Still buzzing after last night's social group ride.

We headed North through Everton, with a brief pause to check out the new #PelotonLiv mini-roads practice/play road network.

#BikeTooter #FolkRidingBides #InTheSaddle #cycling #velophant #Liverpool #Everton

@otfrom It came with the seat 😀 (It's not my bike - it's one of a fleet that #PelotonLiv own, they have a variety of boxes for them)

It's a Bullitt - looking at the website I think it's an EP8 (given it's got the 5-speed belt drive option)

https://www.larryvsharry.com/da/ebullitt

Looks like the seat is a factory option - https://www.larryvsharry.com/da/foldable-seat

It isn't the best suited for adults, but maybe I should've hung my legs over the front? There's a risk of the handlebars hitting you in the head on tight turns too.

@PeterBronez @jackie_pease Nice! I hadn't seen the Madsen before.

This was one of a fleet that local bike co-op #PelotonLiv have. The e-assist was very useful, particularly on the grass (and we could tune the assistance level based on the driver and weight-of-kids 😁)

Over the summer, to celebrate the opening of the Mini-Roads cycle training, #PelotonLiv are arranging a bunch of #bike activities.

Starting with @Styles arranging a women-only ride to the (not women-only, but an all female line-up) #WIMIN festival tomorrow

https://www.merseycycle.org.uk/peloton-liverpool-mini-roads-on-yer-bike/

#bike #BikeTooter #cycling #Liverpool #kids #activities #Merseyside #Bootle #Everton

The #PelotonLiv mini-roads network is looking great!

It's to let kids learn to ride in a safer and more fun environment.

It opens on 24th July 2023, and they've got a bunch of events and training sessions going on at it.

https://peloton.coop/events

#Liverpool #BikeTooter #cycling #Everton #infrastructure #velophant

Pink caps on parade! Last night the #PelotonLiv #JoyRide wound through the Dingle and Lark Lane over to Sefton Park and a secret gig outside the cricket pavilion.

#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle

On Friday night we had a #PelotonLiv group #JoyRide around the Wirral.

The weather was glorious and, as ever, we got escorted through their patch by any local kids on bikes.

(We also got escorted through the tunnel back to #liverpool, but that was by a police car 😀)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfY_vt6rG60

#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #Woodchurch #Leasowe #NewBrighton

Next Friday we're expecting the biggest #PelotonLiv #JoyRide yet.

100s of us touring the city to celebrate #Eruovision. Give us a wave if you see us passing!

#BikeTooter #bike #Liverpool

I'd forgotten until I started editing the video from yesterday (and almost picked the same pun title 🤣 ) that we covered a lot of the same ground *last* Good Friday.

There were more of us, and we had a better soundsystem that day. Less fish and chips or ice cream though!

I still love the shot just after 4 minutes in, where the riders get silhouetted against the sunset.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckdv-sUEw4U

#BikeTooter #Wirral #PelotonLiv

Last night there was a combined #PelotonLiv #JoyRide to celebrate both #Ramadan and #StPatricksDay. The #DiscoBreastplates showed crescents; our other LEDs were the green, white and orange of the Irish flag.

We were joined by a group of new arrivals from across Africa. They brought the best tunes with them (they took over the soundsystem *after* this video 🤣 )

#BikeTooter #InTheSaddle #NightRider #Liverpool

It's been a while since there was an official #PelotonLiv Friday night #JoyRide, but this week we got out #InTheSaddle for a jaunt round Everton, Vauhall and the city centre.

https://youtu.be/jLVhkQ40gLw

#BikeTooter #cycling #NightRider #BikesLitUp

Friday was the Season Finale #PelotonLiv #JoyRide, a festive parade. Once again we started as 2 rides: @murphyliverpool0 & I led one, Danny from Peloton the other, converging on Sefton Park.

There we met special guests Dogshow and a raft of young riders with their parents.

Led by the disco trike, and with bikes and riders festooned with LEDs we toured the park and surrounding streets.

https://youtu.be/gygKCwCnzE8

#InTheSaddle #MastoBikes #BikeTooter #BikesLitUp #cycling #ibal234 #MyBikesGotLED

Yesterday the #PelotonLiv #JoyRide took a different tack.

Usually we avoid main, busy roads but this time we rode along the dual carriageway of Muirhead Ave and West Derby Rd, almost into town, then diverted to Everton Brow, dropping down past Eldon Grove and along Vauxhall Rd to Central Library.

That took in 2 of the 3 routes under consultation for new cycle infrastructure. We had a good chat at the library with the folks in charge of that.

#InTheSaddle

On the latest #PelotonLiv #JoyRide we ventured over the water again.

This time starting from Port Sunlight and exploring the interior of the #Wirral peninsula, heading through the countryside over to Woodchurch and Bidston Moss and down to the sea at Leasowe.

Round the coast past New Brighton and along Egremont Prom to Birkenhead.

Burgers at Future Yard and then back to #Liverpool through the #tunnel with a police escort.

#InTheSaddle #BikesLitUp #BikeTooter

https://youtu.be/TdLtrPmnj58

Remembered that I forgot to post the last #PelotonLiv #JoyRide #InTheSaddle video over here.

They're getting more popular so it split into two rides. Matt, Magdalena and I led the old-hands ride from Greenbank, through the Mystery then Calderstones and Sefton Parks, via the Dingle down to the Pier Head.

There we met the other ride and the special guests DogShow, who gave a live mobile #electronica set from a custom #disco #trike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP91Jmao6Vc

#MastoBikes #cycling #bike #BikesLitUp

Friday night's #PelotonLiv
#JoyRide took us East and South on a tour of parks. Newsham, then Springfield, followed by Greenbank, Sefton and finally Princes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UiWfmeCqQE #InTheSaddle

Our route for the evening. 11.7 miles (18.8km) over 4hrs37min (with a long refreshment stop). Explore the route fully (and the rest of the #PelotonLiv #JoyRide routes) at https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/peloton-rides_607319#14/53.4273/-2.9735

On Friday our #PelotonLiv #JoyRide took a tour round Liverpool city centre—trying out the new cycle lanes at Lime Street—and then headed up the dock road to the Lock and Quay community pub in Bootle. Then came back along the canal into town. #InTheSaddle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmrACWs_g58

Last weekend our regular #PelotonLiv #JoyRide switched from its usual Friday evening slot to a Sunday Special.

We spent a glorious sunny afternoon touring the Wirral, winding up at Future Yard in Birkenhead for a festival featuring DJ sets, spoken word, and music.

All the power for the gig was provided by a row of bicycles hooked up to generators, so the audience took turns to pedal for our collective enjoyment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSO1ffqZqw

Last Friday our regular #PelotonLiv #JoyRide group social ride took the train over to Ormskirk.

Then we cycled back across the West Lancashire countryside to Liverpool.

https://youtu.be/NxicsA4iZqg

#InTtheSaddle