The second Cambrian Crusade finished this morning with a lot of happy smiling faces.

There were some unexpected incidents en route including a collision with a car door (don't worry he's OK) on the Wharfage in Ironbridge. He did have to drop out but we used his wheel to keep another rider on the road. Then, towards the end of the event, someone lost their seatpost and finished the event on the back of a tandem. The original rider was pleased to give up his seat as he had reckoned without the discomfort that can come from too long on a mountain biking saddle.

Still 100miles on virtually traffic-free roads was awesome and as the sun came up we all really appreciated the scenery of mid Wales. It was a great ride.

Breakfast in Barmouth was ace, Boulton's coaches did us proud and everyone enjoyed the tea, coffee, bananas and cake along the route.

As you know the Cambrian Crusade is run to raise money for Severn Hospice if you'd like to make a donation click here.

And if you feel inspired to raise money for this excellent cause while cycling there is plenty of time to register for the Great Big Bike Ride which takes place on 5th September 2010.

Here are some photos. They were mostly taken at a checkpoint in a layby somewhere in the middle of nowhere. The photos get better as the sun started to break. So dark blurry cyclists=speedy cyclists (though it was not a race).

We are delighted to announce that we can now offer bicycles through the NHS Cycle to Work Initiative. This is in addition to the CycleScheme, Cycle-Plus and Bike to Work Scheme which we already offered.

You may have heard of the tax-free cycle purchase scheme run by the government. In order to make use of the scheme your employer needs to sign up with a third-party provider. They do all the behind the scenes stuff and make it all happen. There are plenty of them, some of them restrict the shops that you can go to. The NHS Cycle to Work Initiative is, as the name suggests, used by a lot of NHS Trusts. We do charge an administration fee for bikes bought using the NHS Cycle to Work Initaitive (but only this scheme).

If your employer is signed up to any of the schemes that we work with, you can save huge amounts on a new bike. Click here to find out more or, even better, come to the Bicycle Hub and talk to us about it. We can also give you help and advice to increase cycling to your workplace.

While the rest of the UK celebrates cycling with a week-long jamboree of cycling fun and frolics, that's not enough for Telford and Wrekin cyclists. Telford has a bike month. That month is June and there is a full programme of events stretching from the first to the last days of the month.

The Bicycle Hub and Tandem Experience will be joining in of course with loads of excellent rides across the month but its not just us.

TBUG, Sustrans, Go-Ride and loads of others are organising fun events covering all sorts of cycling and aimed at all sorts of cyclists.

The full programme is available to download as a delightful looking PDF. There is a bit more information on the Telford Council web site.

We look forward to seeing you all our on your bikes.

But we think the highlight will be the Family Ride and Barbecue on the 12th of June in the evening. It's always an astonishingly popular event and it really is suitable for cyclists of every age and ability. More details on that shortly.