This week’s Eastbourne Gazette has a couple of cycling related letters. Regular writer R Edwards of Old Camp Road returns, and asks us to address the consequences of cycling along the seafront. 5 questions about a legal framework are asked.… Continue Reading
Bespoke’s Chair – Scarlett McNally – was guest columnist in the Eastbourne Herald on Friday, July 11, 2014. Here is a copy of her column. Bespoke is shocked to hear about the appalling behaviour when a child was run over… Continue Reading
The word on the Prom is that lots of people are very cross about the Council’s recent consultation and the overwhelming vote by our elected representatives to allow cycling on Eastbourne’s seafront. “It’s a fix!” “Only 0.5% of the population… Continue Reading
At Full Council on 7th May borough councillors overwhelmingly voted in favour of a byelaw change to allow cycling along Eastbourne’s seafront. The results were: 17 in favour 2 against 6 abstentions Great news! Well, maybe. It won’t mean that… Continue Reading
Bespoke Cycle Group Eastbourne is delighted that Eastbourne Borough council has agreed to request the Byelaw prohibiting cycling on the seafront is revoked. On Wednesday 7 May 2014, Full Council at Eastbourne Borough Council agreed to request the Secretary of… Continue Reading
Bespoke welcome the opportunity to comment on the proposed cycle routes within Eastbourne. We want to encourage cycling and we accept that improvements to cycle infrastructure are an endorsement, by the Council, of this aim. Before we comment on each… Continue Reading
The debate about cycling on Eastbourne’s prom rumbles on and the focus, as always, is on the potential for conflict between pedestrians and cyclists. It is of course possible for people on bikes to crash into pedestrians and vice versa,… Continue Reading