This morning I attended a bike breakfast in Islington (London) which was stationed along a very busy cycle route behind Angel tube station. It was a glorious day and the cycle path was incredibly busy with people pedaling their way into work. For any rider that chose to dismount and take a break were rewarded with homemade cake, croissants, brownies, orange juice, tea and coffee , even their bikes checked by a team of Bike Doctors and the obligatory flyer thrust upon them. This was all set up by the Islington division of the LCC (London Cycling Campaign) and it was free. I loved it, it involved bicycles and food. Tomorrow the bike breakfast is practically in my back yard in London Fields and it even promises porridge! Hopefully see you there from 7.30am.
Getting a taste for bike week
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@Carbon cycle Two rather difficult points there: firstly if you raise limits for ebikes because they are "annoying for drivers on the road" you are opening the door for people to start saying well human-powered bicycles are annoying for drivers on the road as well, not many of them do 20 mph and virtually none do 30 mph, so let's ban all bikes except ebikes; secondly, 30 mph is quite some speed on a bicycle and it demands a good level of skill and experience to handle that safely, especially in traffic. If you allow that level of speed, it won't be long before it's decided that people need training and licensing and insurance and possibly MOTs on their machines as well. I'm sure your comment is made in a positive spirit but those negative consequences would far outweigh any positives.
Why are there different speed limits for e- bikes - too slow to keep up with traffic in town, so annoying for drivers on the road, and way too fast for anywhere they interact with pedestrians. Daft - make it 20 or even 30 or limit cars to 15 and have all the traffic flow
They do have group rates... on the Rouvy side, but those pre-date the acquisition.
@Wales56 Thanks for that. As an ex-technical author, the writing could do with a bit of tidying up. "With a gradeability of up to 18% it is an excellent climber, taking ramps in any conventional parking garage in a stride....." "......and includes less wear-prone components that need servicing." "...maneuvering..." Also rather strange use of the word 'recuperating' to describe regenerative braking: is this some modern definition? That writer wouldn't have passed the tech author course.
Yes. Surprised they haven't introduced some sort of family subscription rate.
It does say which suggests it gives you a 'start assist' boost, meaning you'd need minimal pedalling to get moving.
Very generous - I was expecting to be accused of trolling under the cross-chaining bridge...
@Wales56 Thanks for that link. Yes, it was one of the cargo bikes that I saw, but no pedalling needed! I'm going to pay more attention to them now, to see if that was a one off.
A simple keyword search would be a great improvement for the iPad/IOS version to help finding workouts.
@eburtthebike https://www.mubea-umobility.com/en/products/technology and https://www.aboutamazon.co.uk/news/sustainability/amazon-electric-delivery-vehicles