Lara has been riding bikes for longer than she'd care to admit, and writing about them nearly as long. Since 2009 she has been working as part of the road.cc review team whilst championing women's cycling on the side, most notably via two years as editor of the, sadly now defunct, UK's first and only women's cycling mag, erm, Women's Cycling.
Believing fervently that cycling will save the world, she wishes that more people would just ride a bike and be pleasant to each other.
She will ride anything with two wheels, occasionally likes to go fast, definitely likes to go far and is always up for a bit of exploring somewhere new and exciting.
Completely missing the point of course that there are 2 seperate lesser offences that he could be charged with - Careless or Dangerous Cycling. ...
Some drivers get pissy when their lanes are shrunk as they have to concerntrate more to keep control of their tin can. I know from experience!
Just close the gate. Let them walk home and come back next time there is an emergency and the gate is open to retrieve their cars...
There's a 10 minute motion in Parliament today promoting graduated driving licencing for new drivers which is something championed by Brake. I hope...
There'll only ever be one 'Regan'.
Billions of blue blistering bollards! As Captain Haddock would say.
Slightly off topic, but my last few bikes have arrived by courier in a box. I'm amazed at how few of them included proper instructions on how to...
With the increasing daily volume of "anti-cycling" propaganda churned out by the tabloid press to feed the ever-frustrated general public, ...
Many of us on this site rightly call out poor Policing; let's give credit where it's due - congratulations to Cheshire constabulary and the CPS and...
When I lived in rural West Africa I'd often see quite young kids riding adult size bicycles. They'd be riding sideways with a leg under the...