nextbike, Cardiff’s bike share scheme, will support three local charities throughout December after they won a public vote to be part of its festive cash giveaway in the city. The chosen organisations are bereavement charity 2 Wish Upon a Star, animal rescue centre ARC and cancer support charity Maggie’s Cardiff. nextbike is offering a half-price annual subscription to anyone who signs up to the scheme in the month of December, meaning a year’s cycling will cost just £30 instead of…
The locations of Cardiff’s new nextbike stations have finally been revealed ahead of the scheme doubling in size next month. The 27 bike-share stations started to be installed across the city on 24th August, taking the city-wide docking network up from 25 to 52. New docking stations are being installed in Llandaff, Grangetown, Heath, and Ely, as well as several around Cardiff University. nextbike, the world’s most extensive bike-share operator, recently revealed the city’s 16,000 registered users have already cycled an impressive 140,000km since the scheme was launched in March – 42 times the distance Geraint Thomas cycled in the…
He will be in Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, for the record attempt from Friday (11-13 May) He is available via phone or down the line throughout If required, he can pass through London on his return to Guernsey Superbike racer Zef Eisenberg will this weekend (12-13 May) attempt to break the land-speed record on sand at Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire. Eisenberg will attempt to break the 200mph barrier, something which has never been done on sand by a motorbike or car before….
Black Horse Finance has renewed its staff cycle fleet after a 150 per cent rise in usage. Staff at its St William House offices in Cardiff pedalled more than 1,500 miles last year instead of driving or using taxis, substantially reducing their carbon footprint. Part of Lloyds Banking Group, Black Horse Finance introduced bikes in 2013 with the help of Cardiff supplier, The Bike Shed. It has now renewed its fleet of 10 bikes and donated the old ones to…
