Cycle Enthusiasts Unite: Prague Hosts First-Ever Bike Fest!

On Saturday, 22 April, the open-air part of the Prague Exhibition Centre, will host the first edition of the biggest Cycling Festival in Prague.

On site you can test a wide range of bicycles for children and adults. Bikes can be tested on the area of Holesovice Exhibition grounds as well as on individual off-road circuits.

Running from 10.00 to 20.00, Prague’s Bike Fest program includes the Big Air Show, the Bike Trial Show, workshops, a skills centre from the Ski and Bike Centre Radotín, a BMX pumptrack zone of the festival’s main partner Sazka, bike and e-bike testing, and thematic lectures.

However, the main programme will take place on the Brussels Road by the Marold Panorama and in the adjacent open-air venues, with lectures and interviews with riders & guests, including Teodor Kováč, Vašek Kolář, Martin Dražil and many others.

There will be a relaxation zone, a children’s skills center or a food zone with a wide range of refreshments.

The entire program is included in one entrance fee, you don’t have to pay anything extra on the spot or register anywhere.

Film and photo adrenaline from behind the scenes

Visitors can expect, for example, photographer Michal Červený, winner of the Czech Press Photo in the sports category, who will not introduce the topic of shooting the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup and what it is like to be a photographer at Cape Epic.

Jan Kasl, one of the top action photographers, will next walk visitors through his most intriguing shots from the Red Bull Illume and explain how such images are made and what technique he employs.

There will also be film productions led by FullFace Productions and Bikes on Film, both of which have worked on numerous cycling-related video projects. FullFace Productions will show “Crash Reel,” a collage of unsuccessful shots and crashes, as well as the documentary “Kripl Trip” and an action video themed after the increasingly popular urban rides in South America.

Bikes on Film – three freeride mountain bikers who are also experienced filmmakers and photographers – combine their lifetime loves to create one-of-a-kind audiovisual works of art.