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Spencer

@plotfolk.bsky.social

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Searcher of the abundant joy in the small things. #CargoBike ⚡📦🚲 rider and a hardworking pedestrian 🚶. Plot experimenter. Knows a bit about woodworking. Hoping #ActiveTravel is one day just called "travel" Shrewsbury UK.

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 23d

Wyle Cop, #Shrewsbury.
Locally known as "the Cop".
This beautiful historic street full of independent shops is the main excuse people give for not cycling anywhere in our town at all - "how are we going to cycle up the Cop?"

Forget what you think you know, #E-bikes are the future.
#ActiveTravel

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time, the avg new car costs >$50,000. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/n...

It's making more and more sense for families to use a relatively cheap e-bike or golf cart in lieu of a 2nd or 3rd car. Detroit should be nervous.

Why car companies should fear the golf cart

Automakers are churning out vehicles that are bigger and more expensive—but that might soon reach a breaking point.

www.fastcompany.com

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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 1d

🚲 How can we expect more people to cycle?

BTP won’t investigate bikes left for over 2 hours or worth under £200. We’ve written an open letter urging them to rethink this low-risk, high-reward approach to bike theft.

🧡 Help us fight back: cyclinguk.org/btp-donate
📜 cyclinguk.org/btp-open-letter

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 1d

Cycled along to work this morning with a driver behind me repeatedly revving their engine in frustration.
Certainly it was the parked cars on both sides of the streets that they were annoyed with, it was annoying me too because I couldn’t find a space to pull over to let the driver past! 🚗🚙🚗🚙🚙🚙🚗🚗🚙🚗

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 1d

I was in North Shropshire the other day and heard quite a distinct French dialect with a few people saying the word “gilet”. With my father’s side coming from the Somerset/Dorset border, I always pronounced it “buddywarmer”.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 2d

“Together we can create cities that are safely and pleasurably walkable for everyone. For surely everyone deserves a joyful walkable route from their own front door?”

This call to action closes Annabel Streets’ The Walking Cure. Eye opening on how many levels a simple walk can be good for you.

The Walking Cure - Annabel Abbs

‘The ideal companion for an afternoon’s ramble’ The Observer Annabel Abbs’s next book, The Walking Cure: Harness the Life-changing Power of Landscape to Heal, Energise and Inspire, is now available f...

www.annabelabbs.com

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tigard-stripes.bsky.social @tigard-stripes.bsky.social · 3d

Taking another load to storage by cargo bike! No truck required! It's fun to hear people's reactions when they see how capable a bicycle is to move large loads. Carla Cargo trailer FTW! #Micromobility #LastMile #CarlaCargo #CargoBike #CargoTrailer #Freight #Bicycle #Moving #Storage #truck #Cargo

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 2d

Do love @sellingamirror.bsky.social

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Assistance dog charity appeals for £100,000 to stay open

Shrewsbury-based Dog Aid says it needs the money by 15 November to remain operating.

www.bbc.co.uk

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TandemKate @tandemkate.bsky.social · 2d

OK, took me a bit longer than expected to get this finished - but here’s my new-from-old pannier - complete with buttons from my grandma’s button jar!
All reinforced and ready to hold my lock, mending kit & folding crutches.
#cycling #disabled

A very, very pink oilskin pannier clipped onto a black tandem that is covered in unicorn stickers. These aesthetic decisions were not mine!

The back of my “new” pink oilskin pannier, showing off the 25-year-old Altura / Rixen & Kaul pannier fixings, still going strong!

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 2d

Love this!

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 2d

Good 🌫️🍂 morning #Shrewsbury 🚶‍♂️ #ActiveTravel #Commute

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 3d

On BlueSky I share thoughts about sustainable transport and environmental psychology, plus interesting links

I'm going to try a newsletter for when I want to explore ideas in more depth

Sign up? simple.ghost.io The first entry, to tell you what's going on, is at simple.ghost.io/the-simple-n...

The Simple Newsletter is coming soon

Because you can never have enough email

simple.ghost.io

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 4d

Good ☁️🍂 morning #Shrewsbury ⚡️📦🚲 #ActiveTravel #Commute

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Tern Bicycles @ternbicycles.com · 5d

Freshly baked, freshly delivered. 🥖
The #ShortHaul cargo bike makes deliveries easy. With a strong 140 kg (308 lb) carrying capacity, it’s perfect for hauling plenty of fresh goods while navigating the city.

🔗 go.ternbicycles.com/short-haul/bs

#Ebike #Tern #TernBicycles #CargoBike

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ETA @etainsurance.bsky.social · 6d

We're going to say yes. Yes, we are...
www.eta.co.uk/news/e-bikes...

E-bikes vs EVs: are we backing the wrong horse? | ETA

Government has spent billions on EV grants and chargers, while e-bikes get nothing. Yet cycling gives far higher returns on every pound invested.

www.eta.co.uk

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Jean Atkin @jmatkin.bsky.social · 6d

A glimpse of the Hey! Earthlings! Cabinet, now in Shrewsbury Library till 1 November. A project that's been all about welcomes, multiculturalism, local heritage and art.

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

The irony being that it is more sloped because it is the place to cross the road. So you can’t even cross over 👨‍🦽

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly. I would put them in that direction.

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

I totally understand why you would put the wooden packers in that direction. But doesn’t it make a mockery of the minimum spacing between the poles? 👨‍🦼⛔️

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

😂

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 6d

Thanks to London’s bold action, almost 10 million people are now breathing cleaner air.

That means fewer children will grow up with stunted lungs and fewer people will have to suffer from asthma, dementia and heart disease.

London hits clean air milestone 184 years early - ULEZ makes 'big difference'

A professor has branded the success a 'truly remarkable turnaround for the city's air quality'

www.mylondon.news

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

I shifted it (thankfully able) but still not enough space for a wheelchair to pass. It’s a narrow pavement with a narrow carriageway. It’s same offence obstruction of the highway on the pavement or in the carriageway, so maybe I should just move it into the carriageway 🤷

Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

Good ☁️ morning #Shrewsbury 🚶‍♂️ #ActiveTravel #Commute

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Spencer @plotfolk.bsky.social · 6d

If the bike is from 2015 or before I think it can still have a throttle for assistance, as long as the assisted speed is 15.5mph max. Is this still correct? Or has the law changed recently?