In the first week of June 2026 the ElectricCranks, the 'Honourary Cranks' and an entourage from Abbott Laboratories, the American multinational medical devices and health care company, the makers of HeartMate III LVAD, will set off from the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank near Glasgow, on the west coast, to cycle over three days to Dunbar on the east coast of Scotland. Resplendent in our distinctive purple 'Mohicans' the journey will take us from the Hospital along the Forth & Clyde Canal (Route 754) and the John Muir Way to Dunbar Castle & Harbour 2nd to 4th June. We will also be celebrating World Cycling Day in Edinburgh on Wednesday 3rd June.

Highlights of the trip are planned to include the Silvanus sculpture, Falkirk Wheel, the Kelpies, Edinburgh Old Town, the Musselburgh Shell and John White ⚽️memorial.

So it is very much a case of “Through the combined wonders of technology and medical science e-humans riding e-bikes are able to demonstrate how the combination of E-power and Vitamin Nature can transform lives!”

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In June 2025 we will be heading back to North East of England to cycle over three days from the Scottish border at Berwick on Tweed to the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. Once again we hope to bring more clarity and awareness of vital organ donation, heart transplant, thriving while living with left ventricular assist devices and hopefully get closer to our fundraising target for New Start Charity, Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.

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In June 2024 the ElectricCranks cycled along the North Wales coast from South Stack Anglesey to Chester over three days making even more people aware of cardiac failure, organ donation and fundraising for New Start Charity Wythenshawe Hospital.

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In June 2023 the ElectricCranks cycled for three days from Grange-over-Sands over the Pennines to Sunderland to complete our second coast to coast ride fundraising for New Start Charity Wythenshawe Hospital. We were joined along the route by the BBC Countryfile team with presenter Joe Crowley and featured in their ‘Cycling in the countryside’ episode aired on 16th July. It was available on BBC iPlayer but is now some way down in our Facebook feed.

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In June 2022 Bob, Ian & Peter cycled from Bowness on Solway to South Shields along the course of Hadrian’s Wall, incidentally exactly 1900 years after it was first completed. Due to unforeseen illness Ged & Chris had to postpone their involvement and cycled the route later that year in September.

Our efforts are always greatly supported and much appreciated by Abbott Laboratories, the American multinational medical devices and health care company and makers of the LVAD HeartMate III.