Eastbourne’s Bespoke Cycle Group is collecting signatures in support of a safe cycle route linking ten Old Town schools together. In the week since the petition launched Bespoke has collected around 700 signatures, part online and the rest face to… 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
Fishing wire has been found strung at neck level in Pardise Woods in Eastbourne, with what looks like the intention to seriously injure cyclists using the cycle tracks there. We are warning all users of these woods to be alert… 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 and the Community Environment Partnership for Eastbourne ( CEPE) have produced an updated cycle map of the Eastbourne area. The original idea was to identify routes that were pleasant to cycle along and if used regularly could become natural… 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
A female cyclist was knocked from her bike by a car on Lottbridge Drove between Lottbridge Roundabout and Seaside Roundabout near Tesco. The A2280 Lottbridge Drove in Eastbourne was closed both ways after a cyclist was injured in a collision… Continue Reading
A cyclist suffered a cut head after being punched in a bike rage incident. The 62-year-old cyclist was punched by a pedestrian in Lottbridge Drove, Eastbourne, near Tesco at about 9pm on Saturday forcing him off his bike and causing… Continue Reading