1. Second hand\u2013 worth the money?<\/h1>\n
I purchased my first Greenedge e-bike from the good old University noticeboard in 2018. It was second-hand, but hadn\u2019t been used much. It was \u00a3400 (I think brand new it retailed at just over double this) and I still use it to this day. It even got me up Bathwick Hill five days a week until I was 8 months pregnant!<\/p>\n
Second-hand e-bikes do come up on the noticeboard from time to time, but it\u2019s also a great way to pick up cycling kit and accessories, at a snip of a price.<\/p>\n
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2. Cycling with family<\/h1>\n
Whizzing around on my own was sorted and soon became my main method of transport. But after we welcomed my two little boys to the family, I didn\u2019t want to always have to rely on the car. We purchased a second hand Burley double bike trailer and enjoyed two years of commuting to campus, using this for easy nursery and school drop off\/collection.<\/p>\n
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When they outgrew the trailer, we looked into electric cargo bike options. We weren\u2019t quite prepared for the cost! A brand new Tern e-bike with all the accessories needed to carry two children in came in at around \u00a35-6,000. We test rode several other models and eventually were lucky enough to pick up a refurbished Moustache Lundi for \u00a32,500 from Take Charge<\/a>, including all the bits we needed. Like I said, still not cheap \u2013 but half the original price we\u2019d been looking at.<\/p>\n The Dr Bike events on campus are brilliant, I use them a lot for my old e-bike. It\u2019s a great way to get your bike quickly checked over whilst at work, all for free. It\u2019s worth mentioning they aren\u2019t able to help with cargo bikes though, due to the size. Keep an eye out on the Uni website for the next one in the calendar.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve spent a fair bit over the years getting our bikes serviced at a local shop. I\u2019ve always wanted to learn how to do it myself and feel it\u2019ll be useful if anything ever happens when I\u2019m out and about. Bath Share and Repair run bicycle maintenance workshops<\/a> for a donation of \u00a310, a real bargain. I found their session really helpful and learnt how to change brake pads, maintain the gears, fix a puncture and more general maintenance.<\/p>\n As well as the cycle to work scheme<\/a>, the University offers staff 10-15% off bikes and accessories at three bicycle shops<\/a> in Bath and Keynsham.<\/p>\n Despite cycling quite a lot, I don\u2019t really consider myself a \u2018proper\u2019 cyclist\u2026 maybe because I don\u2019t own any real cycling kit apart from my helmet. I haven\u2019t spent a penny on clothing for cycling. My long waterproof coat from ASOS, some leggings, old trainers that I don\u2019t mind getting muddy and some leather gloves work well in keeping me reasonably dry and warm. Plus a spare change of clothes in the office, just in case.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sarah James<\/strong><\/p>\n Campus Services, Marketing & Communications Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In our latest blog, discover top tips to get started with an e-bike commute from Sarah James, Campus Services Marketing & Communications Manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1973,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-action","category-sustainable-travel"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2025\/04\/Cargo-bike.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1973"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/sustainable-bath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}3. Good old Dr Bike<\/h1>\n
4. Do it yourself<\/h1>\n
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<\/p>\n5. Discounts ahoy<\/h1>\n
6. Looking the part<\/h1>\n
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