Tag Archives: Wales

A bike shop has come up with a scheme to help cyclists charge their e-bike batteries en route. After installing a 24-hour free e-bike charging system at its shop in Betws y Coed, Beics Betws decided to encourage other businesses to offer a similar service. With the help of Starfish …

A new public electric bike-share scheme has been launched in Penarth by nextbike, thanks to funding from The Vale of Glamorgan Council. The fleet of 50 e-bikes and five stations was launched on 12th November. Vale Council received numerous requests from the public to introduce its own scheme following the …

Swansea-based Cycle Solutions have become an early adopter of Velorim, the National Bicycle Tyre Recycling Scheme. As a Velorim Centre, Cycle Solutions will offer its customers and other cyclists the opportunity to recycle their inner tubes and tyres. Founded in 2018, Velorim began rolling out the scheme to trial sites …

Pure Electric is to open “Cardiff’s first” electric bike and electric scooter retail outlet next Monday, 9th November. This will bring the company’s high street chain of stores up to 14. The Cardiff store will sell leading brands of e-bikes and e-scooters and has a Shimano Service Centre workshop where …

Canyon has announced Revolution Bike Park as its first gravity bike partner in the UK. The partnership will be imminently available to MTB fans with bikes to rent in the coming weeks. A launch event is in the pipeline, pending the change in the COVID-19 situation across the country. Riders …

Grinduro Wales has been postponed until summer 2021. “October 2020 was the month we were looking forward to heading to Machynlleth as a partner of the ultimate party:race ratio, Grinduro,” said a Canyon statement. “We had our fingers crossed this would be possible but unfortunately COVID-19 has meant Grinduro have …

The Welsh Government has announced £38 million to make the country a safer place to cycle, scoot and walk. Together with the £15.4 million announced last month, this is the “largest-ever” investment in local active travel improvements in Wales, which will fund projects to make it safer for children and …

"I’m now excited to get cracking and keep the evolution of the park going"

The lobby on the steps of the Senedd heard calls for the Welsh Government to match the £20 per head spent in Scotland

On 2nd October, people from across Wales will cycle on the Senedd to lobby Welsh Government for a doubling in investment in walking and cycling to £20 per head