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Access a network of secure places to park your bike, scooter & cargo bike. The Moor Cycle Hub in Sheffield now live! Instantly book via the Spokesafe app.
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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...
How offering Daily bookings helped us facilitate over 250,000 journeys - Spokesafe
Instantly access a network of secure places to park your active travel vehicle.
www.spokesafe.com
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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 &
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Thanks @spokesafe.bsky.social , look at all those wonderful safe cycle parking options in Cardiff now! ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is why we do what we do.
This is a wonderful sight after a tiring busy day at work & you're about to head home. My steed is waiting to take me home from the @spokesafe.bsky.social secure parking, via the supermarket & take the load from these weary legs on a relaxing trip home in the dark...
October 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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...
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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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.
April 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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!
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I hate ‘em
Nearly every Sheffield stand I have ever seen is either
Bent
Got vandalised bikes
Have bikes stolen from them
Are used as toilets
Rarely in the right place
Means I have to carry my body weight in Bicycle locks

Naw, gi’me proper secure bicycle parking
February 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A rear wheel without a mudguard is just a high pressure water gun...
February 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Bikes are freedom
January 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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...
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.
www.spokesafe.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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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.
January 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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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...
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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“I know lots of people think cycling is not for them, but please give it a go. I am no Victoria Pendleton but it’s amazing how far you can go and how much better it makes you feel”
road.cc/311511 #cycling
New Transport Secretary – and cyclist – Heidi Alexander backed to put “cycling front and centre” after shock resignation of Louise Haigh over decade-old phone fraud offence
“I know lots of people think cycling is not for them, but please give it a go,” Alexander, a former transport deputy mayor for London, has said in the past
road.cc
November 29, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Apparently nobody cycles in winter, but the tracks on the frosty cycle path say different.

(Penistone Road, Sheffield, 28.11.24)
November 28, 2024 at 12:56 PM
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e-bikes and small, fluffy dogs for everyone 🐶
November 27, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Le Vélo de Tati
1949
📷Robert Doisneau
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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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
November 26, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Dress for the destination, not the journey.
November 25, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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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.
November 25, 2024 at 7:05 PM
What's the quickest way around town? Yep you know it!
In a city characterised by heavy traffic, London’s rapid response involves bikes
November 25, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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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.
November 24, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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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
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...
How offering Daily bookings helped us facilitate over 250,000 journeys - Spokesafe
Instantly access a network of secure places to park your active travel vehicle.
www.spokesafe.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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...
How offering Daily bookings helped us facilitate over 250,000 journeys - Spokesafe
Instantly access a network of secure places to park your active travel vehicle.
www.spokesafe.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:11 AM
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London 3°C. But I heard no one cycles when it's cold.
November 20, 2024 at 1:34 PM
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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...
French Revolution: Cyclists Now Outnumber Motorists In Paris
Official measurements have found that Paris is rapidly becoming a city of cyclists.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM