Your local Love to Ride team member

What does your local Love to Ride team member do?

They are the local experts of Love to Ride, and can engage with a wide variety of people within our community to support everyone with their Love to Ride journey.  They reach out to partners and co-promoters in the Active Travel industry to provide a positive holistic experience for all users. 

They raise the profile of Love to Ride through local community events, outreach to community groups, local businesses, and meeting with other local groups and organisations who would benefit from the project. 

In short, they are the beating heart of Love to Ride, and here to help you take part and cycle more often, more confidently, for every day journeys!

Who is your local team member?

Pete Abel | Love to Ride

 
When did you first start cycling? 

• From a very early age!  Cycling Proficiency (as was) at Primary School and cycling to work after failing my first driving test!  Have been cycling regularly ever since...

What is your favourite cycling snack? 

• Beans on toast :)

Favourite place to cycle? 

• For mountain cycling - Ecuador  13,000 feet to sea level in 60 miles and then back up to 13,000 feet (takes a lot longer going up) and to my allotment (which is a much flatter route).

What is the best thing about cycling? 

• Keeping fit, getting places on time and it lets me eat more cake.

Contact Pete

📧 pete@lovetoride.net

Why would you contact a local Team Member?

You can reach out to your local team member for a variety of reasons, including...

Workplaces

• Ideas to motivate staff to participate
• Potential to organise a bike maintenance session for your workplace
• Ability to provide information about local routes and bike clubs
• Support with tips and courses for riders to help support them on their bike commute

Individuals

• Support with how to get started
• Advice about bike equipment
• Provision of information about local routes and bike clubs
• Signposting to tips and courses to help build confidence

Schools 

• How can Love to Ride can get involved?
• Ideas to motivate pupils to participate
• Links to your local Sustrans officer to provide more support
• Provide information about local courses or initiatives for kids to take part

Local support

• CEMs are experts in the local area with connections to bike shops and other partners in the industry
• Their local knowledge can help develop collaborations that get more people on bikes

Contact Pete