Pedal Retro

22 June 2025
Sportive/Challenge Ride

Event description

PedalRetro at Pedal Suffolk

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 25-100 miles or just rock-up in our PedalRetro s”Noggin & Natter” parking area (just £10 for as many bikes and people you can fit in your car!) alongside the finish line, unload your pride and joy and proudly display your bikes, kit and memorabilia and help us relive the golden era of cycling. With our Noggin and Natter ticket you are also welcome to bring your cycle jumble!  

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!Come and enjoy a tour of the heartlands of Suffolk from the spacious arena at Trinity Park, Ipswich ideally situated just off the A14 and A12. There are no dual carriageways s or highways on this tour of Suffolk however, as we head out of our private rear gate and meander through some of its quieter and less trodden paths and villages en-route to clocking up to 100 miles. 

A very warm welcome awaits you at our event village which is shared (just like the fully signposted routes) with our Pedal Suffolk Sportive. Whichever ride you enter, we are with you every step of way with fully signposted routes that we have ridden and risk accessed ourselves, the peace of mind mechanical support from the experts at Pedal Revolution, fully inclusive drinks and lunch stops with our enthusiastic team plus our extraordinary bespoke medals and free souvenir medals. 

 There will also be plenty to see and admire around the event village in this augural Pedal Suffolk gathering and you feedback is warmly encouraged to help us create a new 2 or 3 day event with onsite camping and entertainment for next year as together we make Pedal Suffolk a regular calendar highlight. 

 

 

 

What You Get:

- Fully signed, risk assessed and supported route

- Broom wagons providing free mechanical support 

- Souvenir rider number

- Souvenir podium, finish and ride photo downloads

- Snacks and drinks at our refreshment stops en-route

- Food stops

- Bespoke, distance specific chunky medal

- Complimentary drink on your return

 

Car Parking:

Car-parking will be at the event venue at an extra charge of £3. Pre-booking is recommended to avoid payment queues, but you can pay on the day.

Event type

Female friendly ride

Event facilities

Adequate car parking
Enter by post
Feed Stops
SAG wagon
Signed route

Route details

Start location

Address

Trinity Park
Ipswich
IP3 8UX
United Kingdom

Additional information
Trinity Park
Felixtowe Road
Ipswich
IP3 8UX


By car

For Sat Nav systems please enter our postcode IP3 8UH.

From the A14: Trinity Park is on the outskirts of Ipswich, just off the A14. From the A14 take the exit sign-posted Lowestoft A12 and Ipswich East. At the roundabout take the A1156 towards Ipswich. (From the West this will be the third exit and you will pass under the flyover, from the East this will be the first exit). Travel for a little over a mile, passing a Honda Garage on your right, until you come to a roundabout. Take the third exit at the roundabout to enter Trinity Park.

From the South – London, Chelmsford & Colchester: Travel along the A12 until it joins the A14 and follow signs for Felixstowe, traveling over the Orwell Bridge. Follow directions from the A14 detailed above.

From the North – Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth: Exit the A12 at the Seven Hills Roundabout, pass under the bridge (A14) and follow the A1156 towards Ipswich. Travel a little over a mile, passing a Honda Garage on your right, until you come to a roundabout. Take the third exit at the roundabout to enter Trinity Park.

By rail

Trinity Park is 5 miles from Ipswich railway station. There are regular services to London, Norwich and Cambridge.

By bus

There are bus connections from Ipswich and Felixstowe via routes: 75, 76, 77. Suffolk on Board can provide bus times, your nearest bus route and connections.

Cycling

If you’re planning on cycling to Trinity Park, you can find your route and detailed map using journey planner.

Date and start time

  • Sunday 22 June 2025 - 08:00

Contact details

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