The YMCA approached us at Cycles UK to see if we could supply four tandem cycles that they could hire out to their members and the public.
They had looked at many companies and settled with us as we were the most helpful and professional with all their enquiries.
The tandems were ordered and Bob at head office did a great job of getting them built in time for us to deliver them to the Hawker centre in Kingston along with helmets, locks, pumps, repair kits, handle bar bags and safety pad sets.
On Monday 12.07.10 we loaded four shiny new tandems into the sprinter and area manager Mark and Karl from Grays made the long drive to Kingston.
Mark Broyd - Area Manager:
“When we arrived we were met by Nathan who helped set up the project and we wheeled the bikes into reception. Almost immediately people started coming up to us and asking questions…
‘how much do they cost?’
‘where can we get one?’
They were also complementing how nice they looked and how unusual it was to see a tandem. Two of the young receptionists decided to find out what they were like to ride and set off across the car park to the amusement of all onlookers, on their return they commented on how much fun they were to ride and how
quickly they got used to two on a bike!“
As part of the service Mark and Karl gave a presentation to the the staff that are to look after the bikes on maintenance, safety, and how to check the bikes over/what to look out for when they return from hire. We also gave some advice on security, how to lock the bikes and recording of frame numbers. They were all very grateful for the experience we passed on, having successfully offered a bike hire service in our stores for many years
If the project proves to be a success they are looking at offering the tandem hire service at other YMCA sites so we may be seeing lot’s more tandems on the roads
All in all a great day!
