{"id":328,"date":"2018-01-14T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikebikebike.co.uk\/?p=328"},"modified":"2018-01-15T11:23:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T11:23:20","slug":"new-year-the-days-are-getting-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikebikebike.co.uk\/new-year-the-days-are-getting-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year! -The Days are Getting Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Halfway through January already,the nights are getting shorter, Spring is just around the corner, and it’s time for a bit of crystal-gazing. We’ve finished ( mostly) our shop refurbishment, having brought the workshop down from the cabin outside into the upper portion of the shop. And that has meant that the counter and till has moved into the lower portion, where we’ve installed new carpeting and opened up an old doorway in the corner. Already it seems to be working well – one advantage is that we’re not having to lug electric bikes up a flight of stairs to carry out work on them.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, the electric bike revolution has been quietly gathering momentum over the last couple of years, and while it hasn’t set the till on fire yet, there’s a feeling that this might be the year when the\u00a0 market takes off. As I’ve argued in an earlier post, electric bikes have the potential to transform the local transport landscape by offering a viable alternative to the car for short journeys.<\/p>\n