The Open Wheel

An independent collective who organise and lead friendly, acclaimed cycling sportives suitable for all levels of rider. East London and Yorkshire Dales.

[Reel News @ReelNewsLondon]

Absolutely disgusting treatment of bar staff @BoomtownFair this year. 100% support for these demands and many thanks to Max and Mike from @IWGBunion for helping us to do an impromptu session at our Speakers Corner tent this year on this issue. Follow @ABetterBoomtown

[The Open Wheel @TheOpenWheel]

@cert2000 Norman Corduroy is go!

[The Open Wheel @TheOpenWheel]

@VodafoneUK need to stop hiding and treat workers with the respect they deserve

[Henry Lopez @HCHLopez]

Today @VodafoneUK AGM with one of their exploited cleaners. We look forward to putting a question to the board about fair pay, enhanced sick pay and respect for their outsourced workers.
Massive thanks to @ShareAction for buying shares to make this happen!
Hasta la Victoria!✊️

[Antony Crabb🇵🇸 @antony_crabb]

@grantshapps @MayorofLondon @TfL

[Mete Coban @metecoban92]

@carlafrancome @mayorofhackney Carla, we will continue funding the programme on our end, so we don't see a loss of cycle training. It's a priority for our administration in Hackney. We really do need Government to properly fund TFL though - it's worrying for the future of active travel.

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

@willnorman @London_Cycling @Jono_Kenyon @PeterKenyon @mikehakata @Chris_Boardman @psimonk

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

@metecoban92 @mayorofhackney

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

jobs are now at risk. @TfL this is not on. This is a climate emergency. We need hundreds more like Ben, not less! It would be a terrible travesty if he and others could no longer do what they love. Please reconsider your decision urgently.

… 6/6

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

easier. He gave her so much confidence that the next day, when we walked to school, she told me that she had a secret, that she was actually a professional cyclist. 💙🥲

There are hundreds of cyclist instructors like Ben across London, who do really important work, who’s … 5/6

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

her right at the front so we could be led by her pace, and he told her she was the leader.

He then noticed her breaks were hard for her to pull, and when we stopped in the woods, he got out loads of equipment and completely rewired them. She said they were so much … 4/6

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

has been doing it now for 6 years. Any child who gets to learn to ride a bike with Ben is extremely lucky.

He is extremely caring and knows how to give kids confidence.

He recently led a family ride and my daughter was the youngest. He got … 3/6

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

Ben is a dear friend of mine, and the most kind-hearted person you could ever meet.

He’s always on hand with spare lights and chargers, and he absolutely loves his job.

He left an office role in the city to follow his dream of being a cycling instructor, and … 2/6

[Carla Francome @carlafrancome]

*** Please read and share ***

This is Ben- a wonderful cycling instructor who has helped over 4,000 children learn to ride a bike.

But like hundreds of others in London, his job is now at risk because @TfL say they’ve suspended funding for cycle training immediately … 1/6

[The Open Wheel @TheOpenWheel]

@LucyFerman hi Lucy, you should join us in the union and be part of the fight for fair terms and proper funding
https://t.co/7KXL5Cy2wW
@IWGB_CIB

[Caroline Russell @CarolineRussell]

This is awful and rightly makes no sense to Londoners, when we clearly need Healthy Streets measures to tackle the climate crisis.

@TfL and @SadiqKhan have been pushed to this by a disgraceful government that has set our transport authority on a course of "managed decline".

[The Open Wheel @TheOpenWheel]

@IWGB_CIB @TfL @SadiqKhan @willnorman @Chris_Boardman @SebDance @grantshapps @GenevaAbdul this is how gov deals with climate crisis. @carltonreid

[IWGB Cycling Instructors Branch @IWGB_CIB]

🚨 BREAKING - We've just found out that @TfL are cutting funding for cycling training to ZERO. London is boiling in the #heatwave but @SadiqKhan is planning to cut green jobs when we need them most! 🚴🌡️

https://t.co/UqhVNYhInO
@willnorman @Chris_Boardman @SebDance @grantshapps

[alex marshall @alexjkmarshall]

Huge thanks to @NevilleSouthall for joining the @FCWUnion AGM yesterday & sharing inspiring words. You were a childhood hero of mine, but after hearing you talk about the importance of being in a union & how it can change the foster care industry, you are even more of a hero now!

[alex marshall @alexjkmarshall]

I’m sure @Deliveroo CEO Will Shu is sat at home sweating while watching @BBCPanorama. The chickens will come home to roost Will! Any Deliveroo workers wanting to come clean, inbox me 😉 #UberFiles

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

4 months after my mother passed away, @VodafoneUK still won't cancel her account. Our calls, when we finally get through, have been met with extreme rudeness and aggression, and demands that my frail, confused father answers impossible, irrelevant questions. But it gets worse ...