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School cycling competition cancelled after thieves steal 30 Chris Hoy bikes

Kids who can’t afford bikes often stayed behind after school to use the equipment

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Friday road.cc indicative votes: Word(s) to replace cyclist

Researchers suggest that the word 'cyclist' dehumanises people riding bikes… calling them 'people riding bikes' isn't that snappy so let's come up with a new word(s)

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Donations flood in for pregnant partner of cyclist killed in Edinburgh

Stuart Elliott and his partner were expecting first child when he was killed in lorry collision earlier this month

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Schoolgirl’s road safety message drawn after mother killed while cycling goes viral

Anabel Killey's picture urges drivers to "Be Aware For Clare" after fatal collision in Liverpool last month

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road.cc smartphone mobile site (temporary) switch-off

We're switching off the swipeable smartphone version of road.cc on mobile for a couple of weeks

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Cyclist injured after hitting pothole finds legal process has outlasted the road repairs

Injured two years ago, he will be examined in March for signs of long-term damage

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Initiative to provide hire bikes for disadvantaged communities in Glasgow hailed a success

Charity Bike for Good teams up with Nextbike for Bikes for All initiative

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Yorkshire Champions wanted to volunteer for 2019 UCI Road World Championships

Appeal launched for people to fill 2,000 places to help week-long event run smoothly

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road.cc redesign survey – help us shape a new look road.cc

We're making plans to get the digital builders and decorators in and we'd like your help in deciding which walls to knock down and whether to upgrade the central heating… okay, we'll park that metaphor now

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Cycling IS the new golf… Former golf academy to get off-road cycle circuit and mountain bike trail

Work on South Bucks Country Park to be complete by 2021

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Complete road.cc’s 2018 user survey and help us make the site better!

There’s £100 of Wiggle vouchers up for grabs for one lucky respondent too

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Calder Clarion ride Coast 2 Coast in a day to buy adapted bike for 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy

Eleanor, who has become passionate about cycling since joining club;s Go-Ride group, was presented with the custom bike last Sunday

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Sir Chris Hoy calls for end to ‘them v us’ attitudes to cycling and driving

“We are people trying to get from A to B”

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Bristol Council changes mind on kids’ bike project it backed against NIMBY neighbour

Ian Scott, who refurbishes old bikes from his home, had secured council's backing only last month

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Dublin taxi driver who drove on wrong side of road at cyclist claims man had damaged his wing mirror

Dublin Cycling Campaign say police can act on video evidence but “don’t want to”

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Bristol council investigates complaint against community bike project run from man’s home – and gives scheme its backing

L-Dub Community Bike Project has provided hundreds of bikes to people in past six years, many free to local kids

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Cyclists complain that cycle route has been severed as Aberdeen festival celebrates new bypass

One local describes Go North East Road Festival cycling event as “a kick in the teeth for cyclists”

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Highways England decides against banning cyclists from UK’s fastest time trial course

Cycling UK welcomes a ‘victory for common sense’

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Texting at the wheel sign snapped and removed from cyclist’s roadside memorial three days after it was put up

Cyclist Daniel Squire lost his life in road traffic collision in 2013

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Bolton looking to ban cyclists from town centre

Town is currently consulting on a Public Space Protection Order

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Is this the worst cycling event EVER?

Cyclists banned from bringing their own bikes, must take shuttle bus to get there, and will never be allowed to ride route in Aberdeen again

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road.cc goes https – what does that mean for you?

Hopefully nothing, but this is the internet…

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Prague tourist area bike ban to be enforced from the end of the month

Cycling tours to be a thing of the past

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Rapha aim to get more people cycling and announce packed summer schedule

The British cycling apparel brand are organising weekly rideouts, workshops and even wine-tasting from their Manchester and London clubhouses this summer, with something for everyone in the packed schedule

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‘Masked Maniac’ patrols US streets on his bike, educating irresponsible drivers

He says the mask intimidates people who think they’re above the law

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Chichester extends cycling ban and says it’s ‘not a vendetta’ against cyclists’

Campaigners say cyclists will be pushed towards more dangerous roads

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New Forest MP calls for mandatory bike bells

Julian Lewis says people should be able to go about their business “without fear of being mown down by silent rogue cyclists"

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Derelict station on Manchester’s Fallowfield Loop to become cycling cafe

Work has already begun to transform Levenshulme South station's Mock Tudor building

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road.cc recap: ten of our favourite stories this week

A compilation of news from across the site this week that have got us talking in the office...

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Expertly-deployed Ainsley Harriott stickers raise profile of Bournemouth cycle safety campaign

The council are going to remove them

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