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  • I've been grilling Deliveroo press office, they claim:

    1. They give a practical training session and a theory session for all riders, conducted by riders with Bike Ability training from the council

    2. They have supervisors conducting spot checks (but refused to say how many)

    3. The average rider makes 2 deliveries an hour (meaning in London you earn £7 basic + £2 for the deliveries + any tips per hour)

    4. Riders only work in a 2.2km zone during a shift, designed so that they dont have to cycle too fast

    5. They offer discounts on courier insurance for their cyclists through partnerships with insurance companies, but claimed they definitely don't take kickbacks/finders fees on those

    6. Cyclists get discounts of "up to 10%" from certain bike shops

    Can any former/current riders tell me if these are true or not?
    I'm on josh.boswell@sunday-times.co.uk cheers!

  • Who does their training? Do they use borough cycle training schemes through local councils or fund it themselves. Planning to speak to tem about training in house cycle Training for consistency across the company (I work for cycle training UK)

  • they give you a trail shift where they make sure you can ride between two addresses without killing yourself/anyone else, then sit you at a computer for half an hour to watch a few videos on how to ride safely.

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