Cycle4U Couriers Birmingham

23/08/2017

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

12/07/2017

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

23/06/2017

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/

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.

20/06/2017

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

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

22/03/2017

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

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

20/03/2017

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

This site contains consultations that are run by Birmingham City Council.

27/02/2017

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

Office for Low Emission Vehicles sees no need to offer purchase grants for e-bikes but does so for other electric vehicles.

17/01/2017

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

31/12/2016

“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

Specially built 2.4m long models can carry 100kg of goods

09/12/2016

New cycle routes planned :-)

17/09/2016

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/

18/08/2016

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/

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.

12/02/2016

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

18/01/2016

More bikes are being given away! :

The special Rayleigh bikes, part of the £24 million Birmingham Cycle Revoution campaign, are available to all Birmingham residents for the first time

15/01/2016

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 :-)

29/12/2015

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 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,…

29/10/2015

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

17/09/2015

14 Reasons Why Cargo Bikes Are Better Than Delivery Trucks :

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

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.

09/09/2015

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

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.

06/08/2015

Wholesale markets appear to be on fire

31/07/2015

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

14/07/2015

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

14/07/2015

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

Commuting by bike blog

13/07/2015

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

Much more than a postcode, an Eircode is a smart location code. Every Irish residential and business address will receive a unique Eircode.

01/07/2015

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

British Cycling

16/06/2015

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

10/06/2015

"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."

Peter Walker: Eco-friendly cycle logistics firms are popping up across the UK, carrying everything from Amazon packages to takeaway food

06/06/2015

We do keep telling you this....

Top Gear style rush hour challenge finds its two-and-half-mile commute 21 minutes faster by bike than car

27/05/2015

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

11/05/2015

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