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30 mph sign
Posted Sunday, November 5, 2023 - 16:13 in David's blog
Birmingham City Council is proposing to reduce speed limits on major roads in the city to a consistent 30mph.…
Magnifying glass with a bicycle wheel in place of the lens
Posted Monday, September 4, 2023 - 08:24 in David's blog
The Birmingham City Council Overview and Scrutiny Task and Finish Group is holding an inquiry into active travel in Birmingham, following criticism of slow progress.…
Brompton Electric
Posted Friday, April 23, 2021 - 08:51 in David's blog
So what's it like to own an E-Brompton? David has found out …
Posted Sunday, March 21, 2021 - 09:20 in David's blog
Push Bikes supports the drive to reduce road deaths to zero …
Franklin Road LTN measure
Posted Friday, January 22, 2021 - 20:53 in David's blog
What’s a low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) and what’s it like to ride them? …
Posted Saturday, November 28, 2020 - 17:01 in David's blog
An update on cycling campaigning …
Random guy on a bike wearing a mask
Posted Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 19:57 in David's blog
Is cycle campaigning on hold during the coronavirus lock-down? …
Brompton e-bike
Posted Sunday, November 10, 2019 - 16:29 in David's blog
On Your Bike Birmingham had a pre-production eBrompton available for test rides at the end of last year that David was keen to take for a spin. He wasn't disappointed. …
Posted Thursday, June 6, 2019 - 19:44 in David's blog
The Bike West Midlands Network (BWMN) was set up in 2013 to provide some mutual support between cycling campaigns across the West Midlands …
Adrian Passmore of Red Kite Cycles at Bullfinch launch
Posted Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 09:42 in David's blog
Recently both the Government and the West Midlands Combined Authority have been outlining their industrial strategies.…
bikes on a train
Posted Saturday, May 20, 2017 - 16:54 in David's blog
Recently a group of us took a London Midland train with one folding Brompton and two mountain bikes from New Street to the little station at Dudley Port.…
Front of West Midlands CA Mayoral Election booklet
Posted Monday, April 17, 2017 - 15:53 in David's blog
Every voter in the West Midlands Combined Authority area should have received the 'Election of Mayor for the West Midlands Combined Authority' booklet recently, with information about the election …
Reveresd front forks
Posted Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 10:34 in David's blog
Make sure your front forks are the right way round …
Posted Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 15:32 in David's blog
West Midlands cycling campaigners are coming together to create a regional campaign group. …
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