Cycling
General cycling information
Buy a bike with Cyclescheme
Need a new bike? University staff can benefit from the
Cyclescheme plan to buy a bike in an
affordable way - saving up to 40 per cent of the cost - by having the bike and
equipment cost deducted from your gross salary. This dedicated webpage takes you
through the whole process.
Get a new bike with Re-Cycle
Re-Cycle sell affordable second-hand
bikes and visit Square 5 on our Colchester Campus on Friday lunchtimes.
Get some subsidised cycle training
Get free cycle training
with help from the University.
Cycling news and updates
Check the latest University news for
cyclists.
Colchester
Cycle maps to download and print
Colchester Campus
cycle routes and pathways.
Regulations for cyclists
Check our Colchester Campus
cycling regulations
Microchip your bicycle
For just £2 have your bicycle chipped and added to the police national
database in case its lost or stolen so it can be easily returned to you by our
PCSO Alex Wilmot or the Patrol Officers.
Wet and dry lockers
Following an application to the Colchester Cycling Town, the University was
awarded a small grant to purchase 20 'wet and dry' cycle lockers. There are two
areas within the locker to use a standard clothes hanger to store wet clothes on
one side and dry on the other with another compartment to store cycle equipment.
We now have ten lockers in both male and female changing rooms which are located
on level 3 under Barclays Bank.
Application forms
are now being taken for the hire of a locker. If you no longer wish to hire a
locker then please complete a
withdrawal form.
University Cycle Watch
A new cycle tagging scheme is being launched on our Colchester Campus. The
tagging involves removing the saddle and dropping a 'shuttlecock' type plug
containing a micro chip down the main frame which is difficult, if not
impossible to remove. There is a different shape chip for cycles with
interrupted seat tubes.
The chip transmits a unique number which can be read by using a special
reader which our Security Team and our Police Community Support Officer, Alex
Willmot will use. This reader is also used by second hand shops to ensure goods
have not been stolen. A sticker is offered as a visual deterrent and warning to
opportunist thieves that this system is in place.
Once registered the bicycle owner can download a certificate of ownership
which stays with the owner of the bicycle. The unique number and bicycle details
are recorded on a national database which only authorised scheme operators (such
as the Police) have access to. Further information about the scheme is available
on the Tag Your Bike website. You can
enrol on the scheme from today at the Estate Management Helpdesk, a registration
fee of £2 will be charged. For more details about the scheme please contact
travel (non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk).
North Towers cycle park
Adjacent to Rayleigh Tower at the end of the cycle path between Boundary Road
and the North Towers causeway, there is a new cycle park which has just been
completed. Improved CCTV and lighting has been installed and now has places for
272 bicycles ready for use.
Southend
Showers and lockers are available for staff and
students in The Gateway Building. Student showers are
located on the fifth floor and staff showers on the
ground floor. Coin operated lockers are located on the
second and third floors.
If you would like to explore Southend by bicycle,
Cycle Southend
offers guided rides, training and information about
cycling around the area.
Cycle maps for Southend
Cycle route maps for Southend are available from the
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council website.
Bookmarks for more information
For regular updates on travel news and activities around the University
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