Cycling Sparks

Major retailers listing illegal for road use & dangerous products as an ‘electric bikes’ National retail giants such as Argos and Very.co.uk are presently listing for sale so-called 'electric bikes' that would be illegal

Dubious 'e-bike' product listings from Argos and Very found without illegal for road use disclaimers.

+ I have again found evidence that eBay is still selling products flagged by the Office for Product Safety and Standards as a fire risk.

www.cyclingelectric.com/news/illegal...

Nieuwe regeling biedt biobased kans voor gemeenten - Building Balance Gemeenten kunnen vanaf nu gebruikmaken van de Specifieke Uitkering (SPUK) Isolatieopgave van het Nationaal Programma Lokale Warmtetransitie (NPLW). Met deze regeling stelt het Rijk €8,5 miljoen beschi...

Jealous!
Netherlands "offers regions and municipalities the opportunity to choose measures that not only save energy but also contribute to climate and circular economy goals. This means a direct opportunity to include #biobased insulation materials as a preferred option"

It’s fucking great! Loved it from start to finish.

3h free in a few outlets.

It‘s a first step.

Letting agent apologises for 'oversight' on Reeves rental licence The company says its property manager offered to apply for the required licence but this never happened.

He added: "We deeply regret the issue caused to our clients as they would have been under the impression that a licence had been applied for."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No fan of the budgets, but this Rachel Reeves house rental story is utter bullshit. The right are terrified of working class women and they are trying to clear house. Rayner, Phillips and now Reeves.

I don’t get why people don’t just angle lights down to 3 meters in front of the front wheel.

I know it’s more accepted in mainland Europe, but it seems to have been adopted in small towns and cities in most places I’ve been.

I’d like to see a brand like Reise and Muller do a budget bike. The super high end stuff is fantastic but not accessible to most. I’m talking 1.5k-2k max

In France for a break. The sheer number of cargo bikes you see in cities and larger towns is really encouraging. It doesn’t seem to be a novellty or a fad.

People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.

'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’

www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...

Imagine the life-long cocktail of ignorance, arrogance and obliviousness, for a man with the face of Jeremy Clarkson, to pass unsolicited commentary on someone else’s appearance…

The cargo bike boom that could change London’s roads forever More and more businesses have shifted away from delivery vans and cars to cargo bikes. If it continues, the white van drop-off may become a thing of the past

We’re in The Times this week amongst other great trades on bikes.

www.thetimes.com/article/7cb6...

The sheer amount of people who complain online that they’re getting tickets and claiming to not know why is hilarious.

I agree. It’s more about being allowed to do a load of gak and drive dangerously than an invasion of civil liberties.

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‘When I pass piles of fishing nets, I see piles of money’: a one man recycling revolution on the Cornish coast Determined to find a solution to the discarded plastic nets, Ian Falconer found a way to convert them into filament for 3D printing, for use in products from motorbikes to sunglasses

Brilliant idea…..

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I’ve never seen so much open racism in my life, hence why I left. It’s full of weird “good old days” comments that just completely disregard for how bigoted those days were. All that is deliberate of course.

Today’s fact from my customer (a Scot’s) Tarmac was was invented and originally largely laid for cycling in Scotland!

Got a flat on the front tyre on my way home in the rain, stranded in Peckham, my usual call out repair @lowkey_cycles is away on holiday but then Seabass Cycles step in to save the day.
Love that there’s a community to back each other up when distaster strikes. #cycling#london

What is it with tech bros and their inability to have a original idea?

A group of people and cargo bikes, with posters saying "We love cargo bikes"

On this year’s cruise, we saw the future in action:

♻️waste collection services
🔧handymen
🥛a milk delivery company
📦delivery firms
⚡electricians
🎤even a mobile stage!

If you're a business working in this space and want to be part of our Electrify London campaign - drop me a message! 2/

Thanks for including us in this campaign!

#bikeweek

Aaron is standing next to his cargo bike

A large yellow sign in a corner surrounded by barriers

It’s the lack of advanced information that is the problem for anyone with different needs. Aaron my electrician just won’t take the chance so he uses Tower Bridge. @cyclingsparks.bsky.social . What happened to the cargo bike charter? @metecoban92.bsky.social @willnorman.co.uk

Back out on the bike baby!

Pictured: Student, 20, killed in horror 'drug driving' van crash on the Strand in central London A 20-year-old student killed in a horror drug driving van crash on the Strand has been identified.

Lives changed forever because some utter bell thought it would be fun to drive around central London off his face.” Oh but people on bikes…” RIP. Condolences to the family.
www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/pict...

I noticed this when considering upgrading my 2019 R&M Multicharger. I would have liked to have upgraded the display but couldn’t because of the Gen of the motor. It’s the car industry all over again if manufacturers don’t act this.

Reform MP installed solar to cut bills but party calls renewables ‘massive con’ Exclusive: Rupert Lowe recently fitted panels on his farm, it emerges, as Reform claims renewables are more expensive

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...