Explore every episode of the podcast Bike Tales - Stories from the cycling community

Mark Simmons is a Brit who spent many years in Canada. When he returned to the UK he was looking for somewhere to live that was bikeable and he fell in love with Chichester.

We chat about Canada (and more specifically Vancouver) and what Chichester can learn about embracing active travel.

Map of Chichester https://www.flickr.com/photos/claremansell/52866548302/in/dateposted/

Mark's website BottsBikesBits.com

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Ruth Speed hadn't done much other than childhood cycling and a couple of days on a bike in Milan until a year ago, but next month she is taking part in the gruelling L'Étape du Tour scaling three mountains and 100 miles!

I talk to her about what prompted her great challenge and about how she thinks the roads around Chichester could be improved to encourage people and women in particular to get on a bike more often.

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In this episode, we meet Carley Sitwell & Louise Goldsmith who have been brought together by their love of cycling, their concern for the environment and a campaign to reinstate a landmark on one of Chichester’s most popular walking and cycling routes

We hear about their adventures on bikes, why Centurion Way is so important to them and the strange obstacle that has stood in the way of getting the landmark back 

http://centurionway.org.uk/farrington-archway

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Mark Record is a cycling campaigner with creative ideas. He's a science technician at the local college and he created a bicycle-powered karaoke machine to inspire the students and show them the power of bikes and science.

His big ideas also extend outside the classroom to the local cycling advocacy group Chicycle and to thinking about big ideas for the future of transport in Chichester

Chicycle http://chicycle.co.uk/

Map of the city https://flic.kr/p/2oxCSY7

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Matt Jolly is a personal fitness instructor who lives in the centre of Chichester. He's always on his bike or getting about by foot and says it's something that was deeply ingrained in him from an early age. He tells us how bikes brought him freedom, adventure and a career and discusses getting dragged into online culture wars. 

Map...

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This week we’re on the quest to discover what happened to the cycle highway which was due to be built on the A259 west of Chichester linking the city with the Hampshire town of Emsworth. I speak to Gabby Adams who lives on the road. She has some surprising information about what went wrong and I hear about her own pandemic-related decisions and how she plans to get the most out of her bikes in the future.

Centurion Way

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/walking-horse-riding-and-cycling/centurion-way-railway-path/

Chemroute

http://chicycle.co.uk/chemroute

http://chemroute.uk/

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Sarah Sharp is a local councillor, campaigner and sustainable transport advocate. She moved to Chichester in 1999 and lives in the city centre. She was inspired to start campaigning when her daughter moved to senior school, but it's not been an easy journey

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Season 2 launches on May 5th* and this time we are n the UK looking at my home city on England's south coast and discovering what is holding it back from becoming a cycling city 

*Launch date delayed due to pre-election reporting constraints in Chichester

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This final episode of our first season covers the story of Gabe and his family over several months as they leave Ottawa for a new life with their Babooe Mini cargo bike in the Northwest Territories. We find out how cycling in Fort Smith matched up to expectations and the trials and challenges of such a big move.

Release of this episode was delayed by several weeks at the request of Gabe and his family, it should become clear when you listen why. I am very grateful to them for allowing me to document this chapter of their lives.

Gabe is on Twitter here https://twitter.com/gabesimages

Gabe's photography website https://gabesimages.com/

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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In this penultimate episode of the season we catch up with guests I've spoken to previously and I ask them one question: If they had one day to themselves and they could cycle anywhere in Ottawa, where would they go? The answers are enlightening and there is something for everyone whether you are new to the city or an old hand.

Sound effects credit: https://freesound.org/people/kyles/sounds/452186/#comments

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Matt Pinder is an urban planner who writes a blog called Beyond The Automobile. Matt knows cycling both from the perspective of an uber delivery cyclist (which he did as a side hustle for a short time) and as a planner trying to make Ottawa's streets better for active travel. He talks about why cycling is important and how legislation has failed in one particular aspect.

Matt is on Twitter here https://twitter.com/MattPinder1

Matt's website Beyond The Automobile https://beyondtheautomobile.com/about-the-author/

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Hans Moor, better known to the online world as Hans On The Bike is a former president of Bike Ottawa, a blogger, map designer and a cycling tour guide, just don't call him an avid cyclist!

Hans On The Bike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HansontheBike

Hans On The Bike's website https://hansonthebike.com/

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Pascal is the man behind Békane Cycles and Velo Fridays. He's a passionate cyclist and 'fixie' owner, who wants to get more people on bikes. He loves to cycle not just in Ottawa, but in cities all over North America from New York to Montreal.

Békane Cycles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bekanecycles

Békane Cycle's website https://bekanecycles.com/

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Parkways For People is an organisation that was set up during the pandemic to lobby for a greener future for Ottawa's parkways a series of roads, mainly used by cars, which run alongside the cities waterways.  We find out about the children's book that inspired it and meet their spokesperson who is pushing for changes in the capital.

Parkways For People on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkwaysPeople

Parkways For People's website https://parkwaysforpeople.ca/

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Four years ago Tyler set up OttBikeSocial a friendly sociable bike ride that departs from various points around the city. We talk to the people that join him on the ride, discover the significance of roundabouts and find out about Tyler's hopes for the future of active travel in Ottawa

OttBikeSocial on Twitter https://twitter.com/ottbikesocial

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Maureen Adamache runs a backyard hub that matches donated bicycles with newly arrived Ukranian families, enabling them to get mobile in Ottawa. She shares tales of the powerful impact that these gifted wheels can have.  

Ukrainian Settlement Helpers Ottawa Facebook page 

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio stories is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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Julie & Florence are two of the three people behind a campaigning Twitter profile called Via Beechwood, they talk about the joys and frustrations of cycling in their community and the changes they would like to see to bike infrastructure in Ottawa

Via Beechwood on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ViaBeechwood

When Women Ride Bikes Everyone Rides More:

https://www.planetizen.com/news/2021/05/113365-study-when-women-ride-bikes-everyone-rides-more#:~:text=The%20study%20also%20found%20%22a,that%20%22when%20communities%20make%20transportation

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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David Chernushenko is an author, filmmaker and former Ottawa city councillor. He's a passionate cyclist who campaigned to have the Flora footbridge built to improve pedestrian and cycling access across the Rideau Canal. He talks us through the evolution of Ottawa's cycling infrastructure and his hopes for the future.

David on Twitter https://twitter.com/chernushenko

Bike Tales explores the people and places that make Ottawa one of North America's top cycling cities.

This series of short audio portraits is produced by Clare Mansell at storysolutions.net 

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