Cycling - above picture from Madsen, who specialise in family bikes, including electric. Unfortunately shipping will be from the USA. https://www.madsencycles.com/
Bike Recycling
Headwater, a Northwich-based company specialising in active holidays, has teamed up with Re~Cycle to supply unwanted bikes and bike parts to Africa. Many of the bikes assist medical workers, helping them cover long distances. If you've a bike you'd like to donate, check Headwater's website
Cycles Recycled is a community interest company in Stockport, that rejuvenates bikes, saving them from scrap. http://team33.co.uk/
Wesley Bikes are part of a furniture recycling scheme based in Hulme, Manchester. They also rejuvenate bikes. http://www.thewesley.org.uk/bikeshop.html
Both enterprises are keen to have your unused bike, or sell you a refurb.
Headwater, a Northwich-based company specialising in active holidays, has teamed up with Re~Cycle to supply unwanted bikes and bike parts to Africa. Many of the bikes assist medical workers, helping them cover long distances. If you've a bike you'd like to donate, check Headwater's website
Cycles Recycled is a community interest company in Stockport, that rejuvenates bikes, saving them from scrap. http://team33.co.uk/
Wesley Bikes are part of a furniture recycling scheme based in Hulme, Manchester. They also rejuvenate bikes. http://www.thewesley.org.uk/bikeshop.html
Both enterprises are keen to have your unused bike, or sell you a refurb.
CTC's Stop SMIDSY ('Sorry Mate I Didn't See You') campaign calls on all cyclists to report crashes, near misses and their aftermath. Help stop bad driving by contributing your story to Stop SMIDSY, CTC's collection of evidence of how the police, prosecutors and courts respond to bad driving.
Cycle Route Planning
Plan your cycle journey in the Chester area, or almost anywhere else in the UK - http://chester.cyclestreets.net/.
It gives you a three speed options and three route options (fast, quiet and balanced), and reports the route, duration, distance, quietness, altitude profile and more.
There's a Bikeability map of Northwich and Winsford here, showing routes colour-coded for traffic-free, low traffic, busier roads and hazardous (A49 worse than country roads?), a pdf for Northwich and Winsford, scroll nearly to the bottom of https://www.chestercyclecity.org/route-map-library/
National Cycle Network. There's a map here, with a few (so far) e-bike charging points. Scroll down for the map. Blue is quiet roads, orange car-free. See https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/national-cycle-network-route-collections/2023/all/find-an-e-bike-charging-station-on-the-national-cycle-network/
Cycling for the disabled or old: https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/02/09/the-bicycle-a-mobility-aid-for-all/
Cycle Route Planning
Plan your cycle journey in the Chester area, or almost anywhere else in the UK - http://chester.cyclestreets.net/.
It gives you a three speed options and three route options (fast, quiet and balanced), and reports the route, duration, distance, quietness, altitude profile and more.
There's a Bikeability map of Northwich and Winsford here, showing routes colour-coded for traffic-free, low traffic, busier roads and hazardous (A49 worse than country roads?), a pdf for Northwich and Winsford, scroll nearly to the bottom of https://www.chestercyclecity.org/route-map-library/
National Cycle Network. There's a map here, with a few (so far) e-bike charging points. Scroll down for the map. Blue is quiet roads, orange car-free. See https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/national-cycle-network-route-collections/2023/all/find-an-e-bike-charging-station-on-the-national-cycle-network/
Cycling for the disabled or old: https://www.eta.co.uk/2023/02/09/the-bicycle-a-mobility-aid-for-all/
Cheshire East Cycling Advice
Advice on routes, training, clubs, rights-of-way, their Cycling Strategy, and future proposals. https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/highways_and_roads/cycling_in_cheshire_east/cycling_in_cheshire_east.aspx
Advice on routes, training, clubs, rights-of-way, their Cycling Strategy, and future proposals. https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/highways_and_roads/cycling_in_cheshire_east/cycling_in_cheshire_east.aspx