Disposal of Bicycle assets

• The Council currently owns 30 Gazelle, Raleigh and Bloom bicycles.
• These bikes were used for bike loans as part of the DfT Access Fund bid and after having delivered the required outputs are surplus to council requirements but could still benefit the community by being distributed as per this paper.
• Bikeright now deliver the Council’s cycling activities and plan to restart the bike loan scheme. Bikeright recommend that the fleet of Adventura Prima bikes are the most appropriate for the loan scheme.
• Many of the existing fleet of Gazelle, Raleigh and Bloom bikes have not being used for over 2 year and being left in storage long term has meant some are now rusty and in poor condition.

Due to the cost of fixing the bicycles we have in storage we therefore recommend;

• Offering c 30 bikes in Lots to all Herefordshire bike shops. This route has been agreed with the Procurement team and has worked well in the past.
• Donate any remaining bicycles to charities who refurbishes bicycles.
• The donations would be split equally between St Michaels Hospice and Envirobility who are the only two local charities who would accept the bicycles.
• Retain c 6 Adventura Prima bikes for short term bike loans (managed by Bikeright!)

Pool Bikes
• In addition we have 11 pool bikes. This decision would give the Sustainability and Climate Change Manager delegated authority to sell these bikes at a later date pending Council office plans.
• The introduction of the Beryl bike scheme in Hereford has negated the need for pool bikes. We currently offer staff wishing to attend meetings by bike a Beryl bundle of free minutes.

Panniers, D-locks and Thule trailers

• We have two used Thule trailers and c 30 panniers and c25 D Locks. We propose selling these in lots to the bike shops.

Donating the three Fietshangars in the Plough Lane car park to businesses or organisations requiring additional cycle storage

• Following the sales of the bikes we will have three redundant Council owned Fietshangars in the Plough Lane car park.
• We propose donating these to businesses or organisations that need additional cycle storage.