Bike to work challenge - lil help please!

[Andrew_Culture]

For the good of all mankind (or some other thing) I'm going to launch a website encouraging people to cycle to work. One of the main features of this new site will be testimonials from folk who already cycle to work. And that's where I need a little help

I'd be most grateful if you could bimble over to http://biketoworkchallenge.org/testify/ and spend a few seconds letting me know why you cycle to work. I'm hoping that I can get this site to rank reasonably well in them thar search engines so that it will help give people a little bit more confidence that they're doing a marvellous thing by even considering cycling to work.

Ta, love you!

 

[SimonJKH]

I tried, but unclear as to whether it worked.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've fixed the form now. Thanks for the submissions I've had so far; more please!

 

[akb]

Done

 

[akb]

The home page appears in Latin...?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

The home page appears in Latin...?

I haven't written it yet, that text is what us flouncy designers call 'lorum ipsom', it's a sort of way of seeing what a design looks like with text on it

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Done

Ta star!

I need more!

 

[akb]

Is there a dedicated C2W forum you could post this too? On CC or external? Great cause by the way.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Is there a dedicated C2W forum you could post this too? On CC or external? Great cause by the way.

I was thinking just the same thing

I need someone who knows what they're talking about to provide the Cycle To Work page, I'm sure a saw a good summary here on CycleChat, I'll have a look around.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I'm struggling a bit to write reviews for this site. Would anyone be able to write a few words on Bromptons for me?

 

[Arjimlad]

I've done a testimonial as requested. Sorry no experience with Bromptons !

 

[HLaB]

Just saw this but given Friday will be my last cycle commute for now I don't know if I can give a valid testomy.

 

[CopperBrompton]

I'm struggling a bit to write reviews for this site. Would anyone be able to write a few words on Bromptons for me?

Sure - this is just copied-and-pasted from my own website, feel free to post it under the Trikeman name:

For utilitarian cycling, which includes most of my cycling in central London, the Brompton is king. Hop on when you want to ride it, hop off when you arrive and 20 seconds later you have something that you can put under a desk, take into a restaurant or jump straight onto a train.

There are folding bicycles that are pleasant to ride. There are folding bicycles that fold down into a very small space. And there are folding bicycles which fold quickly & easily. If you want all three, however, there is only one choice.

If you're wincing at the four-figure price, it's true that they're not cheap. But there are three reasons they are much better value than you might think.

First, they basically last forever, and if you do sell, they hold their value incredibly well. You can expect to get two-thirds of the purchase price back even ten years later. Buy secondhand, and they are essentially free: you'll be able to sell them years later for the same price you paid.

Second, if you commute from Zone 3, an annual season ticket is costing you £1424 a year. A standard M3L with luggage will cost you around £1000, paying for itself in 8.5 months. Even if you wimp out on rainy days (and remember, you can take the Brompton on the tube with you, so you can cycle in and still wimp out if it's raining when you go home), it's still going to pay for itself in a year. After that, you're quids-in.

Third, there's next to no theft risk as you don't ever have to leave it outside. Just fold it up and take it in with you: offices, shops, banks - even restaurant cloakrooms. When I commuted to work, it lived under my desk in the day, and I've taken it into every type of eatery from workman's caffs to Michelin-starred restaurants without so much as a raised eyebrow.

If you're worried about getting sweaty, believe me: you'll be far cooler whizzing around London on a Brompton that you will be stuck on a rush-hour tube in the summer! It's also brilliant being able to enjoy being a tourist in your own city, seeing the sights rather than the inside of some stranger's armpit.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've done a testimonial as requested. Sorry no experience with Bromptons !

I've had a sudden influx of testimonials, which is nice.



Thank you!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Just saw this but given Friday will be my last cycle commute for now I don't know if I can give a valid testomy.

Yeah you can . Are you leaving Peterbugger?