This is the current, provisional, status (29.4.26)
All are likely to run (most have done so in previous years), other ones are possible.
If you’ve been on one before or something like Critical Mass you’ll know how it works - stick together and ride in a fashion that is safe for you and everyone else.
There needs to be someone at the front who knows the route and someone at the back to make sure no one gets left behind (unless they decide to or have an unfixable bike problem).
Pace is to suit the slowest not the fastest.
THIS IS EMAIL FROM PoP TO PROSPECTIVE ORGANISERS
(Email address at bottom if you want to help or are planning a ride that’s not on the map - maybe you could get people together for a short ride to a planned starting point?)
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Pedal on Parliament 2026
We’d love to see your organisation running a Feeder ride!
Pedal on Parliament 2026 rides from Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood, 11:30am on 30th May 2026.
In the next week, we’ll have our poster/flyering printing done, and our updated manifesto launched.
Feeder rides from all over Edinburgh, and beyond, make a big difference to help less confident folks participate in the ride, as well as being a fun way for everyone to travel in. While Pedal on Parliament is not responsible for these rides, we want to ensure that we support and resource those running them as best as we can.
We’re not asking you to run a formal ‘led ride’ - simply to offer moral (and potentially mechanical!) support for folks to ride in together. It’s great if feeder rides can aim to use as much off-road and protected cycle infrastructure as possible along the way to help make the ride as family-friendly as possible, but we also welcome feeder rides that are explicitly following a road route and we can be open about their suitability when listing them online.
What we can offer
We are:
Centrally plotting proactive contact with a number of organisations and supporters around the city who have run feeder rides previously, or who are well placed to contribute;
Able to help make suggestions about routes, and tying in with other groups we’ve heard might be running a feeder ride;
Asking that some of our marshals try and join their local feeder ride to support it en-route
Promoting feeder rides for 2026 on our website (update soon) and social media
What we need from you
In four stages:
Expression of interest; confirm to hello@pedalonparliament.org that you’re able to run a feeder ride on 30th May, with the aim to arrive at the Meadows around 11am
Your expected route; we’re asking that everyone plots their route using Komoot and shares it with us, which should allow us to gather these routes into a collection there but also for participants to fully understand the way in — and also lets us spot opportunities for feeder rides to pick up others along the way;
Other details; the point you’re gathering at (landmarks are good!), the time you’re expecting to leave, and any other considerations for your specific ride;
Promotion: promoting your feeder ride also helps promote PoP26; we can provide some graphics for social media use and / or any RSVP-able online event you might use to track potential attendees.
If you have any questions or concerns, just drop us a line on hello@pedalonparliament.org
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