Latest Wheelers News

• East London Cyclist Newsletter Aug-Sep 2010
  » Superhighways, Canary Riverside, Bike Week review, HGV awareness, Cycling for Health, Tower Hamlets Cycling Club
• The Cycling for Health initiative is now borough-wide - download the flyer and spread the word.
• Tower Hamlets Volunteer Rangers Project aims to engage local people to highlight issues on their cycle routes...read more & get involved!
• Wheelers canvass the borough's prospective parliamentary candidates on their views of cycling. (Apr 10)
• The Young Bikers project has been set up to provide 7-18 year old students access to maps of safe cycle routes to the schools & colleges in the south of the borough. (Nov 09)
• LB Tower Hamlets has published Cycling Connections which sets out the borough's cycling strategy until 2020. Wheelers provided a response to the consultation of this document. (Autumn 09)
• Wheelers Cake Weekend (Oct 09)
  You may see that Tower Hamlets Wheelers run a cycling weekend break a couple of times a year. Don't let that put you off. In truth it should be called the Wheelers Cake Weekend...read more
• Connect2 Tower Hamlets is a walking & cycling route that will link Bethnal Green tube station with Victoria Park - keep up with the progress of this project and get involved.
• Pedals to Pedalos - ride report & photos posted.
  The Glamour Ride - photos & videos posted.
• Boris's Cycling Highways - Wheelers are involved in the consultation.
• Victoria Park consultation - read the joint response by Hackney Cyclists and Tower Hamlets Wheelers. (Mar 08)
• British Waterways London has launched a new towpath Code of Conduct with a 'Two Tings' message aimed at all towpath users on the Regent's Canal. Remember, pedestrians have priority over cyclists! (May 07)
• Bike Security Awareness Event - four days of advice given out to morning commuters by Wheelers and the Metropolitan Police. (Mar 06)
• Wheelers Rides Co-ordinator leads cyclists in £33,000 fundraiser through Ethiopia. (Nov 05)
• ASL Survey - Wheelers research reveals potential dangers of cycling on borough's roads. (Oct 05)
• Has your bike been stolen? - it may have been recovered by the police at Brick Lane Market. Read their "reuniting stolen bikes with their owners" initiative. (Mar 05)
• Jagonari Cycles - women's community cycling project in Whitechapel is launched with funding from Wheelers Bike Buddy scheme. Press Release. (Mar 05)
  
• Cycle for FREE! - we marked the 2nd anniversary of the Congestion Charge displaying our banners at Shoreditch. (Feb 05)
• LCC's Best Cycling Initiative for Young People 2004 awarded to the borough's Bike Skills Youth Training Scheme run by Youth Action UK, funded by LB Tower Hamlets and supported by Tower Hamlets Wheelers. (Oct 04)
• Bike Week 2004 : Photos & reports from some of our events held in June.
• 7th Great Beigel Race - the bike wins again! (Jun 04)
• Cycle for FREE! - we marked the first anniversary of the Congestion Charge with another big banner stunt, this time at Aldgate Gyratory. (Feb 04)
  
• LCC Best Cycle Facility 2003 awarded to the "floating towpath" along Limehouse Cut created by British Waterways. (Oct 03)
• More funding - Wheelers Awards for All bid is successful adding more funds for the Cycle Training & Bike Buddy scheme and workshop. (Aug 03)
• Aldgate Gyratory : sign the petition - it's time to remove this anti-cyclist and pedestrian scheme.
• Cycling in Tower Hamlets - let us know your thoughts by completing our on-going positives & negatives survey.
• Wheelers awarded Community Chest funding from the St Katharine & Shadwell Trust for the Cycle Training & Bike Buddy scheme and workshop. (Jun 03)
• Bike Week 2003 : Photos & reports from all of our events.
• Cable Street : May 2003 update on our road markings & signage campaign - sign the petition.
• Potholes - report them to the council and add them to our list.
• Cycle for FREE!
  We welcomed the Congestion Charge with a big banner stunt on the Green Bridge, Mile End Road. (Feb 03)
• Wheelers go national! : Daily Mirror features cycle buddy scheme as a way to avoid the congestion charge. (Feb 03)

Useful Information

Next Dates for Regular Events:
Wheelers Bike Ride : 5 September
Wheelers Workshop : 25 September
Wheelers Meeting : 8 September
(previous rides & meetings)

The Tower Hamlets Volunteer Rangers Project aims to engage local people to highlight issues on their cycle routes...read more & get involved!

Subscribe to one of our email groups - the fastest way to keep in touch with cycling issues, rides & events in Tower Hamlets and join our Facebook group.

FREE Cycle Route Maps
Order your copies via TfL
Map 7 covers Tower Hamlets.

An overview on Biking in the Borough of Tower Hamlets

Contacts - who to send your campaign letters to.

Cycling for Health
Download the flyer for this initiative.

Cycling Promotion Postcards
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