PUSH BIKES

Push Bikes campaigns for better cycling in Birmingham and Solihull. We also have an active social side, meeting up for cycling and more. New members are always welcome whether they want to be active or not, because the bigger we are the more influence we have... We want to see everyone able to cycle safely, and to feel safe doing so, just as people do on the continent of Europe. The situation we have here, with cycling pushed to the margins and turned into an extreme sport requiring specialist clothing, is unusual in Europe (and indeed increasingly so on a global scale). In countries such as Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Germany, cycling is an everyday activity carried out in normal clothing by young and old alike. They do this because to varying degrees they are provided with infrastructure for cyclists. They do not have to ride assertively. They do not have to take the lane. They do not have to be capable of accelerating to the same speed as a car. They do not have to ride..

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