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London Cycling Campaign to hold fundraiser at Look Mum No Hands! Café

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Go Safe Glasgow launches interactive driver and rider training website

Cycle Aware focuses on improving road users’ hazard perception

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Bristol shared use path consultation turns ugly as elderly residents fear speeding cyclists will pose a danger

Elderly woman tells meeting she has been knocked over by a bike ten times

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Pensioner’s huge bike collection leads to complaints from neighbours

It's N+1 gone mad as second hand dealer's stock spills into gardens and streets

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North Korean flees the country by cycling for 12 days through China to reach Mongolia

Park Young-jin braved dangers and the Mongolian cold to flee North Korea

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Campaigner calls for safe alternative to busy stretch of road in the Yorkshire Dales

Says councils need to do more to encourage cycling in the region

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British Transport Police admit Farnborough Main railway station is a cycle theft hotspot

Locked bikes being stolen from racks despite CCTV and regular patrols

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Gloucestershire cycle path meets local resistance – residents say there was a better and safer solution

Yate cycle lane planned to run through several estates’ green spaces

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MP calls for “three strikes and you’re out” rule for pavement cyclists

Bike to be impounded if rider doesn’t pay its value as a fine – but has Stewart Jackson done his legal homework?

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Cyclists dismount? No thanks, says rider who persuaded contractor to change signs

Only gentle prodding needed when you have the rules on your side

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Video: Good Samaritan cyclist helps driver who is in a fix

Bike rider turns out to be vehicle mechanic and gets motorist back on the road

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Tyneside residents up in arms over ‘excessive’ cycle path that will mean less parking for residents’ visitors and tradesmen

Sustrans say path is safe route to school for local pupils - but action group wants it scrapped

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Survey: Motorists feel ‘anxious’ and ‘aware’ when driving around cyclists

More than half of drivers say cycle lanes are not big enough for bikes

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Cycling festival in Leeds this Wednesday as Beryl Burton given freedom of city

Ceremony will be screened live on Millennium Square, where there will be host of bike-related activities

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84 year old man sets Hour record – despite having twice broken a hip

Sidney Schuman took up track cycling in May - and now holds a world record

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Police in Hull say organised gangs are targeting high end bikes – and theft is on the up

Cycle theft in Hull up: As many bike stolen in eight months as in whole of last year

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Giovanni Pinarello dies at the age of 92

From last place in the 1951 Giro d’Italia to making bikes that were ridden to Tour de France glory

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Retailers not benefiting from Britain’s ‘bike boom’ – but is one really happening?

Picture mixed across country with a number of factors – national and local – in play

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‘Not enough’ walking and cycling in Wales, study finds

60% of people in Wales own a bike, but only 6% use it on a weekly basis - mostly to go to shops

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TfL and British Cycling to triple number of guided London cycle rides to move adults on from cycle training

Rides aim to encourage more women and ethnic minorities onto bikes as TfL celebrates a record month for cyclist numbers

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As retailer confirms cycling is the new golf — is skateboarding set to become the new cycling?

Opening of House of Vans in London sees middle-aged men get back on their boards

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Byron Bay – the ‘non-formist’ Australian town where 4 in 5 cyclists ignore compulsory helmet laws

Campaigners say town’s culture sees more women take to bikes; police insist they do enforce laws

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Win a Foffa bike with Cycle to Work Day pledge

Over 500 independent bike shops, Dame Sarah Storey, and Foffa bikes pool together to get people cycling

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Videos: Cycling’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge round-up

A collection of the world of cycling's ice-cold charitable challenges

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15,000 turnout expected for biggest-ever Newport Nocturne

UK's original floodlit race needs marshalls

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Redbridge Cycling Centre to see £200,000 in improvements thanks to new London Marathon funding

Floodlighting, facilities for young and disabled riders, and a four lane BMX track all planned for former Olympic venue

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Petition calling for lawmakers to increase sentencing for banned drivers collects 150 signatures per hour

Bereaved families of cyclists mown down by 67-times convicted driver call result of petition 'overwhelming' as they mark six months since the double collision

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Cycling to work really does make you thinner study confirms

Interestingly, according to the study in the BMJ, using public transport is as effective

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Free-to-use prison-refurbished bikes for Derby workers

Social mobility scheme Bike Back Derby are providing refreshed bikes for local employers in a UK first

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New Forest abandons rural ‘Boris Bike’ scheme

Did risk of sabotage by locals lead to bizarre anti-tourism decision?

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