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29 Feb 2024

The ACT team have had a great week catching up with retailers and other industry representatives at the iceBike shows in London and Manchester this week.

27 Feb 2024

The inaugural Cycling Electric magazine Demo Day will take place on Sunday, April 28th, at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

27 Feb 2024

New research from the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), a Brussels-based advocacy group, has confirmed that if a city has more bike lanes, more people will cycle. The results will give...

13 Feb 2024

2024 is well underway and we’re just around the corner from the Spring Statement and for the retail sector it’s pretty much business as usual…or is it?

13 Feb 2024

Fabian Hamilton MP, co-chair of the Walking and Cycling All-Party Parliamentary Group, has said that the Cycle to Work scheme "must be reformed".

13 Feb 2024

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has called for a series of cost-saving measures in the next Budget to help boost business.

12 Feb 2024

People across England are missing out on a slew of health, wellbeing and environmental benefits due to half a century of “chronic underfunding” of its streets, according to Cycling...

12 Feb 2024

ACT member and Cytech-accredited Pauls Cycles in Dereham, Norfolk has said its electric bike sales have increased by a quarter since October, despite predictions they would drop off over...

9 Feb 2024

Guy Opperman, the Minister for Roads and Local Transport at the Department for Transport, whose focuses among other things on cycling and active travel, has attended a meeting of...

2 Feb 2024

The Department for Transport (DfT) has published new information on how to safely purchase, charge and use e-bikes and e-scooters in an effort to improve consumer safety.
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The Fastest Wrench returns for London Bike Show 2020

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News

After a year's hiatus the competition is back by popular demand for London Bike Show 2020.

The Fastest Wrench puts competitors' bike mechanic efficiency to the test. Competing against the clock, entrants need to:

  • Remove the front wheel from the bike
  • Take out the inner tube
  • Reinsert the tube
  • Inflate to 20psi
  • Re-fit wheel to the bike

The winner is the one who completes the above in the fastest time and will be crowned ‘The Fastest Wrench 2020'.

The competition is free to enter and with head-to-head challenges, a daily leader board and a range of prizes up for grabs it will be as fierce as ever - will you be the one to set the new record and be crowned The Fastest Wrench?

 

The Fastest Wrench Winner 2016

The Fastest Wrench will run at The Cytech Workshop. located at stand LB910, where Cytech's expert mechanics will be on hand to answer any technical queries as well as give you more information on the training courses we offer.

The London Bike Show is one of the UK's largest cycling exhibitions and will take place at ExCeL, London, from the 27th to the 29th March 2020, as it celebrates its 10th birthday.

We'll see you there!

London Bike Show, ACT  

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