SATURDAY 27TH JUNE
PEDALRETRO
PedalRetro is a journey into our shared cycling history. Join us to relive and celebrate a time when not just the bikes, but our roads, cycle clothing and day-to-day life seemed so much simpler! Will you ride your PedalRetro steed through the beautiful Suffolk countryside? Will you join our FREE PedalRetro Show and display your pride & joy to like-minded enthusiasts? Why not do both! Based in the spacious arena at Trinity Park, Ipswich and part of the Pedal Suffolk Cycling Festival. Special guests, more events and news of a very special TT reunion celebrating that most British of all cycling disciplines – Time Trialing!
WHY RIDE WITH TPR EVENTS
Thoughtfully organised events that feel every bit as good as the route itself.
From the first signpost to the finish line, all TPR events are built around inclusivity, quality, atmosphere, value for money and the kind of details riders actually notice on the day.
Properly signed routes
Clear, well-planned routes shaped by local knowledge, so you can focus on the ride rather than second-guessing every turn.
Food, drink & rider support
Well-stocked stops, friendly volunteers, and mechanical support out on the route to keep you fuelled and moving.
Memories worth keeping
Bespoke medals, rider plaques, event photography and those little finishing touches that make the day feel special. Also, courtesy of our friends at Adnams, all riders receive a FREE can of Adnams too!
Great venues and locations
From iconic start locations to scenic countryside routes, the setting is always part of what makes the experience memorable.
Family-run, rider-led
We ride the routes ourselves and care about the details. That hands-on approach creates a genuinely welcoming, rider-first atmosphere.
Not-for-profit, community focused
Every entry helps fund future events and local cycling initiatives, keeping the focus on riders, not shareholders.
Built by riders, backed by volunteers, and designed to leave you already thinking about the next one.
tpr fair pricing
As a long-standing, family-run Community Interest Company, we pride ourselves on delivering not just a great event day experience, but exceptional value for money. Unlike many, we don’t charge admin fees, hydration and feed stops are included, event photography is free, and our medals are always bespoke to each event and year.
We do everything we can to protect you from rising venue and running costs, which is why we’ve kept almost all events at 2025 prices when you enter using our Early-Bird Discount (available up to 6 weeks before the event). At this point we commit to ordering medals and consumables, and all remaining entries will increase by £2.
We don’t offer entries on the day if an event sells out, and we never oversell, so please enter early, secure your place, and help us make this the best event yet for both you and us.
Date
Saturday 27th June 2026
Location
Trinity Park Arena, Ipswich, IP3 8UX
Bike
Pre-2000
Event Village Times
7:30am until 5:00pm
PedalRetro is part of the Pedal Suffolk Festival, a weekend of cycling celebration. Over 2 days, we will have something for everyone;
- Pedal Suffolk Sportive (Road)
- The Untamed (Gravel)
- Pedal Retro (Pre-2000 classics)
- The Untamed – Retro (Classic off-roaders)
- Cycle Show & Jumble
- Special guests & exhibitors
- Evening social & cycling events
- Camping
Want to know more about the Pedal Suffolk Festival? Click below!
PedalRetro is a journey into our shared cycling history. Join us to relive and celebrate a time when not just the bikes, but our roads, cycle clothing and day-to-day life seemed so much simpler!
Any pre-2000 bike is welcome to join us and we eagerly encourage you to find some woolly tights and jerseys and come prepared to impress your peers with your sartorial cycling elegance to match your PedalRetro machine.
Choose a ride from 25, 50, 75, 100 miles or just rock-up, soak up the atmosphere and display your 2000 bike, kit and memorabilia in our FREE PedalRetro Show.
Whether you are into 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s or 90s or favour classic Italian bikes over hand-built bespoke British creations we hope to have a huge selection of bikes, riders and memorabilia to share with you in a celebration of cycling through the ages. Whether you choose to ride, ride and show or just show you will be very welcome – and we can’t wait to see what you bring!
The Pedal Suffolk Festival is supported by Mark from Echelon Cycleworks. Mark will provide our riders with mechanical support and recovery, if you see him on the route or fixing someone on the roadside give him a wave!
Echelon Cycleworks is a Lowestoft based workshop that provides expert Bike Fit, Coaching & Workshop Services.
More than just a ride
PedalRetro is the heartbeat of the Pedal Suffolk Festival, with the whole of Saturday built around it. Expect a full day of activity, from riders rolling out on the sportives to a buzzing showground filled with the PedalRetro Show, TT reunion, and cycle jumble.
Whether you’re riding, browsing, or just soaking it all in, there’s always something going on.
PedalRetro Sportive
FREE PedalRetro Show
TT Reunion
Show n' Shine
Cycle Jumble
PedalRetro Sportive
Ride your PedalRetro steed & relive the glory days!
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 on your PedalRetro steed. Join us for a celebration of cycling in with like-minded riders.
- 25, 50, 75 & 100 mile routes
- Ride with like-minded enthusiasts
- Fully inclusive event, drink/feed stations inncluded for 25 & 50 mile routes
- Lunch stop included on 75 & 100 mile routes
- Souvineer ride plaque, medal and ride photography included.
FREE PedalRetro Show
NEW for 2026 – FREE PedalRetro Show
12pm-4pm
If you do not fancy riding your pride and joy but still want to be part of PedalRetro then keep reading…
New for 2026 we are creating an area within the Event Village for pre-2000 PedalRetro machines. Bring your bike, kit and memorabilia and lay it out for others to marvel at, start a few conversations and reminisce about the days when cycling seemed so much, well, simpler! We encourage you to dress to impress in period kit!
PedalRetro Show is not only FREE to attend for visitors but also to exhibitors! Secure your free exhibitor pass and join the show. We also have a VIP arena parking option to park in the show area allowing you to simply unload, fix up the chairs and table and layout the picnic when displaying your finest. All VIP parking tickets include a exhibition pass too.
All bikes displayed at the PedalRetro Show will be entered into our PedalRetro awards competition. See below for more info on the awards!
We plan to exhibit the largest collection of Time Trail bikes through the decades and set a world record! We have special guests and exhibitors lined-up to give us industry-leading insight and display historic Time Trail rigs.
Drinks, artisan food outlets and our bar will be open all afternoon. Why not camp overnight, soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the evening events, food and bar.
- FREE visitor entry (free parking for bikes or £5 parking for cars)
- FREE to exhibit/display your bikes, kit & memorabilia (pre-book only & includes PedalRetro awards entry)
- VIP parking in display area (£10 pre-book only & includes PedalRetro awards entry)
- Largest collection of Time Trail Bikes on display
- Meet and chat to like-minded enthusiasts
- Camping, food and drink available
- Special guests, talks and speakers TBC
TT Reunion
World Record Attempt – Largest Time Trial Bike Assembly
All Pre-2000 bikes are welcome at PedalRetro and every year we plan to have a special focus on one type or period of our histo
ry. This year we 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 wheel base 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.
East Anglia has always been a hotbed of time trialling. Man, woman and machine against the course and the clock on an out-and-back road course often with a dead turn in the middle of the road! It is often called the race of truth and was traditionally the mainstay of British cycle racing and the way most club riders started their racing. The sport has seen some significant revolutions in aerodynamics, materials and clothing even more so, arguably, than any other form of cycling. It was 40 years ago when Greg Lemond changed the face of time trialling forever by winning the final stage of the 1986 Tour de France, which was uniquely a Time Trial, with a never-seen-before tri-bar equipped bike. He overcame a huge margin to win the Tour de France outright and it shocked the Tour de France and the cycling World.
So for 2026, our special focus at PedalRetro will be TT and Track bikes. Bikes that were designed without compromise and purely for initially lightness and then aerodynamics. Please come and join us and help us create the World’s biggest single assembly of Time Trial Bikes.
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!
Show n' Shine
PedalRetro Show n’ Shine
PedalRetro is all about enjoying he bikes, memorabilia and kit of times gone by and enjoying the company and banter of like-minded enthusiasts. However, we will be awarding prizes for best attire, the bike of the decade (for each decade represented) and every entrant will have the chance to vote for the big award…. Make room on your mantelpiece!
Best attired rider – Female & Male awards – The best dressed rider. Leather helmet, wooly shorts and knitted jersey. You know the drill.
Bike of the decade – 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s awards – The very best bike from each era will be recognised with this accolade.
Spirit of the show – The Spirit of the Show which will recognise one participant and the contribution they have made to our PedalRetro Show.
Cycle Jumble
NEW – Cycle Jumble
12pm-4pm
Now we all have a habit of hanging onto old parts, kit and memorabilia. PedalRetro is the place to bring your sale items and go home with another load of bits to replace them! Drive-in pitches available in 2 sizes to suit the size of your hoard or collection.
- Open air drive-in pitch
- Meet and chat to like-minded enthusiasts
- £10 car-sized drive in pitch
- £20 van-sized drive in pitch
- Set-up 11am-12pm
routes
At TPR Events, we’re dedicated to creating the best routes for riders to enjoy. Every route is carefully plotted, analysed, risk-assessed, tested, and fully signposted, giving you the confidence to ride with peace of mind.
Plus, all routes will be available to download as GPX files, providing turn-by-turn directions on your phone or GPS device. GPX files will be available a few days before the event, after our final checks for road closures and obstructions.
what bike is suitable?
The PedalRetro Sportive is a retro road event that takes place on a mixture of quiet country roads and faster flowing B-roads.
Any pre-2000 machine is welcome on this event, make sure you’re comfortable riding it for your ride distance and it is fully servicable before riding.
FAQs
Entries are non-refundable. You may transfer your place to another event up to 4 weeks before event day. After this point, we are unable to offer transfers or deferrals as we will have committed to rider-specific costs such as medals, catering, and event logistics.
We have no age requirement to ride; however, all under-16s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times and will not recieve a complimentary Adnams.
AT ENTRY: Order confirmation email
3 WEEKS BEFORE EVENT: Event welcome and information email, plus WhatsApp group invitation.
1 WEEK BEFORE EVENT: Final instructions email (including final route, parking information and safety brief).
FINALS DAYS BEFORE: Final information, including last-minute road closures, weather information and announcements via WhatsApp.
Please check your spam folders if you do not receive your order confirmation, as you’ll likely also miss important event info too!
Please remain subscribed to our rider list to ensure you receive event and route updates.
We have multiple rider and mechanical support vehicles available to help you on the road – as well as first aiders at HQ. The emergency contact number will be on your souvenir rider number.
All riders get free drinks and snacks at all stops.
- Tea & coffee
- Water
- Selection of squash
- Homemade flapjacks
- Wide variety of fruit
On longer routes, there is also an additional lunch stop. In addition to the above;
- Sandwiches
- Crisps
- Haribo
Gravel races:
- Electrolyte drinks
- Homemade flapjacks
- Energy gels
Yes, eBikes are allowed and very welcome on all of our sportives. Anything that gets you riding is great :)
eBikes must conform to UK law on all TPR Events.
We do not provide charging points along the route, so make sure you’re economical with the range!
Yes, all types of bikes are encouraged on our events.
We often have riders on tricycles, hand cycles and tandems at our sportives!
We recommend that TT extensions are removed before our events due to safety concerns and the potential for liability in a group setting.
If you have any further questions, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.
If your question isn’t convered in our Ts&Cs, please contact us.
