The Camcycle Podcast: Recent Episodes
Hester Wells, Al Storer
Hester talks to Isabelle Clement from Wheels for Wellbeing, a London charity for inclusive cycling.
We discuss:
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What Wheels for Wellbeing does
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Policy and infrastructure guidelines
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Working with local authorities and other disabilities organisations
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Difficulty of funding adapted cycles and e-bikes
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Raising the profile of alternative mobility aids
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Cycles which make observers go 'Wow!'
Links:
Wheels For Wellbeing
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Hester and Al dispense wisdom for those new to cycling in and around Cambridge- especially students.
Music by Chris Whitworth
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This week Hester talks to blogger and cycle campaigner, Sally Hinchcliffe, about rural cycling in Scotland.
We discuss:
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What we have seen out cycling this week
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Quiet rural roads and dealing with familiar drivers
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Moving from London to rural Scotland
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B roads and lack of pedestrian and cycle infrastructure
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Managing rural living with low car-use
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101 uses for a Brompton: how folding bikes fit in the rural mix with buses and trains
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Former railway lines and off-road cycle routes
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How e-bikes enable rural cycling
For further information on Sally's activities, see the links section.
Intro music excerpt from 'Cycling Through Ikebukuro' by Koen Park
Links:
Sally's main blog: Town Mouse
Women's Cycle Forum Scotland
We Walk, We Cycle, We Vote
Cycling Dumfries
Pedal on Parliament
The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain
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What do paratroopers and commuters have in common? Hester talks about the use of the folding bicycle in multi-modal travel, and the long history of folding cycles.
See the linked materials tab for references and further information.
Intro music excerpt fromm 'Cycling Through Ikebukuro' by Koen Park
Links:
History of folding bicycles
BSA parts close-ups
History of the BSA paratrooper bicycle
BSA paratooper bicycle
BSA paratooper bicycle
History of the BSA paratrooper bicycle
History of folding bicycles
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In the 3rd full episode of the Camcycle Podcast Hester and Al look to the heavens as summer showers sweep across the country.
Intro music excerpt fromm 'Cycling Through Ikebukuro' by Koen Park
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A short episode as Al was away. Hester talks about Contraflow cycling- what is it, why is it good and the history.
Intro music excerpt fromm 'Cycling Through Ikebukuro' by Koen Park
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In this episode Hester and Al talk dockless bike share, Hester goes for a ride on an ofo. Hester's annoyed at parking in bike lanes, and there's bad news at Cambridge North.
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In our first podcast we ask: what is the link between cycling and urbanism?
Also: the UK's newest railway station has opened in Cambridge. With a blank slate, did they get the cycle access to the station right? Is there enough and the right sort of cycle parking?
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