The West Berkshire Cycle Forum met on Tuesday 16 July. The next meeting is on Tuesday 15 October. If there are any matters you would like raised at the Forum, contact Rob Hill via wbc@readingcyclecampaign.org.uk A329 Pangbourne to Purley Cycle Path This project continues to make steady progress with WBC. Its Project Board has given […]
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Tanhouse Bridge For all those unfamiliar with this story, this is the new bridge that is being built as a pedestrian footbridge across the railway lines in Wokingham town centre. It will provide one of the few ways to cross the railway that bisects Wokingham from north to south, that does not involve being on […]
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Dear RCC members A couple of years ago I bought an e-bike conversion kit which I installed on my town bike, but I never really got used to it and certainly never fell in love with it. The cadence sensor would feed in the power far too quickly and the handlebar mounted battery and front […]
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Reading Uni-Cycling Around In May Kidical Mass ran a ride at the University of Reading’s community festival. Over 50 people joined us for a ride through the university site. The campus is a great place to go riding with young children – there is very little traffic on the road, what traffic there is moves […]
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Matt Touw runs a bike repair business called MT-Cycle Repairs out of a workshop just off the Wokingham Road in East Reading. He is well known among delivery riders as he is one of a very few people who will work on their bikes, as he has a very real concern for their safety and […]
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While I was talking to Matt Touw, a man came in to have some work done on his bike. He was obviously well-known to Matt and although he declined to be photographed or even give me his name, on the strength of his continental accent I will call him Claud. Claud told me that he […]
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For this issue of Cycle Reading where we are looking at the burgeoning food courier business, we asked an experienced delivery rider for their thoughts. Michael has been a delivery rider for about 10 years, dating back to the time when Deliveroo first launched in Reading. We asked him about working for a delivery platform, […]
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This article explains the current state of the law regarding electric bikes (also known as e-bikes) in the UK. Note that this represents the personal view of the author, not the stated position of the Reading Cycle Campaign, and none of this should be taken or construed as legal advice. While I have made every […]
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In July there was an article in road.cc about the problems delivery cyclists were having in Canterbury. Just Eat and Deliveroo were both quoted in the article. I contacted both companies about their policies towards food delivery riders and how they ensure their riders always act respectfully and responsibly. I heard nothing from Deliveroo, but […]
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The Summer 2024 RCC newsletter pdf is now downloadable from the Newsletters page, or you can also click on each article to read them separately. In this issue we talk about: RBC Summer 2024 ReportWBC Summer 2024 ReportChairman’s Letter Summer 2024Where Should We Put Our Bikes?Kidical Mass Summer 2024 Report – ReadingKidical Mass Summer 2024 Report – […]
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