Detailed description (English): Pedaladas are bicycle rides with certain themes or purposes, as a tour to visit particularities of the culture and the region, a ride to the beach, a tour through the city's art nouveau, to a gastronomy sampling or riding through the places composing a photography exhibition, allowing participants to interact with each other and enjoy the landscape and/or the cultural and historic patrimony.
Pedaladas Ciclaveiro happen usually on weekends every 2, 3 or 4 weeks, depending on the activities happening in or near Aveiro.
Target group(s): Regular and occasional bicycle users
Objectives: - Motivate people to use their bicycles to visit places with cultural, historical or natural interest, go to events, go to the beach, etc., in and nearby Aveiro.
- Let people know new routes in and around Aveiro.
- Make people more at easy in cycling in urban context as well as in longer rides outside the city.
- Let participants learn how to avoid/mitigate small problems and to deal with unexpected situations that can happen while cycling.
Expected Outcomes: More people using bicycles for diverse displacements.