading cycling accident management companies, helping thousands of cyclists every year following a non-fault cycling accident. CAMS and their ambassadors are supporting the Pedal Suffolk Festival and will be joining our riders on the scenic countryside roads of Suffolk.
Elmy Cycles is Ipswich’s oldest retail business and has been supporting the local cycling scene since 1922. Steve and the Elmy team will be supporting our riders with mechanical support on all rides across the weekend and have been instrumental in helping us plan this event for our riders.
Twisted Oaks is one of East Anglia’s premier bike parks. Their aim is to provide a progressive environment for riders of all levels to learn, improve and enjoy off-road riding. They have been working hard to craft an all new xc trail around their grounds at Brightwell Country Park, that our Untamed – Suffolk riders will get exclusive access to.
Madgetts Cycles have been serving cycling community for over 100 years. Based in Diss, they are renowned for their vintage bike restorations, wheel building and extensive experience. Mick and the Madgetts team are supporting our PedalRetro Sportive and Show, join us and bring your retro machine!