Olusegun (49)
Started cycling…to Church in Lagos, Nigeria 30 years ago. I would walk 10k to hire a bike then ride it back.
Love cycling… for the freedom. It gives me a sense of balance and confidence. It’s also lovely to see the environment
Victoria (9, 10 in October)
I love… feeling the breeze in my hair …
Herman (52) Yasmin (47)
Been cycling for… two years
We started cycling… to change our routine; it’s better than the gym. We get to keep fit and healthy while we commute…and it’s free!
We love it because… we can do it together
RideLondon is…a great motivator to cycle in the city if you don’t already.
My bike is making an awful crunching noise when I change gears. It’s a fairly new, top-end set of wheels. What’s going wrong?
When people complain that their gears are noisy we often find they’re ‘crossing the chain’. This is when your chain is in a diagonal line, either sitting on the biggest chainring – …
We go on the job with a havebike technician. This month, we service one of the hardest working sets of wheels on the road…the police bike.
Tell us a bit about how the bikes are used.
The bikes can be used regularly for up to 12 hours a day; that’s a lot more than the average …
On 23 April 2014, the City of London Police invited us to work together with them to promote bicycle security and safety across the City of London on St. George’s Day.
The public were encouraged to bring their bicycles along to this “Day of Action” for free bicycle safety checks outside St.Paul’s Cathedral as well …
The Metropolitan Police Service’s Cycle Task Force run the Exchanging Places initiative regularly throughout London. On 7 March 2014 it was good to see so many road-using stakeholders come together to make the event such a success.
Edmund King, President of the AA chose the Exchanging Places Event in Marble Arch to launch his national …
