
Welcome to The Bike Week 2023 Events Page for Laois
EVENTS
Please note Bike Week 2023 has already taken place. See below for a list of events which took place in Laois during Bike Week 2023.
Day | Date | Event Details | Time | Suitability | Locations(s) of Event |
Saturday | 13th May | YWI Laois Blueway Cycle | Teenagers | Vicarstown | |
Saturday | 13th May | Kiln Lane Residents Association Fun Cycle | 3pm | Children of all ages | Mountrath |
Sunday | 14th May | The Swan NS Obstacle Course | 1pm | Students | The Swan |
Sunday | 14th May | MYFRC Safety Training and Obstacle Course | 2.45pm – 5.15pm | Young people/Teenagers | Mountmellick |
Sunday | 14th May | Bike Theft Prevention Talk, Abbeyleix Gardai | 3pm-4.30pm | All ages | Abbeyleix |
Sunday | 14th May | Cycle for your lunch, The Swan NS | 1pm | The Swan/Clogh | |
Sunday | 14th May | Back on your Bike, SVT | 2pm -3.30pm | All ages | Vicarstown |
Monday – Friday | 15th – 19th May | Portlaoise College Cycle to School | 8am – 9am | Students and Staff | Portlaoise |
Monday – Friday | 15th – 19th May | Portlaoise Volunteer Parents Cycle Bus | 8am – 9am | Children and Adults | Portlaoise |
Monday – Friday | 15th – 19th May | Camross NS Cycle to School/Work | 8am – 9am | Students and Staff | Camross |
Monday & Tuesday | 15th & 16th May | Short Cycle for Small Children, SVT | 6.45pm | Children | Stradbally |
Monday & Tuesday | 15th & 16th May | Adult Loop Cycle, SVT | 6.45pm | Adults | Stradbally/Vicarstown |
Monday | 15th May | Pedal Vintage Rural Cycle Symposium | 2pm | Adults | Durrow |
Monday | 15th May | Camross NS 10km Challenge Cycle | 10am | Students and Staff | Camross/Lacca Mountrath |
Monday | 15th May | MYFRC Obstacle Course and Safety Training | 2.45pm – 6pm | Young people/Teenagers | Mountmellick |
Monday | 15th May | Safe Cycle training and Cycle, St Paul’s NS Irishtown |
11am -2pm | School children | Mountmellick |
Tuesday | 16th May | Bike Nite, SVT | 9pm – 11pm | Adults | Vicarstown |
Tuesday | 16th May | Wolfhill National School Cycle | 9.20am – 12pm | Students and Staff | Clogh |
Tuesday | 16th May | School Bike Clinic, Ossory Cycle Club and Scoil NS |
12pm – 2.30pm | School children | Rathdowney |
Tuesday | 16th May | Bike Theft Prevention
Join Portlaoise Gardai who will have a |
2pm – 4pm | All | Laois Shopping Centre |
Tuesday | 16th May | Scoil Bríd Loop Cycle, Rathdowney Garda Bike Division and St Brid’s NS |
7pm | School children | Rathdowney |
Wednesday | 17th May | Colaiste Iosagain Cycle to School and Talk | 8am – 9am | Students | Portarlington |
Wednesday | 17th May | Ballyadams NS School and Family Cycle | 11.30am | Students, Staff and families | Ballyadams |
Wednesday | 17th May | Pedal Vintage Rothar Rogues Fun Cycle | 10am | Retired men | Durrow/Shanahoe/Abbeyleix |
Wednesday | 17th May | Cycle as Gaeilge, SVT | 6.45 pm | All Ages | Vicarstown |
Wednesday | 17th May | Cycle to Work
Downtown Portlaoise are having a Cycle to |
8.45am | Adults | Finish point Market Square |
Thursday | 18th May | Seniors at Sunset, SVT | 6.45 pm | Adults | Vicarstown |
Friday | 19th May | Portlaoise College Town Loop Cycle | 10.30am | Students and Staff | Portlaoise |
Friday | 19th May | Rath National School Dualathon | 9.45am | Students | Ballybrittas |
Friday | 19th May | Stradbally NS School Cycle | 10am | Students and Staff | Stradbally NS |
Friday | 19th May | Ballinakill Development Committee Fun Cycle | 7pm | Children, Teenagers and Adults | Ballinakill |
Friday | 19th May | Camross NS Cycle for your Lunch | 10.30am | Students | Camross/Coolrain |
Friday | 19th May | Camross NS Off Road Cycle | 11.30am | Students | Camross |
Friday | 19th May | School Mhuire Abbeyleix Blueway Cycle | 10am | Senior Students and Staff | Vicarstown |
Friday | 19th May | Cycle Picnic Play Cycle, St Abbans NS | 10am – 2pm | School children and staff | Arles Killeen |
Friday | 19th May | Family Fun Cycle, Ballinakill Development Association |
6.30pm for 7pm | Ballinakill | |
Friday | 19th May | Buzzards, Bluebells and Tall Tales, SVT | 7pm | All ages | Vicarstown |
Saturday | 20th May | Mountrath Development Association Bike to BBQ |
1.30pm | Young people aged 12 – 25 | Mountrath |
Saturday | 20th May | Sustainable Energy Community Group Cycle/ Camp/Swim |
12pm | All ages | Portarlington |
Saturday | 20th May | Cross Country Co-operation, SVT | 12.30pm | All ages | Vicarstown |
Sunday | 21st May | Pedal Vintage Pedaling Poetry Session | 2pm | Adults | Durrow |
Sunday | 21st May | Laois Sports Partnership Cycle Bingo | 11am – 3pm | Adults | Portlaoise |
Sunday | 21st May | 10km Family Fun Cycle, Woodenbridge Paddlers |
2pm | All ages | Ballacolla/Durrow |
Sunday | 21st May | Parkcycle, SVT | 3pm | All ages | Vicarstown |
For more information:
Contact Anne Marie Maher / Audrey Brennan
W: www.laois.ie
Greenway & Cycle Routes in Laois
Cycle Route / Greenway Name | Length in Km | Terrain | Skill Level (All, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) | For more information click the links below |
Barrow Blue Way | 46KM | Off-road, flat, accessible trail (14.5km in Co Laois) | All | For more information click here |
Slieve Bloom Mountain Bike Trail | 35KM | These trails, which are waymarked in one direction and designed specially for mountain bike use, vary in difficulty. They. Over 100KM of trails on completion between Co Laois & Co Offaly |
Trails range from the grade trails: ‘blue’ (moderate, with some single-track sections) to ‘red’ (difficult/severe, with challenging climbs and tricky descent) |
For more information click here
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Slieve Bloom Road Cycling Route | Public Road | Varying Levels of Difficulty | For more information click here | |
South Laois Bike Trail | 6 routes ranging from 8.6km to 48.4km | Public Road | Easy to Moderate with some difficulty | For more information click here |
Triogue Way (Phase 1) | 300m | Tarmac path | Easy – for all ages | n/a |