If Last Mile Leeds are to make cargo bikes the delivery method of choice for Leeds city centre deliveries we must reinvent the cycle courier as a realistic alternative to the van courier. To this end, I spent two days with a van courier for one of the big international courier firms this week. It […]
Lets face it Cycle Couriers don’t have the best of reputations… They are all Gung-ho, red-light jumping, thrill-seekers with a death-wish and no thought for other road users, right? Certainly not the sort of person you want to entrust your deliveries to…unless it’s an emergency. So that is when cycle couriers get called – in […]
I attended the first in a series of business start-up taster workshops run by Leeds City council on Monday. The meeting offered 6 speakers, with support and information for those interested in starting up their own business. I found that I had already passed through this stage as most of the information provided I had […]
Last Mile Leeds is back after the holidays and ready to take your call for collections and deliveries across the centre of Leeds.
Riding the Bullitt: First thoughts… I’ve been riding a Bullitt for about a month now and I thought I would put down a few thoughts in lieu of a short review. I should perhaps start with a disclaimer. I’ve never been particularly discerning about the bikes I’ve ridden. All this talk of stiffness or flexibility […]
Last Mile Leeds is closing down for Christmas. We will be back up and running on 2nd January. In the meantime you can still email us with any enquiries or contact us through the website. We wish all our (current and future) clients a very happy Christmas.
I discovered the Pedallers Arms this week.They are a bicycle repair cooperative in Leeds, offering free drop-in sessions for people to fix their bikes. Their philosphy is that anyone can fix their bike, and they have the tools and exppertise to help anyone do just that. http://pedallers-arms.org/
Next week we will take delivery of three Bullitt bikes. We have bought these from previous service selling ice creams at the Olympic venues. So Last Mile Leeds will be starting operations very soon. Watch this space.
Also in Birmingham last week was the Cycling Forum of the CILT(UK) (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) last week where Brian Robinson of TRL (Transport Research Laboratory) was speaking on the Cycle Regulation Review which TRL are undertaking on behalf of the the DfT. The DfT is reviewing bicycle regulations, including brakes, reflectors, lights, electrically assisted pedal cycles […]
