Gearing up: Cork cyclists get into the saddle with e-bikes

The wE-bike campaign to promote electric cycling coincides with the ongoing Cork Bike Week

E-bike Ambassadors, Stevie G and Deirdre O'Shaughnessy and partners in the Cork We-Bike campaign with Councillor Mary Linehan Foley and Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr. Joe Kavanagh. Pictures: Clare Keogh

As Cork Bike Week continues this week until Sunday, véloistes of all shades have been encouraged to get in the saddle and explore their locality in the city and county.

But in a first for Ireland, Lord Mayor of Cork City, Cllr Joe Kavanagh and Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley have dropped the starter's flag on a awareness-raising campaign for the use of e-bikes across the Rebel County.