Be an even more green cyclist

Principled entrepreneur Simon Nash has set up Green Oil to sell plant based lubrication and cleaning products for bikes. They don't use petrochemicals and they don't sell to the automotive industry, though they could make a lot of money from doing so. The factory is in Wales, and the containers are recyclable, or can be refilled with the same product.

Bikewise Havering: volunteers needed

Havering LCC will have a stall at  LB Havering’s Bikewise event on 6 March.  The stall will be open from 10am - 4pm and volunteers are needed to staff it.

Please email Gerhard@lcc.co.uk, if you can help, saying what times you can do.

Gold card discounts now apply to Underground only Oyster PAYG, and Gold Cards go electronic

According to fares supremo Barry Doe (widely respected, but still a secondary source) annual season ticket holders whose ticket is valid for a station n the London and South East network area can have their Gold Card (which is included in the annual's price) coded onto their Oyster card, so avoiding the inconvenience of carrying round a piece of cardboard and remembering to claim the discount for the Gold Card.

Additionally, the discount of 34% is now extended to Underground only Oyster PAYG fares (similar ts and cs doubtlessly apply). The cheapest annual season ticket used to be Ryde St Johns Road to Ryde Esplanade on the Isle of Wight. It is currently £140 pa and might not take that long to pay for itself.