Our 2 cargo bikes were stolen from our garage overnight 😭 - an Urban Arrow and a Bike43.
Please share if you're in Bath - they can't be far!!
This has been reported to police and have marked as stolen on
@bikeregister
How am I supposed to feel safe on this pavement when this (metal) pole needs metal barriers around it to save it from drivers?!
This is at the entrance of the train station in Bath
Dear driver, please don't shout at me from your car. It is not pleasant and I can't hear what you're saying.
If you're wondering why I am cycling in the middle of the lane, please read the highway code (again).
Ps. My children also don't like it when you shout at me.
We have been quoted £1,300 for a heat pump by
@OctopusEnergy
🙌
This includes everything; heat loss survey (✅) , replacing radiators (1 needed), heat pump (obv!) and new EPC! I'm super excited 💚
Ps. House is end of terrace from 1950s with regular insulation, nothing special
Hey fellow cyclists; don't be shy to take up your space on the road! There is no need to ride in the gutter.
It's actually putting you in danger because drivers might think they can overtake you without moving (much) into the other lane.
If only children could cycle to secondary school.
You can buy a perfectly fine 2nd hand hybrid bike for the price of this bus pass for one term 🤯
Up to 10km is fine for an 11yr old.
#KidicalMass
WTAF?! This is what I'm looking at for my son's school bus pass from September, FOR ONE TERM!! This is insane. No wonder so many parents drive their kids to senior school.
You know what happens when you cycle a 10 yr old (£400) bike every day up a hill and back?
Once every few years you have to replace all major parts for max £200 and that's that, you're done!
Bicycles are very sustainable things and the bill is usually way less than this 👌 1/2
With my little one getting less little they are finding themselves having to explain to friends that we don't own a car. The friends are astonished and basically can't imagine living without a car 😢
Until they have a go 😁
Thank you, more please 🙏
This protected cycle lane in Bath was created by removing on street parking. Two continuous crossings were added and a shared bus stop boarder.
#StreetsForEveryone
#KidicalMass
Cycled to town earlier than usual and got so many comments on the bike.
From older couples, to families with children, to road bike clubs, all said: "that's amazing, I want one too".
Cargo bikes are the future 😍
Electric bikes solve congestion.
Electric cars do not solve congestion. They make it worse because electric cars are bigger on average.
(Same goes for parking) 2/n
How do you carry a large, fragile item home when you don't own a car?
By cargo bike, of course 😃
#cargobike
#carryingshitolympics
ps. yes, that's a little hand there, of the little person holding the framed pictures
We've charged the battery of this bike only 75 times in 3 years. It has taken us to nursery, school, hospital, shops, swimming, friends, and even to Wales.
#thismachinefightsclimatechange
Dear men, please stop shouting and swearing at my children and me while (or is it for?!) cycling.
This seems incredibly tricky for some because it happened twice to us today (trip <1 mile) 😱
Ps. If you really want to shout at people, I'd suggest drivers who use their phones.
Sorry not sorry but I just cycled side by side with my daughter at around 8 mph through the centre of town.
I'd gladly get out of your way but I'm afraid there's nowhere else for us to go and I don't feel it's safe to not cycle besides her.
#StreetsForKids
#StreetsForEveryone
Whenever someone tells me they're not a very confident cyclist or they're "a bit wobbly" I am like...
It's not you! You shouldn't have to be "confident" in order to cycle. The road should be designed to enable you to cycle and other road users (drivers) should look out for you.
It's unbelievable how many people complain about the colour of secure on-street cycle hangars while never complaining about the colour of cars 🤔
Ps. just 8 spaces left out of 24 available:
Electric bikes result in good health outcomes. People who buy an e-bike more than double their use of bicycle for transport.
Electric cars results in poor health outcomes. 3/n
Why are local authorities providing EV charging infra before cycling infra (incl on-street secure storage)?
EV charging and cycle hangars are similar in the sense that there are costs upfront but after that the user pays.
Only one encourages a modal shift.
Amazing
#KidicalMass
this morning in Bath!! Loads of people of all ages on two or three wheels calling for
#SafeStreetsNow
🙌
On our way to
#unitetosurvive
for nature, climate and social justice 📢
Electric bikes do not create (significant) particle pollution.
Electric cars result in even higher tyre particles than fossil-fueled cars (because they are heavier). Particle pollution from tyres is now many times higher than from exhausts. 4/n
These two incredible machines were our main mode of transport for over 6 years. We don't own a car.
One of our kids has additional needs and the box bike was her safe space.
These bikes have been out on the school run, on holidays, to hospitals, shops, libraries and friends.
Our 2 cargo bikes were stolen from our garage overnight 😭 - an Urban Arrow and a Bike43.
Please share if you're in Bath - they can't be far!!
This has been reported to police and have marked as stolen on
@bikeregister
I may have had my official
@bathnes
photo taken while wearing this very formal dress, because I put it on this morning not knowing I'd be signing in as Councillor today 😂🛼🎉
We could be using our streets for so many other things than just massive metal boxes with a few people in it.
If more people would feel safe to
#cycle
, there would be more space on the roads for cars for people who need them.
Thanks
@jmblgr
for the 📸 🙏
#KidicalMass
It’s no coincidence that young men are some of the biggest advocates of killing off the car industry. They’re mostly fit and healthy; they can’t envisage otherwise. They can’t imagine being a mum carting around children nor the woman trying to get home without a taxi at night.
This is what the cycle shelter on a Monday afternoon in Jan (with storm Isha!) at our local leisure centre looks like!
Lots of different bike set ups - all with their own pros and cons - 🧵 1/
(Electric) bike users do not cause many fatal collisions.
(Electric) cars were the mode by far the most frequently involved in fatal collisions (in the UK, in 2019). 5/n
Also forgot to add manufacturing:
Manufacturing e-bikes doesn't have a large carbon footprint (manufacturing an ebike emits just 7g of CO2 per km).
Manufacturing electric cars has a large carbon footprint (manufacturing an electric car emits 42g CO2 per km). 10/n
Electric bikes consume about 1.5g CO2 per km (a full charge costs about 5-10 pence).
Electric cars consume about 229g CO2 per passenger per km (a full charge costs about £15). 6/n
Big day for us because the youngest member of the family cycled to school herself for the first time😍
Better put my running shoes on for the way back. If you know, you know 😅
ps. good thing we got the eldest panniers so she can carry bookbags!
An e-bike makes a massive difference to feeling safe in traffic. It means I can move at the speed of motorised vehicles when leaving a junction. I don't want to have to feel this way though. I want safe spaces for cycling where I don't have to mix with fast moving traffic.
I am very pleased to be part of the
@TheGreenParty
group on
@bathnes
council and to represent Lambridge, my local community together with
@clrjoannawright
Thank you to everyone who helped with our campaign and to everyone who went out to vote (52.99% turnout; 🔝 in BANES!)
1/8
Argh barriers! Couldn't get through these and a kind person helped me through 🙏
This is a footpath so I push my bike but it's still the best route from central Bath to Bear Flat.
Some people can't push their bikes because it's their mobility aid!
@ianwalker
I'm surprised by how finances seems to be the only trigger for people to consider changing driving habits. Killing people, air pollution, congested roads, climate emergency, or a war didn't seem to trigger the same response 🤔
My child and our local square are featured in
@thetimes
for all the wrong reasons.
Pavements are for people, not cars.
A pavement parking ban in Scotland comes into effect today. When will England follow?!
Want to see how children want to travel?
Check out the tweets from all across Europe with
#KidicalMass
taking place today in many German, French and UK cities:
This is The Circus in Bath 😍
This bike means so much to us. It's not worth much ££ because it's nearly 7 years old, but it's worth a lot to us 🙏
It was stolen with the beautiful Clarijs panniers, Yepp Maxi bike seat and rain canopy.
Our 2 cargo bikes were stolen from our garage overnight 😭 - an Urban Arrow and a Bike43.
Please share if you're in Bath - they can't be far!!
This has been reported to police and have marked as stolen on
@bikeregister
More people cycling will get us:
- safer streets
- nicer communities
- less potholes (!!)
- quieter neighbourhoods
- cleaner air
- healthier and happier people
- more active children
#KidicalMass
First secure cycle parking in on-street hangars available in Bath and they're flying off the shelves!
24 spaces is definitely not enough, we need many more to meet demand.
#buildit
#activetravel
#ate
#cycling
This is what cycling in Brittany is like 😍
Not a lot of mind blowing infra but lots of quiet roads (really quiet!) and lovely coastal cycle paths, showing that you don't need much in rural areas to enable cycling
#eurovelo
And yes, the cake is an integral part of cycling.
Someone on a cycle was hit by a driver on Upper Bristol Road yesterday, where the protected cycle lane ends 😢
We need continuous, safe cycle routes if we want more people to take up cycling
#VisionZero
#SafeStreetsNow
#ClimateEmergency
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📺 Watch The Full Video LIVE NOW On
#YouTube
! 🎬
🔗👉 👈🔗
#GCN
#GlobalCyclingNetwork
Three generations on bikes 🤩 (ages 5, 8, 42 and 74)
What do we want: cycling infrastructure for 8-80 yr olds
When do we want it: NOW
#safestreetsnow
#KidicalMass
ps. my mother in law has trouble going down steps but cycling is no problem (that's not an e-bike btw)
Cllr posts about emissions based parking charges and people go mad!!
Avg charge per hour has remained the same for around 34% of customers driving a less polluting vehicle. This is £1.20 per hour.
Others see an additional charge per hour of 11 pence per hour.
£0.11 per hour.
Can confirm that Bath’s new emissions based parking charges are easy to use and seem to work as planned: you just put your numberplate into the machine and it calculates it for you.
@SaskiaHeijltjes
Longtail e-cargo bikes like Terns are not sold in the Netherlands as bikes to transport kids (at least, I've never seen anyone use them).
Are families in the UK paying for expensive cargo bikes (£5k) to basically compensate for the lack of safe cycling infrastructure? 1/3
We did it! Very close call because train driver was sure e-bikes weren't allowed on trains, but platform staff convinced him another colleague had ok-ed it 😅
Ps. This was the only train today with a suitable bike carriage
@HonestBath
It shouldn't be about gender, but it's always men who tell me what to do, how to parent and how to use my bike, hence why I'm pointing it out.
Many people have been commenting recently that people don’t and/or can’t
#cycle
when it’s raining.
Well…I can officially confirm it IS possible to cycle when it’s raining ☔️ 👍
And, it’s actually not that bad 😉 (I do obviously prefer it when it’s sunny ☀️ however)
🪙 £1.7 BILLION on
#Stonehenge
Tunnel - That's how much the government has committed to A SINGLE 1.8-mile stretch of road.
🏗️ There's always money for new roads.
🚲 Meanwhile, the Tories have failed to invest enough in
#PublicTransport
and
#ActiveTravel
.
Just a thought, but whenever people shut down cycling, in favour of walking, I think about the time savings.
A 🧵 on 🚲 ,🏫and ⏲️
ps. I know not everyone returns home after school drop off or comes from home before pick up.
1/7
Do you want safer streets for cycling for (your) kids?
Organise a
#KidicalMass
this spring!
Join this webinar on how to organise a Kidical Mass - at 7pm on Tue 14 March
Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. Worth digging into.
#Oslo
Things most Dutch people can do on a bike:
1. Having a passenger on rear rack
2. Cycling two abreast on a narrow cycle lane
3. Pushing a child along next to them
4. Holding hands with a loved one
5. Holding another bike
6. Carrying a weekly shop