Archive for the ‘Cycle Related News’ Category
Bike tours arrive in Cardiff
Spoke ‘n Motion Bike Tours were very pleased to learn that guided bicycle tours have arrived in another great British city; Cardiff, the capital of Wales. We’ve been chatting to Pol van Steelant about his brand new business venture, Cardiff Cycle Tours. Like us, Pol set up his company because he passionately believes that the [...]
Save the Kings Stairs Gardens!
Click on the title above to learn how Thames Water are planning to destroy one of our favourite cycle routes in London and turn a great riverside park into a storage area for sewage…and how you can help stop them!
When Ian met his hero
One of the things that nearly all of our guests comment on are the super-funky bikes we use on our bicycle tours. From day one, I knew that there was only one bike to use for an urban bicycle tour of London….the quintessentially English ‘Brompton‘. Why? Because Brompton bikes are built right here in the [...]
Guerilla Marketing hits the Boris-Bike
One criticism levied at the mayor re: the launch of the London bicycle hire scheme is that it has been sponsored by Big Business. Namely a really Big Bank Beginning with the letter ‘B’. It’s arguable that the scheme wouldn’t have happened had it not been for corporate sponsorship…but it is quite annoying that despite [...]
Policing London….by bicycle!
It wasn’t so many years ago that you were statistically more likely to see a London police officer on a horse rather than a bicycle. That’s now starting to change, with increasingly more officers being seen riding their bikes on the beat. This, of course, makes perfect sense especially when considering the grid-locked streets in [...]
Druid Cycles – for all your bike needs.
A Bicycle Repair shop which offers Airbrush design, custom made Leather saddles and handle grips, welding services, SOS service and much much more.