That will all be commercial then, thousand so HGVs running up and down the country 24/7. Delivery drivers, people who have to travel for work. It wont change any social use of anything
I was thinking personal fuel use here, expect we'd need other incentives to change commercial transport use/trends.
I was thinking personal fuel use here, expect we’d need other incentives to change commercial transport use/trends.
im sure all those you would want to limit the travel will be able to clim most of thier travel is business related and thus exempt from your quota
No-one said policy making was an easy job : )
Great event, glad to have been able to attend. Great to meet Hannah 🙂
lots to think about, no easy swaps or changes we need a big shift at the top by the brands and organisations
Interesting thread, and something that’s worth discussing.
I prefer to use public transport if possible to get to my biking because most of the time it’s more fun.
Every time I fly, I’m reminded how much I dislike it, and prefer the process of going by train.
So far I’ve never had a serious problem with a bike on a train. 🤞🏻
I actually think that bike provision on trains in the UK is slightly unfairly maligned, especially on here. Yes it could be much better, but at least you’re able to put a fully assembled bike on a long distance high speed train, which certainly isn’t the case in all European countries, including France.
In terms of riding from my door, buying and riding a hardtail frame (and building it up from the left over parts from my knackered old full suspension bike) has really opened up new (old) opportunities for me. As @jameso mentioned, there’s something to be said for having more fun on a less capable bike. This was reinforced for me today at Gisburn, features that are nothing on my Stumpjumper Evo, take some thinking about on the Marley.
At the same time it’s got me thinking more about lower impact adventures, and riding from the door using bikepacking gear so that I can ride to better places, stay overnight and then either ride or train back.
I live in an area that isn’t great for mountain biking (South Cheshire), but there is stuff to be found within viable riding distance, it just took a bit of searching to find it.
Personally, it seems to me that a lot of my riding buddies jump into a car because they don’t even consider any other options.
After riding various MTBs for around four hours a week all year round, for over ten years, I effectively gave up mountain biking around 18 months ago. In fact my FlareMax hasn't been out of the shed since.
eMTBs were the final straw for me, but really I had long felt disconnected with the mainstream of mountain biking and increasingly felt that I just didn't want to be associated with the sport/activity anymore.
The wallpaper image on the monitor next to me still shows a picture of my 2013 Orange Five in the wild. A simple, fun bike that you could ride up and down mountains all day. Before the industry ate itself in an orgy of changing standards, endless trends and ever increasing complexity and cost along with an obsession with downhill speed over all else.
I know there are still people riding bikes in the mountains who share my views on many things, but these days, when I head for the hills I tend to reach for my running shoes rather than my bike. Let's see them try to stuff an engine on those!
