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MIRKO Mirko is a Berlin-based photographer who‘s also a passionate cyclist. Getting from job to job quickly and without public transport is essential for his work as he often shoots in remote or difficult-to-reach locations. Sometimes he also shoots sports events, so travelling by bicycle has many advantages and makes a better impression than arriving in a car. He has also been known for using the bike as a prop for some of his shoots. © MARTIN OHLIGER CHRISTIANE Christiane uses her bicycle to travel around the city, teaching children how to brush their teeth. Her e-bike gives her incredible flexibility and enables her to travel between appointments efficiently. Her lessons usually take place at primary schools or kindergartens that can be quite far from each other. She‘s also a keen bike tourist and has cycled from Berlin to Hamburg (and further) on her e-bike, having ridden 13,000 km over the past two years. © MARTIN OHLIGER BIKESTER
TOM We‘ve all seen paramedics in ambulances. But have you ever seen one on a bicycle? Tom Baverstock, who works for the London Ambulance Service, is one of 12 paramedics in London‘s East Merton area working on a new scheme visiting patients at home, by bicycle. These paramedics do many of the things people would see the doctor for. Previously, Tom worked as a ‘rapid response’ bike paramedic in Central London‘s Soho district. © LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE WHY THE BICYCLE? Everybody interviewed gets around almost exclusively by bicycle. Mirko‘s rule for when to cycle is simple: “I always cycle – unless it‘s too far.” Thus, as long as his work doesn‘t take him out of the city limit, he does everything on two wheels. This means he rarely has to cycle further than ten kilometres. And that‘s in Berlin, a megapolis. This passionate cyclist‘s sporting roots emerge when he clarifies that he doesn‘t ride an e-bike – at least not yet. Christiane decided to cycle from one lesson to the next many years ago. Fed up with sitting in traffic jams, she wanted to save the cost, stress and effort of driving. Starting off with a regular bike, she switched to an e-bike a few years later. It also gives her some time for herself: “I get some exercise and get outside. It wakes me up before I arrive at work and gives me time to think and plan the lessons a bit.” She also saves money on public transport and only drives if the weather conditions are terrible. For Mirko, the bicycle has truly broadened his horizon. At sporting events like marathons, he can only keep up with the action on a bike and rides ahead to snap pictures of the athletes. In addition to this flexibility, he uses it in his everyday working life primarily for environmental reasons: he wants to live as sustainably as possible and avoid public transport as much as he can. This also means he doesn‘t have to waste time looking for a parking space. Paramedic Tom divides his current work between the ambulance and the bicycle. When not working from the ambulance, he‘s on the bike, visiting up to eight patients per day. For him, it‘s also essential that cycling is sustainable. Further than that, he‘s a great advocate for the bike‘s health benefits: “People see a paramedic on a bike and it instantly communicates a healthier lifestyle.” For a paramedic, the bicycle offers flexibility and makes accessing tricky places much easier and faster. This is especially true in congested cities, like London, where Tom used to work as part of a rapid-response bicycle paramedic team before beginning his aforementioned ‘care in the community’ role. The bicycle has many advantages when it comes to administering ‘first aid’ and delivering vaccinations. It also means fewer ambulances on busy streets and he can use the smaller side streets that London is known for. As he explains: “You‘d be the first on the scene. (The bike is) quicker than an ambulance, especially when you‘re a paramedic having to go in and out of shops, bars and restaurants.” 15
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