- Taking the risk out of buying
- Getting as many people onto bikes as possible
- Cutting the number of short car journeys
- Addressing road safety concerns
Community e-bike LOAN
Gill Thomas @ Mouse About Town
Transition Stroud and social enterprise The Bike Drop are working together to run three e-bike loan pilot projects across Stroud district in collaboration with the many Climate Action Networks, community groups and cycling enthusiasts in our region. These pilots are affordable e-bike loan hubs that are run by local communities to help more people decide whether they would like to make the switch from car to e-bike. You can reserve one for yourself on our booking site and one of our amazing volunteers will sign a bike out to you!
Expansion News
Our project has expanded, thanks to support from Gloucestershire County Council. We now have 15 e-bikes (and soon to be more) across 4 pick-up points. You can find out more about each type of bike and which scheme it’s part of on our dedicated website pedal-power.bike.
Our community partners for our e-bike loan pilot projects
- Minchinhampton Community Hub and Minch CAN
- Brimscombe & Thrupp Parish Council, with support from BisCAN and ChalCAN
- Stonehouse Town Council
Together, we are running e-bike loan hubs in Minchinhampton, Stonehouse and Brimscombe, with more pick-up options and locations planned in future.
You can reserve an e-bike on our on online booking site here.
Get involved
All three partners are open to taking on new local volunteers to help the scheme run smoothly. Email us to volunteer with one of our community groups.
This project is being run by Transition Stroud and The Bike Drop in collaboration with our community partners. We are very grateful for the financial support of Stroud District Council’s Active Travel fund, The National Lottery Community Fund (distributed by Transition Together), Brimscombe & Thrupp Parish Council, MinchCAN and Stonehouse Town Council, and the Rural England Prosperity Fund.
We have additional funding from Gloucestershire County Council to provide a further 10 e-bikes for our community. Hurrah and thank you to all our supporters and funders.
For an introduction to the project and our key proposals, please see these presentation slides from our November 2023 information event (links to video recording).