Check out our new Cargo bikes ready and available for transporting your shopping!

We have 3 types of bikes, the 3 wheeled Nihola (pictured right and above), the 3 wheeled Bakfiest and the 2 wheel Gazelle (both pictured below). The Nihola & the Gazelle take up to 2 children and/or luggage and are slightly smaller than the original Bakfiest, that take 4, these bikes are light weight and designed with a nippy streamlined look that catches the eye and your imagination.

Park them right in the town centre bike spots!

Just think- no more Christmas parking troubles ! 

The gazelle:

 The Backfiest:

A Bike for All Reasons: children's taxi shopping dog transporter picnics and snow man transport

 fun...fun...fun!!

If you are interested in hiring a bike

then please email

cyclehub@forthenvironmentlink.org or call 474160

Prices:

£15 per week or £30 per month

Click here to see our  cargo bike T&C

Click here to see our smoothie bike T&C

Click here for our booking form

A £10 safe deposit is requested to make sure the bike is returned in good condition. The loan cost helps us to cover maintenance costs, ensuring the bikes are kept to a high standard.

Lindsay Dalgarno (pictured with twins Elith and Alby) has clocked up an impressive 83 miles in 12 days mostly doing the school and nursery runs - three round trips each day!

 We also have a smoothie bike for hire, to see the T&C please click here

Benefits of a bike :-)

Did you know that if you replaced short car trips you are likely to see the following benefits:

* The average cost of travel per mile for a car is 79p. The average cost of  travel per mile for a bike is 4p!

*  On a bicycle you can travel up to 1037 kilometres on the energy equivalent of a single litre of petrol.

* Cycling for half an hour every day can halve the risk of heart disease.

* Cycling for 20 minutes uses as much energy as: swimming breast stroke for 13 minutes, playing football for 15 minutes, doing aerobics for 20 minutes or walking for 25 minutes.

*  Depending on your speed you can burn between 375 - 600 calories per hour.

*  Medical studies have shown that if you cycle regularly, you’re likely to live about 5 years longer and enjoy the health benefits of a person around 10 years younger.

*  Motor vehicles contribute to around 27% of all Greenhouse Gas emissions.

*  People commuting in vehicles breathe in 25% more pollution than those cycling.