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  • The end for cargo bike logistics?

    From Spike@aero.spike@mail.com to uk.rec.cycling on Fri Jan 30 11:56:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.cycling


    Pioneering Oxford cargo bike courier company Pedal and Post has shut down,
    just months after expanding the eco-focused delivery business into London.

    In a statement issued on social media, the company rCo founded in 2013 by CEO Christopher Benton rCo announced that both its Oxford and London branches
    have closed following the loss of a major client earlier this month.

    Benton also confirmed that Pedal and PostrCOs entire workforce of 60 people,
    a mix of employed and self-employed staff in the two cities, have been made redundant.

    <https://road.cc/content/news/60-jobs-lost-cycling-courier-firm-closes-317889> --
    Spike
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  • From JNugent@JNugent73@mail.com to uk.rec.cycling on Mon Feb 2 00:30:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.cycling

    On 30/01/2026 11:56 am, Spike wrote:

    Pioneering Oxford cargo bike courier company Pedal and Post has shut down, just months after expanding the eco-focused delivery business into London.

    That's very odd.

    Especially given the frequency and vehemence with which we used to be
    assured (in this very NG) that those "Stop Me And Buy One" circus clown
    bikes were the delivery option of the future.

    In a statement issued on social media, the company rCo founded in 2013 by CEO Christopher Benton rCo announced that both its Oxford and London branches have closed following the loss of a major client earlier this month.

    How tragic (not).

    Benton also confirmed that Pedal and PostrCOs entire workforce of 60 people, a mix of employed and self-employed staff in the two cities, have been made redundant.

    How tragic.

    Were they actually off the dole anyway?

    <https://road.cc/content/news/60-jobs-lost-cycling-courier-firm-closes-317889>
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  • From Spike@aero.spike@mail.com to uk.rec.cycling on Mon Feb 2 09:28:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.cycling

    JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> wrote:
    On 30/01/2026 11:56 am, Spike wrote:

    Pioneering Oxford cargo bike courier company Pedal and Post has shut down, >> just months after expanding the eco-focused delivery business into London.

    That's very odd.

    Especially given the frequency and vehemence with which we used to be assured (in this very NG) that those "Stop Me And Buy One" circus clown bikes were the delivery option of the future.

    Yes, it seems like the visions of the future for cycling made during the
    covid outbreak have come and gone, in a typical but perhaps also
    unsurprising boom-and-bust scenario. Bike shops are closing and
    manufacturers are scaling back.

    You just donrCOt hear any of that rCylast milerCO stuff any more, even in the big
    cities.

    In a statement issued on social media, the company rCo founded in 2013 by CEO
    Christopher Benton rCo announced that both its Oxford and London branches
    have closed following the loss of a major client earlier this month.

    How tragic (not).

    Benton also confirmed that Pedal and PostrCOs entire workforce of 60 people, >> a mix of employed and self-employed staff in the two cities, have been made >> redundant.

    How tragic.

    Were they actually off the dole anyway?

    <https://road.cc/content/news/60-jobs-lost-cycling-courier-firm-closes-317889>

    --
    Spike
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