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Alex Bowden

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Alex has written for more cricket publications than the rest of the road.cc team combined. Despite the apparent evidence of this picture, he doesn’t especially like cake.  
Kew Road

Parking to be removed outside Kew Gardens to create protected cycle lane

Council believes move will also ‘discourage unnecessary visits by car’
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Countdown to Carmageddon: Park Lane Cycleway almost finished, pop-up cycle lanes planned for Westminster; Prom Wars: Merseyside Edition; Radical alternative to Strava; More on Rod Liddle’s “piano wire at neck height” column + more

Today's live blog with Alex Bowden (daytime) and Simon MacMichael (evening)
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broken-bike (CC BY 2.) by Garry McKnight on Flickr)

Durham cyclist kicked off bike by motorcyclist

Motorcyclist suspected to have been travelling in convoy with a car
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The Bike Shed

Cardiff bike shop worker stole £2,600 worth of bikes and cash

Olivia Davies was often the only staff member at quiet branch of The Bike Shed
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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)

Police refer themselves to watchdog after cyclist is seriously injured in collision with suspected drug driver

Force reports there had been a “previous occurrence” involving the same car earlier that day
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BikeIsBest_Stills

Bike Is Best: UK bike industry to launch major campaign to get people cycling as bike sales soar

Goal is to maintain cycling’s burgeoning popularity as nation emerges from lockdown
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Cyclists banned from Richmond Park for causing ‘plumes of exhalation’ (among other things); Phil Gaimon’s everesting record video; Ride-through fast food; ‘Epic Climbs’ Zoom backgrounds; ‘Pelotan’ sun protection; Pantano banned for four years

Today's live blog with Alex Bowden (daytime) and Simon MacMichael (evening)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUsakV8RzZo

Lance Armstrong fears drug use led to testicular cancer – admits to first doping ‘probably at 21’

Texan says he took testosterone in his first season as a pro and says he considers EPO a relatively ‘safe’ drug

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broken-bike (CC BY 2.) by Garry McKnight on Flickr)

“Oblivious” speeding driver handed five and a half year jail term for killing six-year-old boy riding home from football practice

Boy, who was crossing a 30mph road, was catapulted 100ft by the impact
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Gravesend Cyclopark

Kent cyclist who suffered fractured spine says he’ll never ride again after collision he says was deliberately caused by pedestrian – police appeal for witnesses

"All they did was look at me and walk away"
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