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Architects to compete to build new £500,000 cycle hub in Leyton

New facilities and cycle cafe to complement Waltham Forest's Mini Holland project

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£65k for cyclist injured in crash caused by retractable dog lead

Out of settlement will help pay for rehabilitation

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Brighton becomes first council outside London to back Space for Cycling campaign

Council also wants bike hire scheme up and running by May 2017

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Professor claims Mini Holland scheme could be terrorist target

Also says that it is ‘probable’ that unexploded bombs lie underground in the area

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Police investigate threat to “execute” council staff over cycleway

Message left on Post-It note following heated drop-in session regarding scheme in Bearsden

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Bikeability cycle training scheme for children likely to be hit by government cuts

Sustrans reiterates demand that 25 per cent of transport spending be dedicated to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund

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Team road.cc Swindon & Chichester Rideouts

Come and ride with team road.cc in 2016!

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Brixton Cycles campaign: 10-year old beard gets the chop if new fundraising goal achieved

Jim Sullivan will take a razor to his 'sacred beard' if campaign tops £60,000 for move

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“Dysfunctional, dangerous, dirty, congested, and polluting” – City unveils radical plan for Bank Junction

Damning verdict issued as plans unveiled for radical overhaul of junction at heart of Square Mile

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Tesco store chucks unsold bikes in a skip

‘There’s wastage and then there’s this,’ says delivery driver who spotted them

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York Police clamp down on cyclists riding without lights

Thirty-six cyclists stopped in one night

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Regent’s Park Cyclists to help police in campaign aimed at those riding without lights

Cyclists will accompany police who will stop riders without lights, either warning or fining them

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Italian town pays people to cycle to work

Scheme is being funded by fines collected from traffic tickets

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Video: Easy Riders film night celebrates Londoners who like to ride bikes

Short documentaries focus on a Critical Mass protest and a derelict estate that’s a BMX playground among other things

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Cambridge police abandon #badlyparkedbike to target poorly parked cars again

Climbdown comes after road.cc contributor threatened with arrest for trying to photograph police car parked in bike lane

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25 TRILLION dollars! What the world could save by going two-wheeled by 2050

More people on bikes would save trillions on car parks and motorways, says UCI-backed report

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Billionaire designs stationary bike that can power an entire home (+ video)

Bikes to be rolled out in rural India to solve power supply problems

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Cycle-specific insurance — Your questions answered

What's covered and why should you even bother? Insurers respond

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Cyclist has stolen bike recovered within three-and-a-half hours of reporting it stolen

Police used BikeRegister to identify the owner

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Knife-wielding man robs 12-year-old of new bike in Stockton

Police appeal for information

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It’s Schwagaway time again!

Join team road.cc for ride-outs, races, offers and the weekly chance of winning a prize!

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Headteacher could face sack for taking cycling holiday during term time

Ian McCann’s request for leave was rejected, but he handed in a sick note saying he was stressed

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Wellwishers raise £200 to replace bike stolen from man with learning difficulties

Newspaper readers club together to help out Louis Ryan

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Dumfries cycle hire scheme suspended after just two rentals a day

City promises relaunch - but locals say bikes are clunky and hard to find

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Scots cycle legend Ian Steel to be buried in full cycling regalia

First Brit to win an international road stage addressed Russo-Polish military leader as 'bollocks' before winning first big race

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Bikes could be allowed in Carlisle city centre thanks to proposed relaxing of anti-bike laws

Council in favour of plans which could help people cycle to work and school more easily

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Startup aims to pair millions of stolen bikes with their owners

Online international database and security tagging could help with huge and growing concern, say founders

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team road.cc Sheffield rideout report

Last Sunday’s team road.cc rideout in the Peak District was full of fun, fiendish climbs and flapjack to finish

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Cyclists hijack Cambridge police’s #badlyparkedbike hashtag

Opportunity taken to highlight examples of cars parked in cycle lanes and the like

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Huge fine for cyclist caught ‘speeding’ in Richmond Park

Questionable whether speed limits in London’s Royal Parks actually apply to cyclists

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