Pedal Me


Pedal Me is a pedicab company in London. Customers can use an app to request a electric-assist bike to pick them up. The company was founded in 2017 by Benjamin Knowles, a transport planner, Chris Dixon and Rob Sargent. Pedal Me says that in Central London, it is cheaper and quicker than the taxi service Uber, although this advantage is lost further out.
The company normally operates only within 5 miles of Central London, using bikes built by Urban Arrow in the Netherlands which can carry two adult passengers. The company also offers cargo deliveries, which have outstripped the number of journeys carrying passengers. In a trial run by TfL, the company's riders dropped off construction materials from Wood Green to Whitechapel faster than a van. The contractor plans to continue receiving deliveries by bike. In May 2019, the charity Sustrans decided to use Pedal Me to move all of their office equipment 2.7 miles across London.
The company employs 45 people, who receive training which is externally verified by City and Guilds.
As of November 2019, it has 42 bikes in its fleet.