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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

We're delighted to announce that Cardiff is the UK's first major city with a connected cycle parking network - powered by Spokesafe_OS. In partnership with @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social, we’re managing a network of lockers, all accessible via one simple system. 🧵👇 www.spokesafe.com/blog/cardiff...

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Cardiff becomes UK’s first major city with a connected cycle parking network - Spokesafe

Instantly access a network of secure places to park your active travel vehicle.

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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

After a long painfully tiring day at work with downpouring rain outside all day & finish when it's dark outside. It's lovely to walk up to the @spokesafe.bsky.social secure parking, visible by a single light & see the silhouette of my eCargo bike awaiting to get me home safely &

SpokeSafe secure parking illuminated by a single lamppost in the courtyard. And visible in the windows are the silhouette of various cycles securely parked including my eCargo bike.

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loucycle.bsky.social @loucycle.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Thanks @spokesafe.bsky.social , look at all those wonderful safe cycle parking options in Cardiff now! ❤️

A list of all of Spokesafe cycle parking sites now open in Cardiff

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This is why we do what we do.

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This article sounds alarming, but British Transport Police are right: CCTV alone is not a deterrent to thieves. To stop thieves taking more bikes at stations across the UK, here are 4 easy to implement tips. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'

The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.

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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Saw this lovely beauty whilst parking up at @spokesafe.bsky.social, part of the Colchester Council's eCargo bike library & 1st one I've seen parked here since starting using it. Also noticing the racks are getting rather crowded with lots of (e)bikes of many types.

Nice blue Bullitt Bluebird parked at Spokesafe. Part of the eCargo bike library courtesy of Colchester Council.

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Great to see a Beryl hire bike installation by our unit at Stevenage station - turning this space into a real mobility hub. Off to the station and need a secure place to park your bike? Or heading to Stevenage for the day and want to get around town? You're covered either way!

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A rear wheel without a mudguard is just a high pressure water gun...

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Matt Hutchins AIA @matthutchins.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Bikes are freedom

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Can active travel thrive outside London? When we opened our first location outside the big smoke in 2022, plenty said it wouldn’t work. Well, as we celebrate the reopening of Derbion Cycle Hub, here are 24,000 reasons why active travel works beyond the capital... www.spokesafe.com/blog/cycle-h...

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Cycle hub which generated over 24,000 cycle journeys re-opens - Spokesafe

Instantly access a network of secure places to park your active travel vehicle.

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It's Simon, yeah? @coldwarcliff.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

New to me. Secure bike parking in a variety of central London (and elsewhere) locations that you can book for a single trip/day. £3 seems good value too. @spokesafe.bsky.social Clearly needs a lot more locations but this is a start - can see myself using it.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.” www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

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Pharmacist on a Pushbike @ppushbike.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Apparently nobody cycles in winter, but the tracks on the frosty cycle path say different. (Penistone Road, Sheffield, 28.11.24)

Bicycle tracks in the frost of a red-surfaced cycle path.

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Cllr Ed Lamb @edwardlamb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

e-bikes and small, fluffy dogs for everyone 🐶

A small, fluffy white dog stands on the back of an orange Tern GSD bicycle. It's a sunny winters day. Patio setting with house and heat pump in the background

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Le Vélo de Tati 1949 📷Robert Doisneau

A man, director/actor Jacques Tati, stands behind disassembled parts of a bicycle. It is presumably the bike he used in his film Jour de Fête (1949)

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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Yesterday was an interesting day cycling to work & back, unfortunately it was busy so fell asleep when I got home & not post this. Yesterday morning I got an email from Spokesafe to inform me of an issue with my designated parking. No biggie really as they were happy to let me lock up at another 1/2

Screenshot of my rides on Garmin. Ride to work, 2.62 miles in 18:
50 mins. Ride back from work, 4.33 miles in 34 mins

Screenshot of email I received yesterday from Spokesafe saying "Hi Wolf,

Hope you are well.

Just a note that a member has parked in your space today. I'm not sure if you are planning to travel in or not, but wanted to let you know that a member has informed us that they have parked in space 9 instead of their assigned rack.

If it is helpful, we can ask them to confirm whether time they expect to pick their bike up.

Alternatively, we are happy for you to use another rack at the facility - please just let us know which rack.

Our apologies for the inconvenience."

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Cargo Bike Ben @cargobikeben.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Dress for the destination, not the journey.

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Jack Fifield @jackfifield.uk · 25/11/2024

The perfect bike stand. The Sheffield stand is already great as it provides locking points at front and back. But its flaw is if it's removed from the ground due you can just slip the locks off the bottom. This fixes that with a bar. Now, a thief would have to steal your bike *and* the stand.

Bicycle parking Sheffield stand (the type that looks a bit like a staple in the ground, or a letter C placed sideways) with a crossbar on the lower part

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

What's the quickest way around town? Yep you know it!

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2 Wheeled Wolf @2-wheeled-wolf.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I'm enjoying the £10/month subscription to park my ebike securely whilst working & have a safe secure place to park if I ever shop in Colchester city centre too. And having a monthly subscription, I also have a designated rack so guaranteed to have a spot every time I need it.

My eCargo bike parked at the secure parking.

My e-Cruiser parked at the secure parking.

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The Sad Cycle Lane @cyclesad.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Paying only £1 to be able lock up my #bike out of the rain in #Sheffield is pretty reasonable, even for someone from Yorkshire. #cycling

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Spokesafe @spokesafe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

We've been asked a few times recently why we offer Daily booking options at our facilities. So, here's a quick thread on how one simple change will help us achieve our target of 250,000 journeys by bike in 2024. And how we can help others do this too. www.spokesafe.com/blog/how-off...

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How offering Daily bookings helped us facilitate over 250,000 journeys - Spokesafe

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Bob From Accounts 🚲 @bobfromaccounts.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

London 3°C. But I heard no one cycles when it's cold.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

READ: “3,337 Parisians were equipped with GPS trackers to record their journeys…for journeys from the outskirts of Paris to the center, the number of cyclists now far exceeds the number of motorists, a huge change from just 5 years ago.” Evidence of leadership. www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

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French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris

Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Bikes allow us to experience the city differently, unshielded, present, human. My wife rides with elegance and ease, dressing for her destination, not her commute. This is the kind of vibrant, people-first city design we need, where bikes bring life to our streets instead of cars dominating them.

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It's dark. It's rainy. We rock it. 📉 UK-wide cycling is down since the pandemic 📈 But London cycling is booming: most daily trips ever. Why? Infrastructure. Want more? Join London Cycling Campaign lcc.org.uk/membership/

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Pedestrians spend more money than people arriving by car, and pedestrianised town centres have higher sales. Walkable high streets = healthier & more prosperous ones. 👍 “But high streets aren’t just shops – they provide services, entertainment, and a social hub for people of all walks of life”

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Love a good people carrier...😍

Father pushing five small children on his city bike.

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Real Gaz on a proper bike: gazza_d@toot.bike @gazza-d.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

"Asked how she would spend the £50,000 prize money, she said: "I need to buy myself a new bike, and it's going to be a good bike."" 👍 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Booker Prize 2024: British author Samantha Harvey wins with Orbital

The first book set in space to win, Orbital follows astronauts in the International Space Station.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

If only we provided as much housing for humans as we did for cars.

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