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Bike Polo tonight, great fun if you've never tried!

Great to see that the jq big vintage ride is still on :-)

Looking forward to downloading the Birmingham traffic light monitoring app :-) http://freightinthecity.com/2017/06/traffic-light-monitoring-app-help-hgv-drivers-drive-fuel-efficiently/

Traffic light monitoring app to help HGV drivers reduce emissions A new smartphone app, Greenwave, is to be trialled in Birmingham that enables HGV drivers to monitor traffic light signals and drive more efficiently as they approach them.

Top tips for cycling in hot weather - The main one being hydration, hydration, hydration :

http://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/hot-weather-cycling-five-tips-to-help-you-keep-your-cool-180053

Hot weather cycling: five tips to help you keep your cool - Cycling Weekly A spell of hot weather needn't stop you enjoying your riding, as long as you take some precautions to prevent over-heating and dehydration

Rumours of a big bike schare scheme coming to Birmingham? https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/22/bike-wars-dockless-china-millions-bicycles-hangzhou

Uber for bikes: how 'dockless' cycles flooded China – and are heading overseas New cycle-share firms in China allow you to simply drop your bike wherever you want. They have caused colourful chaos – and world cities could be next

Council survey on Air Quality in Birmingham : https://www.birminghambeheard.org.uk/economy/birmingham-air-quality/

Birmingham Air Quality Survey - Birmingham City Council - Citizen Space This site contains consultations that are run by Birmingham City Council.

The UK's Office for Low Emission Vehicles offers grants to purchase electric cars, vans, and motorbikes, but will not offer similar grants to purchasers of electric cargobikes : http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/gov-t-offers-grants-for-e-cars-e-vans-e-motorbikes-but-not-e-bikes/020806

Gov't offers grants for e-cars, e-vans, e-motorbikes but not e-bikes Office for Low Emission Vehicles sees no need to offer purchase grants for e-bikes but does so for other electric vehicles.

Started yesterday, log all of your bike riding for a few weeks with chances to win stuff :

Over 150 minutes of cycling to enter a weekly draw to WIN cycling accessories.

Over 200 minutes of cycling to enter a grand prize draw to WIN a bumper goody bag, containing a selection of cycling accessories :

Keep cycling this Winter to earn BetterPoints and win prizes!
Our Winter Cycling Challenge runs from 16 January to 26 February.
http://www.bhamcyclerevolution.org.uk/page/Winter-Challenge

“The business will do it either for financial reasons — they figure out it’s much cheaper — or it’s because of the speed,”

https://www.ft.com/content/77dcaafe-cdc9-11e6-864f-20dcb35cede2

Cargo bikes take the strain as London congestion grows Specially built 2.4m long models can carry 100kg of goods

New cycle routes planned :-)

New routes - Birmingham Cycle Revolution

The event schedule for tomorrow looks great :-) http://birminghambikefest.com/about/ -on

See stunts and more tomorrow at HSBC UK Birmingham BikeFest 2016! See you there! http://birminghambikefest.com/home-shift/

Bike for St Basils - 50 mile charity ride on Sunday 18th September, Sutton Coldfield circular route out to Cannock Chase and Lichfield

http://www.stbasils.org.uk/help-us/bike-for-st-basils/

Bike for St Basils! - Help Us - St. Basils A £5 9 mile beginners/ family route or £18 50 mile Intermediates route. Family fun - kids go free! Free Parking! Circular routes from Sutton Coldfield, B74 2NW. Take part and help end youth homelessness in the West Midlands.

Every single GPS tracking position ever logged for Cycle4U is now on the same server!! The 1st ever test from November 2010 :

More bikes are being given away! :

Birmingham council cycle campaign giving away 500 more congestion busting orange bikes The special Rayleigh bikes, part of the £24 million Birmingham Cycle Revoution campaign, are available to all Birmingham residents for the first time

We're moving to a new web and email server over the weekend so that we can grow bigger and better! Some on-line services may be down temporarily but all should be back up and running for Monday :-)

Clean Air Zone Charges will be introduced in 2020 :

http://www.makingbirminghamgreener.com/2015/birmingham-set-to-introduce-a-clean-air-zone/

Birmingham set to introduce a clean air zone • Birmingham Green Commission Birmingham set to introduce a clean air zone The Government, through the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), has mandated Birmingham, along with Leeds, Nottingham, Southampton and Derby, to introduce clean air zones which means road charging for vehicles such as buses, taxis,…

2/3rds of all urban logistics trips should be done by bike.

European Cyclists' Federation – New research: Only 1 in 3 logistics trips needs motor vehicles:...

14 Reasons Why Cargo Bikes Are Better Than Delivery Trucks :

http://www.icebike.org/cargo-bike-delivery/

14 Reasons Why Cargo Bikes Are Better Than Delivery Trucks Captain Obvious here: Cargo bikes are designed for carrying cargo - and here are the 14 reasons they do it better and faster than delivery trucks.

It's the BikeFest this Sunday at Eastside Park 10am-6pm, we reckon it'll be Wheely good : http://birminghambikefest.com/

Home Birmingham BikeFest is the perfect FREE day out for all the family. With activities and performances that will amaze and excite children and adults alike, this promises to be fabulous fun.

Wholesale markets appear to be on fire

Carribean food festival in Centenary Square today and tomorrow, thankfully they've brought a little bit of weather

Brindley Place film festival starts today, can't wait for Frozen on Saturday afternoon... http://www.brindleyplace.com/event/brindleyplace-outdoor-film-festival-2/

Commuter Cycling Culture Shock via : "I am totally converted" Great to hear :-)

Commuter Cycling Culture Shock Commuting by bike blog

Irish couriers should have a much easier life from today with the launch of postcodes : https://www.eircode.ie/what-is-eircode

What is Eircode | Smart Location Codes - Postcodes Ireland Much more than a postcode, an Eircode is a smart location code. Every Irish residential and business address will receive a unique Eircode.

The Tour de France is starting on Saturday, Good profile of the competing Brits :

https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/20150630-road-Tour-de-France-2015-%E2%80%93-Meet-the-Brits-0

Tour de France 2015 – Meet the Brits British Cycling

Loads happening for at Victoria Square until 6pm today, until 3pm :

"Especially effective in compact, congested towns and cities, where a cargo bike rider, unworried by parking tickets and able to use bike-only routes, can often deliver more packages in a day than their van-driving equivalent, even with the smaller payload requiring occasional returns to the depot."

Why cargo bike deliveries are taking over the UK's cities Peter Walker: Eco-friendly cycle logistics firms are popping up across the UK, carrying everything from Amazon packages to takeaway food

We do keep telling you this....

Birmingham rush hour traffic test finds it's quicker to bike it Top Gear style rush hour challenge finds its two-and-half-mile commute 21 minutes faster by bike than car

Urban Cycles are doing a free bike revival service at Boston Tea Party Corporation Street. Free!

The guys and gals have a great new website : http://birminghambikepolo.co.uk/

Birmingham Bike Polo