Napoli Bike Festival

NAPOLI BIKE FESTIVAL - 12.13.14 MAY 2017 It comes to its 6th edition, the Naples Bike Festival, a nationally-dedicated event devoted to the promotion of bicycle culture. The festival is promoted by the Naples Pedala Association, in collaboration with the Overseas Exhibition and with the patronage of the Dutch Embassy in Italy, the Italian Cycling Federation of the City of Naples and the Campania Region. The Theme for the 2017 edition is Who Dreams the Pedal. There is a red thread linking dreams and bikes. Dreams, they need the bicycle to take shape, and bike is always open to daylight. You are pedaling alone and in groups. To ride together means to strengthen your dreams, to put them together, to realize them, to fuel creativity, to find new solutions, to innovate. This year's double location to involve the whole city. It will start on Friday, May 12, at the Galleria Principe di Napoli, next to the new Bicycle House Bicycle House, between the National Archaeological Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts. From here there will be a huge bike concentration for a high-value pedal Social area that will be built around the right to breathe healthy air that will cross the healthcare districts of the Historic Center by strolling along the Lungomare Caracciolo. The village of the Napoli Bike Festival, on the other hand, will open on May 12 and 13 as always in the monumental area of ​​the Overseas Exhibition. The 60 acres of park green are, in fact, the headquarters of the Festival. The "Bikes in Show" area will host the best professionals among bicycle dealers and bicycle manufacturers nationwide, offering bicycle, assisted pedal, tandem, monopatt bike, foldable bikes, cargo bikes and more with The confirmed presence of the brands of leading international companies. The dream will also be reflected in creativity and design with the Bike Designers competition sponsored by the Industrial Design Association (ADI) designed to design design objects for urban cyclists. Great performances, concerts and performances, including those of the Spanish / Argentinian duo of Alta Gama, multi-faceted artists who will declare the theme of dream and bike with unique performance. The second edition of La Cazzimbocchia is a vintage bike ride, with vintage bikes that will go down to the dawn typical Neapolitan streets covered with shingles. A program, therefore, full of novelties and insights, debates, music, book presentations, art exhibitions, activities for the young, sports events, a food area. The international dimension will see the center of the debate area focusing on Velo City's World Congress of Bicycles, which will be premiered in Naples. Another focus will be on cycling with the presentations of the new Campania routes and a comparison with the experience of Ven.To 400 km of cycling that will connect Venice to Turin. The game and bike combination will be confirmed with lots of fun activities both for the kids area, from bicycle-to-bike, bicycle treasure hunting, to those tied to big and small together with the 12th Fatigue of the Urban Cyclist novelty of 2017 . The pump-track Challenge, adrenaline competition on the modular track consisting of curves and gobbs is also known as "pump-track" as they have the characteristic of being driven without the need to pedal but with the only aid of the rhythmic movement of the arms on the handlebars , Allow you to impress an ever-increasing track speed. The days of the Festival will be clearly marked by the pedal. Among these is a special for Brompthon Urban Challenge bikers. The departure of all the itineraries is from the village area to the Overseas Exhibition with biketour for all the difficulties. Over 10 routes, a total of 400 km of paths ranging from natural and natural beauty to green, sea, dirt and more.

Entrance fee 1 euro