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When #Cycling's not the right answer, there are other options to augment the power of wheelchairs. They don't come cheap either though 😳!! If you're able to, please consider supporting RoCo's fundraiser so they can move freely around hilly #Sheffield! #ActiveMobility 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

@RossLydall Terrible news for Disabled people who use an e-cycle as their mobility aid. 😠

E-bikes to be banned from Tube, Elizabeth line and London Overground after station blazes | The Standard standard.co.uk/news/transport…

Congratulations to @peddlemywheels and CEO Alper Muduroglu for winning well deserved LCC Community Initiative Award!! Key partners to #Wheels4MeLondon inclusive cycle loan scheme with @Wheels4Well. Total commitment to tackling barriers to cycling for the most excluded 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

Pleased to be at @London_Cycling's AGM. Such impressive advocates for #cyclists in #London! Increasingly concentrating on the groups currently under represented in cycling (women, young people, people on low income, etc.).

@BBCSounds is the app down? Can't get it in London SW2 this morning 😞.

@SiLove69 @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Stanmore station has a long ramp down & out thru the carpark; then you have to wheel up the hill out of the carpark via steep pitted/broken tarmacked road 😡. Only way up that way is with the e-assist clip-on!

@IsabelleClement @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well How did you get out of Stanmore Station? No ramps so far as I know. Great work to get up Brockley Hill on the A5, too. A terrifying road for cyclists.

Travelling South London to Stanmore. It's ☀️! Handcycled to Waterloo station + @TfL #JubileeLine to Stanmore + handcycled to #RNOH for scan & back again. 1.5hrs exercise in the bag 🥳 #Accessible @Integrated, green transport! @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman

@JessinRuislip @3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Nope! Another key reason for taking the clip on. The way out around the carpark and up the hill is hideous for anyone in a wheelchair (the state of the tarmac is absolutely shocking 😱!!).

@IsabelleClement @3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well I've not been to Stanmore for a few years - have they put in a lift?

@3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well So much easier to have the clip on for getting to/from station & to destination!! Taking the bus means wheeling along pavements at each end 😱. Dreadful, dangerous & exhausting. Wouldn't be able to make that journey independently.

@3_wheeled_jon @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Luckily #JubileeLine lifts & platforms are mostly ok. For Stanmore I request a ramp. Enough space onboard (if not rush hour) 👍. Sometimes I have to unclip & push clip-on in front of me to get in/out of smaller lifts. I never take it on the bus but tube & most trains ok.

@CricklewoodMum @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Absolutely! 😎

@IsabelleClement @TfL @integrated @activetraveleng @Itsdanny_again @Chris_Boardman @Wheels4Well Lovely day to do so!

Two visits to the Palace of Westminster, two days running! Better weather this morning so, time for a selfie while in the queue for security checks 😀.

@ZagDaily @RiDC_UK @Wheels4Well Very interesting 😊👌! Would be great for three-wheeled cycles too (but likely to push further the already steep price tags, so likely out of the reach of most 😞).

Supersmith is developing a 3-wheeled foldable mobility scooter that uses patented stabilisation tech to reduce the risk of tipping. Read more: zagdaily.com/tech/the-folda…

@Laurakiora @jojomay1 @carlafrancome @gillegsy Thank you Laura. Sorry to hear but not surprised. Such a shame "heritage" specialists care so little about Disabled & older locals & visitors. Clearly don't realise how much of the #PurplePound they're forfitting in the process. Guernsey sounds such a gorgeous destination 👌😔.

@jojomay1 @carlafrancome @gillegsy @IsabelleClement Sorry for late response! The cobbles are terrible and I avoid town @ all costs unless I have someone to give me a push… if only the pavements were tiny bit wider the whole way through town problem would be solved!! plenty of blue badge parking - sometimes hard to get a space…

Are there any wheelchair users I know who have been to St Peter Port? If so I’d love to know how you found it- I’m doing a suboptimal job of answering Isabelle’s questions here …

@FourQ @tricyclemayor @RachelCDailey @tandemkate has worked out a cunning way of doing this 👍.

@tricyclemayor @RachelCDailey I wish I could adapt my ebike to bolt on my wheelchair. I used it back when I could get away with crutches.

Any Disabled Cyclists want to take part in my research? Looking for disabled people who own & regularly use any type of cycle, but must have made additional adaptations so it suits your needs. £40 thank you voucher DM/email if interested h.larringtonspencer@westminster.ac.uk

@SaskiaHeijltjes @Wheels4Well I visited a few years back & within minutes of arrival I'd spotted a handcyclist & two trike cyclists. I thought I'd died & gone to Disabled cycling heaven 😇🤪. In NL, some local authorities give sports equipment to peeps with mobility impairments. Many choose cycles 👍.

The number of people using an adapted cycle in Nijmegen (small city in Netherlands) is absolutely mind blowing. In 2 short cycle trips I have seen: - hand cycle wheelchair attachment - tricycles (with and without e-assist) - tricycle box bikes - tricycle recumbent @Wheels4Well

@linkcott18 @carlafrancome Cobbles, in my wheeler's opinion are the work of the devil. Spine & wheels crunchers 😖😠. Also trip hazards for most ppl. Should be banned. But if they can be laid in a way that gives them the feel of tarmac underwheel whilst looking oldy worldly, I'm all for them 😅

@IsabelleClement @carlafrancome Cobbles can be laid so that they aren't problematic for folks with limited mobility. If they are used for traffic calming, side paths need to be provided for non-motorised road users.

I’ve spent a lot of time in St Peter Port this week, a charming Guernsey town with cobbled streets and a beautiful harbour. It’s a special place for me personally, as it’s where my journey into campaigning for people-friendly streets first began. Here’s what happened .. 🧵1/7

@carlafrancome Their cobbles look of the less egregious type, I must admit, on your pics.

@carlafrancome Genuine question: many wheelchair users about? Cobbles, for a start. Also: do they provide parking for blue badge holders within the pedestrianised area? Many lovely heritagey areas are no-go zones for people with limited mobility & so we take our money elsewhere 🤪 #PurplePound

What a gorgeous day to be cycling to work! 🌞😎Looking forward to giving #Keynote @nlalondon's conference on #ActiveTravel this morning 👍. The #BuiltEnvironment industry has a huge part to play in making active travel accessible for #Disabled people. @Wheels4Well