Royal Mail planning to phase out bicycles, petition to stop them

So where can we get them if they're not gonna be used for RM anymore?

You have to demonstrate that you're worthy of them.

look like it's happening now, 'health and safety' bollocks;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1262239/Royal-Mail-phases-postmens-bikes-health-safety-fears.html

Oh dear, that is indeed stupid. A lot of posties who like riding a bike for work will be upset, too.

You have to demonstrate that you're worthy of them.

I'm used to cycling around on bikes much heavier than they need to be.
I never arrive on time.
I tend to do nothing for large amounts of time for no real reason.

I think i'm perfectly worthy of at least a few of RM's bikes =P

Just make sure they don't discover that you used to ride a poo brown Langster.

I shall be riding that very poo brown Langster to Brighton tomorrow evening =P

Stop it!

Oh dear, that is indeed stupid. A lot of posties who like riding a bike for work will be upset, too.

in Wimbledon, there's a lovely bloke who's about 55, I often seen him every now and then, when I talk to him a couple years ago, he told me the main reason he become a posties is that he get to ride a bike while getting paid to do it, he actually have the same bicycle that he lovingly cared for and use outside work too.

Recently, he was laid off because he doesn't have a driving license.

30 odd years delivering mail and already sacked simply because he didn't want to drive, pretty sad isn't it?

Has anyone seen the 90's (film four I think) film about a cycling postman?

I shall be riding that very poo brown Langster to Brighton tomorrow evening =P

Why

Has anyone seen the 90's (film four I think) film about a cycling postman?

Theres an earlier one by Jacques Tati

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emSnZvoSfeE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFA1aBSvNDo&feature=related

Non bicicletta senza lavoro

Non bicicletta senza lavoro

Is he wearing tweed?

Overalls

Non bicicletta senza lavoro

Is that Italian for "Son, this WWII bike has one forward gear and 6 reverse ones"?

Whoa, my actual postie lost his actual bike- he's on his actual feet!!! Crap, I thought that this was all only being considered....

It's the Elf apparently.

[QUOTE=christianSpaceman;1134594]Could be wrong but possibly not too bad for Pashley - I believe that they suffered quite badly when the Post Office was privatised in the first place (QUOTE]

Privatised !?
Damm - when did that happen ?

never.

with any luck there will be a bunch of cool postie bikes for sale.

in Wimbledon, there's a lovely bloke who's about 55, I often seen him every now and then, when I talk to him a couple years ago, he told me the main reason he become a posties is that he get to ride a bike while getting paid to do it, he actually have the same bicycle that he lovingly cared for and use outside work too.

Recently, he was laid off because he doesn't have a driving license.

30 odd years delivering mail and already sacked simply because he didn't want to drive, pretty sad isn't it?

Disgraceful. Luckily for him (perhaps?) there are other jobs around in which you can ride a bike, but whether he'd find anything locally is anyone's guess.

This sounds like a simple misapplication of H&S--the additional Royal Mail vehicles may cause more crashes (to third parties) than those to postmen that might be avoided by taking them off the bikes.

This is what replacing the Royal Mail bicycles;

I love how they stated that's it's 35% cheaper than it's diesel counterpart, yet point out that it'll be replacing the bicycles.

Having been a Postie for three years, despite the lovely Pashley being absolutely indestructible... if they offered me one of those in exchange for a bike I'd snatch the keys out of their hands.

Romantic an idea as it is seeing jolly Mr Postman in his nice shorts on his red bike, it fucking stinks waiting around for thirty minutes to an hour for one of the drivers to drop your bags off in the rain... even more when they don't all fit in the pouch boxes... even more when someone has lost the keys to said pouch box and/or your padlock... even more when some prick steals your bike to ride to the pub up the street.

Also, that sounds like I didn't love riding the bike around... I truly did, but I think you should spend a few days in a Postie's boots before starting threads about a career choice you didn't take.

More cars/vans != good.

Fair enough--I certainly wouldn't say that any posties should be forced to ride for work. However, Ed's example was of a postman who clearly wanted to ride a bike--presumably in all weathers, and who has had a long career as a postman. It is of course possible that he wasn't actually sacked for not being able to drive/not wanting to pass a driving test, but for something else, but if he was, then I still think his sacking was disgraceful.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/apr/09/royal-mail-posties-bikes