Sportives and organised rides

What’s on in Bike Week 2014: your round-the-UK guide

Find out what’s going on near you as the nation embraces cycling from June 14-22

Bad news for MAMILs – 1 in 3 think cyclists should ditch Lycra before turning 40, says British Heart Federation survey (+ infographic)

Charity also launches partnership with British Cycling to get more people riding bikes

Traffic-free Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle returns

Sign up is now open for the event featuring eight miles of closed city streets and bike-related festivities on August 9

Graeme Obree launches new Flying Scotsman Sportive

Debut edition in August takes place day before Commonwealth Games road races in Glasgow

“Concours des Alpes” open to entrants

A multi-stage sportive you’ve not done yet

Toughest UK sportive The Monster set to accept entries

Entry opens on Sunday 1 June for 50 brave riders to tackle 4,200m of climbing over a 190km course

No Sky Ride for Birmingham this year

Council says it can't find date to close city's streets - but hopes event will return in 2015

British Cycling calls for regulation of sportives after Yorkshire route clash (+ video)

Governing body responds after video shows two events hitting same stretch of road on Sunday

Video: What happens when a sportive meets a road race coming the other way?

Heated words in Yorkshire as two events hit same stretch of road at same time

UCI wants YOU — to tell it what you want from sportives and mass rides

Quick survey will inform new Mass Participation Commission ideas

Two cyclists airlifted to hospital with serious injuries during 2014 Fred Whitton Challenge

Gruelling 112 mile Lake District sportive claimed two casualties in tough conditions

Video: Raleigh’s Tommy Godwin Challenge—can you ride 205 miles in one day?

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of an unbreakable record

Videos: Brussels couriers tackle the Tour of Flanders sportive – on a cargo bike

Riders from PedalBXL takes to the hellingen and cobbles - also, video of riding in Europe's most congested city

New Forest presents draft charter for cycling events

Latest attempt to placate NIMBYs teaches granny to suck eggs

Miss out on RideLondon place? A charity has 20 on offer – and wants “hear-os” to fill them (+ video)

Action on Hearing Loss looking for riders to help raise funds in UK's biggest cycling event this August

Riders banned from New Forest sportives for urinating in public

UK Cycling Events takes action against 18 riders it says broke its rules

Were you on Wiggle Dragon Ride 2013? Seriously injured rider makes witness appeal

Michael Hopkins suffered spinal injuries following crash on descent in event in Wales

Video: Pathe News coverage of first National Bike Week in 1923

Black white footage from a different era

Official Prudential RideLondon kit now on sale at Wiggle

dhb jersey and shorts combo will set you back less than £100

Join Mark Cavendish and wife Peta to ride for Help for Heroes in June

Hero Rides converge on London in June for 10-mile run to Horse Guards Parade

Police go door-to-door in hunt for New Forest sportive saboteurs

National Park and councillors condemn locals "taking the law into their own hands"

Saboteurs attack Wiggle New Forest Sportive (again)

Nails on road cause punctures for over 20 riders in third attack on New Forest sportive

Forestry Commission pulls down anti-cycling posters ahead of New Forest sportive this weekend

Posters claim to "warn event could put public at risk”

Watch Joff Summerfield as he rides Tour of Flanders sportive on a penny-farthing

Londoner followed by TV crew from Sporza over bergs & cobbles... & wished "good luck" by a Classics legend

1 in 3 sportive riders are on Specialized, Trek or Giant, says research firm

But the other two thirds of riders in some of Britain's biggest sportives rode 100+ brands between them

Council withdraws ‘sexist’ leaflet advertising sportive

Flyer for Stockton Sportive suggests men should go riding... while women go shopping

Football Association and British Cycling team up in Kick Start Your Ride initiative

Breeze guided rides to England women's internationals and domestic fixtures, with free admission for riders

Surrey welcomes Prudential RideLondon 2014 route changes

Pro race route revisions mean many roads reopen 3 hours earlier than in 2013

Etape Cymru route to change after locals object to lack of access to villages

Saboteurs who scattered tacks on route of 2013 event never caught

Geraint Thomas sees future in stage racing, not Classics – and helps launch Dunkerque to Roubaix event

Team Sky rider currently leading Paris-Nice outlines plans for 2015 onwards