Just Eat e-bikes keep turning up at my door and whistling at me – Helen Martin

IT’S a nice plan for increasing fitness (and making money) to increase the number of Just Eat e-bikes in Edinburgh. And with the number of tourists we expect, it makes sense.

There are one or two problems though. Overseas tourists don’t always understand how our road, lanes, lights and crossings work. Many of us locals don’t even have the guts to cycle in certain areas.

Some tourists pedal around as if they’re on a country lane, don’t understand one-way street signs or indicate if they plan to turn. I’m amazed they don’t amass more injuries but at least the sight of an e-bike alerts drivers to a potential disaster.

For some reason, where I live is where several e-bikes are abandoned, quite a long way from any bike rack. They can be left leaning on our hedge or dumped in the lane next to us – once a pile of three stacked up on each other blocking the exit.

When the little lights are rotating and the cycle is “whistling”, it makes it clear they’ve been nicked. The best thing to do is stand them up against a railing and phone to have them collected.

It would be good if Just Eat could add to the security and prevent theft, not just to look after their property but to stop them cluttering up neighbourhoods, or being dumped in waters and canals.

At least tourists are the ones who tend to take their bikes back to the rack and lock them up.