More than 50 cycling fanatics from Berario and surrounds embraced the idea of creating awareness and introducing children to the sport when they embarked on a 5km cycling campaign.
Event host Nigel Laver (standing under roof) informs the cyclists before the Kiddical Mass event.
The event was circulated on Facebook and involved the surrounding schools.
It was dubbed Kiddical Mass, derived from Critical Mass, a cycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month which aims to raise awareness about the viability of bicycles as a form of transport.
The race began at the Berario Recreational Centre and one of the organiser’s, Nigel Laver unpacked the whole idea behind the campaign.
Myles Thies about to cycle with his two boys, Carter and Travis at the Kiddical Mass event.
“The initiative came about after [I went] to a [cycling event] called Critical Mass, which happens in Johannesburg on the last Friday of every month in Sandton. I was also [introduced] to another [cycling event] called Kiddical Mass in Parktown. I went there and when I came back to Berario, I realised that the area was a little bit flatter and it lends itself [to something the children can do].”
The Desilla family at the Kiddical Mass event.
Laver added that this was the eighth time that they had held the event.
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