WELL, who could have predicted this? We are still in clampdown due to COVID-19 says Paul Clow of Eden-e-Bikes, Awarded Best Electric Bike Retailer in Cumbria.
Such a pity after a great start to the year with some nice weather to begin, then the downpour and flooding (just a distant memory now in the face of Corona!). Hardly a chance to get out on the bikes at all.
Every cloud? Despite being an essential service and being allowed to stay open, we have not been recommending that people buy an e-bike in haste.
Rather we have been fixing punctures and re-indexing gears for people getting their old (and not so old!) bikes out for a bit of social distanced exercise. More on that below….…. although some people just couldn’t wait ….. you are all lovely and thank you!
Hope you are enjoying your bikes to get out and exercise. Actually, I know you are as we are keeping in touch by email!
And also be aware that walkers, runners and cyclists should avoid the “slipstream” of other members of the public to practise safe social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic – walkers should keep at least 4m clear when following others, runners should stay 10m from one another other, and fast cyclists should ride as much as 20m apart, in order to avoid passing through “droplet clouds” from others exercising.
(From a paper, entitled Social Distancing v2.0: During Walking, Running and Cycling, from universities in Belgium and Netherlands).
