Fix your bike voucher

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rjb
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Fix your bike voucher

Post by rjb »

Has the scheme been quietly dropped?
I just looked at the link on the energy saving trust site and the page it directed me to is unavailable. A404 whatever that means. :(
https://fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.or ... -a-voucher
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Re: Fix your bike voucher

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404 is a code for Not Found

https://fixyourbikevoucherscheme.est.org.uk/ has an explanation that all have sold out. Deleting the application form instead of replacing it with a message is bad webmastering, though.
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Re: Fix your bike voucher

Post by backnotes »

The fourth round of vouchers has all gone so they seem to have closed the initial registrations bit of the site, but there is FAQ info here:

https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice ... heme-faqs/

that links to this Government site:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/fix-your-bi ... -a-voucher

which suggests they don't know if they will be having another round of vouchers yet.

(oh, my post crossed with mjr's post, but says roughly the same thing....)
awavey
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Re: Fix your bike voucher

Post by awavey »

I assume the money they allocated to it was for the last financial year, now we are in a new one the money is no longer available to fund it
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Re: Fix your bike voucher

Post by ClappedOut »

Walked through halfwitts last weekend as a tyre at a reasonable price for one bicycle I fixed for someone, lots of junkers that needed more than £50 and never worth it.

Visited LBS to buy some tyres and tubes for my raleigh superbe and told they are refusing to fix numerous bikes as people bring a Unviable heap and expect a £50 complete overhaul.

Woud have been better to club vouchers together for a new bike
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