Bikester Magazine EN Summer 2021

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A POSITIVE FUTURE
For all three, the bicycle is always well received.
Christiane‘s colleagues appreciate her cycling
instead of driving; most kindergartens and
schools, she says, are keen to be as green as
possible. Some clients are surprised when
Mirko arrives at a job on his bike carrying
a heavy backpack, but are quickly won over
once he explains the benefits. And naturally,
when working with sports companies, cycling
is much more ‘on-brand’ than driving in a gasguzzling
car to appointments.
Tom‘s patients are first and foremost grateful
someone‘s visiting them at home. However, as
he comments, “the first time they see us on
a bike, the reaction is always very positive.”
He hopes more paramedics will start working
from bikes. According to him, London is one
of the few cities with a ‘rapid response’ bike
paramedic team and London Ambulance
Service the first organisation of its kind to
offer the new scheme visiting patients at
home. He plans to take on more shifts with
the bicycle and predicts that more cities will
start to employ bicycle paramedics in the
future.
It‘s a fact that more and more people are
replacing other methods of transport with a
humble bicycle. Interestingly, many of these
people are using the bike for far more than
just transport. Just like the three people we
met for this feature, we at Bikester believe
that our life (together) will be massively
improved by the bicycle in the coming years.
Here‘s to a two-wheeled future!
BIKESTER