Leave the C2W limit-free (although a lot of schemes have limits anyway. Mine is £3k).
Insist that cycles bought under C2W have to have mudguards and lights so are practical for year round use. that stops the leisure arguments straightaway.
Insist that cycles bought under C2W have to have mudguards and lights so are practical for year round use. that stops the leisure arguments straightaway.
Compare and contrast the Government language.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
£3,750 EV grant on a £35k car: ‘helping families’.
Cycle to Work: ‘subsidising leisure’.
And yet cycling delivers TEN TIMES the impact of electric cars for reaching net zero. It’s almost like narrative, not data, is driving policy.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Leave the C2W limit-free (although a lot of schemes have limits anyway. Mine is £3k).
Insist that cycles bought under C2W have to have mudguards and lights so are practical for year round use. that stops the leisure arguments straightaway.
Insist that cycles bought under C2W have to have mudguards and lights so are practical for year round use. that stops the leisure arguments straightaway.
C2W
May 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
C2W
Now updated with Cycle to Work Alliance comments, saying Cycle to Work providers have safeguards in place to ensure supplied e-bikes are legal and meet required safety standards.
Also from Cyclescheme: While it is not illegal for retailers to supply illegal e-motos, they aren't eligible under C2W
Also from Cyclescheme: While it is not illegal for retailers to supply illegal e-motos, they aren't eligible under C2W
News that people are buying illegal e-motos for commuting; some without realising they aren't road legal and allegedly even via Cycle to Work. The new E-Bike Positive Trust Mark will help, but plenty of public confusion still.
My latest for Cycling Industry News cyclingindustry.news/commuters-in...
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September 24, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Now updated with Cycle to Work Alliance comments, saying Cycle to Work providers have safeguards in place to ensure supplied e-bikes are legal and meet required safety standards.
Also from Cyclescheme: While it is not illegal for retailers to supply illegal e-motos, they aren't eligible under C2W
Also from Cyclescheme: While it is not illegal for retailers to supply illegal e-motos, they aren't eligible under C2W
This is my problem with the C2W scheme. The more you could make use of it, the less you're likely to save.
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is my problem with the C2W scheme. The more you could make use of it, the less you're likely to save.
Sporen van chemische strijdmiddelen…… c2w-memo.net/sporen-zoeke...
Sporen zoeken op het slagveld – C2W
Mirjam de Bruin-Hoegée is forensisch analist én reservist. Ze ontwikkelt detectiemethoden om de inzet van chemische strijdmiddelen aan te tonen. Niet alleen in slachtoffers, maar ook in de omgeving zo...
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September 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Sporen van chemische strijdmiddelen…… c2w-memo.net/sporen-zoeke...
Ik schreef een stukkie over nepnieuwsbestrijding voor C2W. (Mis)informatieverspreiding heeft veel te maken met clangedrag en ook wetenschappers zijn sociale wezens.
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
Nepnieuwsbestrijding
Columnist Enith Vlooswijk doolt rond in de wereld van het misinformatie-onderzoek en stuit op een herkenkare dynamiek tussen conflicterende groepen wetenschappers.
www.sciencelink.net
December 17, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Ik schreef een stukkie over nepnieuwsbestrijding voor C2W. (Mis)informatieverspreiding heeft veel te maken met clangedrag en ook wetenschappers zijn sociale wezens.
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
That says a lot more about the bias of the commenter than the C2W scheme itself.
As I'e said elsewhere if we made a precondition of C2W that bike on it had to be fitted with lights, guards and racks (so practical) then that shuts down a lot of criticism.
As I'e said elsewhere if we made a precondition of C2W that bike on it had to be fitted with lights, guards and racks (so practical) then that shuts down a lot of criticism.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
That says a lot more about the bias of the commenter than the C2W scheme itself.
As I'e said elsewhere if we made a precondition of C2W that bike on it had to be fitted with lights, guards and racks (so practical) then that shuts down a lot of criticism.
As I'e said elsewhere if we made a precondition of C2W that bike on it had to be fitted with lights, guards and racks (so practical) then that shuts down a lot of criticism.
Ik schreef een column over misinformatiebestrijding voor C2W: www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
Nepnieuwsbestrijding
Columnist Enith Vlooswijk doolt rond in de wereld van het misinformatie-onderzoek en stuit op een herkenkare dynamiek tussen conflicterende groepen wetenschappers.
www.sciencelink.net
December 8, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Ik schreef een column over misinformatiebestrijding voor C2W: www.sciencelink.net/opinie/nepni...
C2W (real preference is a C12W 😉)
May 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
C2W (real preference is a C12W 😉)
Great interview with my @led3hub.bsky.social colleague @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social in C2W mens & molecule. He talks about new developments in #antibiotic #DrugDiscovery, the applications of #AI and opportunities to foster antibiotic development.
www.sciencelink.net/verdieping/p...
#ChemSky #ChemBio
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#ChemSky #ChemBio
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Great interview with my @led3hub.bsky.social colleague @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social in C2W mens & molecule. He talks about new developments in #antibiotic #DrugDiscovery, the applications of #AI and opportunities to foster antibiotic development.
www.sciencelink.net/verdieping/p...
#ChemSky #ChemBio
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#ChemSky #ChemBio
But the govt. is worried about me getting a bike on c2w? 😉
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
But the govt. is worried about me getting a bike on c2w? 😉
Our Tern GSD cost over £5k, we bought it via cycle to work, probably wouldn’t have done so without C2W, and it is a car replacement for ferrying the kids places and doing food shops in a way that our other bikes are not. Any family-appropriate car replacement e-bike costs £1000s
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Our Tern GSD cost over £5k, we bought it via cycle to work, probably wouldn’t have done so without C2W, and it is a car replacement for ferrying the kids places and doing food shops in a way that our other bikes are not. Any family-appropriate car replacement e-bike costs £1000s
Cargo bikes are expensive. e-bikes are expensive. The cheapest Brompton is over a grand now.
The biggest flaw in C2W was always that it benefitted higher earners more. The better "fix" would be to create something that benefits and can be used by all.
The biggest flaw in C2W was always that it benefitted higher earners more. The better "fix" would be to create something that benefits and can be used by all.
Axing the cycle-to-work scheme might seem like low-hanging fruit for a cash-strapped Treasury, but it would be a big mistake. Particularly with expensive kid-carrying cargo e-bikes, it's one of the most effective modal shift levers out there.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Cargo bikes are expensive. e-bikes are expensive. The cheapest Brompton is over a grand now.
The biggest flaw in C2W was always that it benefitted higher earners more. The better "fix" would be to create something that benefits and can be used by all.
The biggest flaw in C2W was always that it benefitted higher earners more. The better "fix" would be to create something that benefits and can be used by all.
Indeed, just a chuckle at the Surrey Hills reference. A lot of high end bikes are on C2W but it's not the majority of C2W, plus it's supporting an industry in trouble given the amount of bike shops closing.
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Indeed, just a chuckle at the Surrey Hills reference. A lot of high end bikes are on C2W but it's not the majority of C2W, plus it's supporting an industry in trouble given the amount of bike shops closing.
Make cycles applicable for C2W be fitted with cargo carrying ability (racks or an actual cargo bike), mudguards and lights.
that makes them ideal for commuting/utility cycling.
Decathlon do a bike that meets those criteria for £329.
www.decathlon.co.uk/p/low-frame-...
that makes them ideal for commuting/utility cycling.
Decathlon do a bike that meets those criteria for £329.
www.decathlon.co.uk/p/low-frame-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Make cycles applicable for C2W be fitted with cargo carrying ability (racks or an actual cargo bike), mudguards and lights.
that makes them ideal for commuting/utility cycling.
Decathlon do a bike that meets those criteria for £329.
www.decathlon.co.uk/p/low-frame-...
that makes them ideal for commuting/utility cycling.
Decathlon do a bike that meets those criteria for £329.
www.decathlon.co.uk/p/low-frame-...
I get C2W as an option when I hit 6 months in this new job and the Brompton is bloody high up my shortlist.
July 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I get C2W as an option when I hit 6 months in this new job and the Brompton is bloody high up my shortlist.
Heerlijke column van @enithka.bsky.social op C2W ScienceLink vandaag: geestig en scherp, met precies de juiste mix van wetenschap en zelfspot.
Ze duikt in microplastics, snijplanken en causaliteit en neemt onderweg ook even mijn geitjesanalyse mee.
Aanrader!
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Ze duikt in microplastics, snijplanken en causaliteit en neemt onderweg ook even mijn geitjesanalyse mee.
Aanrader!
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Microplastics vs. bacteriebom
Nu correlatie en causatie gemakshalve op een hoop worden gegooid, gooit Enith Vlooswijk zonder grondige onderbouwing toch maar haar kunststoffen snijplank de deur uit. 'Moet ik het voorzorgsprincipe h...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Heerlijke column van @enithka.bsky.social op C2W ScienceLink vandaag: geestig en scherp, met precies de juiste mix van wetenschap en zelfspot.
Ze duikt in microplastics, snijplanken en causaliteit en neemt onderweg ook even mijn geitjesanalyse mee.
Aanrader!
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/micro...
Ze duikt in microplastics, snijplanken en causaliteit en neemt onderweg ook even mijn geitjesanalyse mee.
Aanrader!
www.sciencelink.net/opinie/micro...
Accessibility to C2W is a big issue. The limit for the scheme we have at work is £3k.
One thing that could work is not removing the limit, but requiring that C2W available bikes have to have dynamo lighting, and mudguards. All practical for commuting.
One thing that could work is not removing the limit, but requiring that C2W available bikes have to have dynamo lighting, and mudguards. All practical for commuting.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Accessibility to C2W is a big issue. The limit for the scheme we have at work is £3k.
One thing that could work is not removing the limit, but requiring that C2W available bikes have to have dynamo lighting, and mudguards. All practical for commuting.
One thing that could work is not removing the limit, but requiring that C2W available bikes have to have dynamo lighting, and mudguards. All practical for commuting.
Also if we're employed and using the C2W scheme we would also be *gasp* "taxpayers*.
March 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Also if we're employed and using the C2W scheme we would also be *gasp* "taxpayers*.
Low earners aren't eligible for C2W at all as salary sacrifice schemes aren't allowed to take you below NMW.
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Low earners aren't eligible for C2W at all as salary sacrifice schemes aren't allowed to take you below NMW.
The average cost of a bike bought using C2W during the last 5 years is £945 & the scheme saves the Exchequer roughly 3 times what it costs
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The average cost of a bike bought using C2W during the last 5 years is £945 & the scheme saves the Exchequer roughly 3 times what it costs
Just estimated my financial savings (based on today’s costs) over the last 42 years cycle commuting to full time work - £228,000 !!!! OK, it was 3 hours/day, but nearly a quarter of a £million. C2W scheme - Save money, live better.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just estimated my financial savings (based on today’s costs) over the last 42 years cycle commuting to full time work - £228,000 !!!! OK, it was 3 hours/day, but nearly a quarter of a £million. C2W scheme - Save money, live better.
C2W wasn't available to me when I bought mine. I ended up with from from Evans with 12 months 0%. The bike was also discounted down being old stock and ended up being cheaper than C2W.
July 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
C2W wasn't available to me when I bought mine. I ended up with from from Evans with 12 months 0%. The bike was also discounted down being old stock and ended up being cheaper than C2W.
If they'd named it "Cycle Wheel Walk Trust" then they could have used C2W as the acronym. Oh.
Sustrans Changes Name To Walk Wheel Cycle Trust www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
Sustrans Changes Name To Walk Wheel Cycle Trust
Name change better reflects what Sustrans does.
www.forbes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If they'd named it "Cycle Wheel Walk Trust" then they could have used C2W as the acronym. Oh.