After a day in London yesterday discussing the future of the Wattbike website with our friends at Metia  it would seem obvious that I should spend this morning in Stoke-on-Trent at Don-Bur in the back of a DHL Artic. It was certainly an educational morning, but the important question is “Why?”.

Wattbike have teamed up with DHL  to provide a travelling Wattbike activity area – it just happens that for DHL  that can be delivered on the back of an Artic. The basic premise is that the trailer will have up to ten Wattbikes, three screens, a registration table and if all goes to plan, hundreds of people around the country trying out the Wattbikes. The Wattbikes will be positioned facing outwards, on one side of the trailer with the three screens behind the bikes. When the trailer arrives at its desired location, the curtain on one side will be rolled back, the power plugged in, and the Wattbikes will be ready for action. If the weather is good the roof also peels back to allow some indoor cycling in the sun. The trailer is being fitted out by Don-Bur, who are the countries leading specialist in the design and manufacture of commercial vehicle trailers and bodywork, and as well as fitting some clever safety features they will be fitting the racks for the screens and the Wattbikes. As the global leaders in international express and logistics, DHL  will be moving the trailer around their sites to introduce the Wattbikes to their staff and raise money for Unicef, but for one weekend only  the trailer will be available to the general public at Bikeradar Live. We will be running races, raising money for Unicef and generally putting all-comers through their paces on the Wattbikes, so come to Donnington Park on the 30-31st May, have  a great weekend out and find out about the Wattbikes at the same time.