Health & fitness

Double amputee racing driver completes 140-mile challenge

The 21-year-old said that cycling up steep hills forced him 'to dig deeper than ever before'

Cowboy updates urban navigation app with air quality routing algorithm

The updated urban app gives you the option to choose the cleanest route to your destination

Zwift is launching year-long Black Celebration Series

The series of events is designed to celebrate the achievements of black athletes

Bikeshare start-up HumanForest suspend service and make job cuts to “improve e-bike”

The "fresh and exciting new mobility company" now plan to return in the spring of 2021, after a customer accident prompted them to remove all their hire bikes off the streets of London

Bikeshare start-up offering free 20 minute rides secure £1.8 million funding to grow fleet to 2,000 e-bikes

HumanForest offer the first 20 minutes riding for free on their fleet of e-bikes, that use renewable energy and are currently located in the London Borough of Islington

New study finds that e-bike riders quadrupled their cycling distance over a six month period

The Norwegian study found e-bike customers more than doubled their use of the bicycle for transport, and cycled an average of 9.2km a day compared to 2.1km before buying an e-bike

Olympia launch the EX 900 Sport, featuring their huge 900Wh ‘super battery’

The Italians have married their recently-launched 900Wh battery with their EX Sport e-mountain bike, which they say will go up to 290km on a single charge

E-bikes for boomers? Islabikes launch two new models “designed specifically for baby boomers who want to continue cycling”

The brand famed for their children's bikes have unveiled two new lightweight full-sized bikes, which they claim are perfect for riders of the baby boom generation...

Government set to enable GPs to prescribe cycling to tackle obesity and coronavirus (+ video)

Move revealed by government sources over the weekend - here's how a pilot scheme in West Yorkshire benefited patients

11 Cycle Republic stores to be taken over by e-scooter specialists Pure Electric

85 jobs have been saved by transferring the Cycle Republic stores over to Pure Electric, with the e-scooter company securing the deal with Halfords Group PLC under TUPE regulations

Updated: Health secretary says no plans to ban cycling and other exercise – after suggesting earlier that it might be

Matt Hancock says "the current rules must be followed"

FAQ: What is Zwift Clubs?

Zwift has announced some new functionality, but it'll be a while before it changes your online riding

When should you visit a bike shop during the emergency lockdown?

What counts as an essential visit to the bike shop? Cycling UK’s policy director Roger Geffen MBE answers some questions so you can decide if you really need to take the risk.

Utterly brilliant: An interview with Timmy Mallet on all things e-bike

The legendary broadcaster is a bona fide e-bike fanatic, and last year set out on an epic 3,500km quest to ride the Camino de Santiago trail

Cycling in a locked down country: how Italian cyclists and bike brands are coping with coronavirus

Riders banned from training on the road, visitors banned from factories... is this a taste of things to come in the UK with the COVID-19 virus continuing to spread fast?

Sir Dave Brailsford reveals his personal diet and training regime on Strava

Those following the Team Ineos head honcho on Strava couldn't quite believe their luck a few months back, when Brailsford gave an incredibly detailed and useful account of his own current diet and training plan

Exclusive: Is this the most handsome British e-bike yet? Forme leak the new Flash e-road racer

The lightweight Flash E looks hot to trot with a Fazua motor system and super clean, integrated frame

Study: Cycling may help keep dementia at bay

Findings suggest that cardio-respiratory exercise helps prevent brain from ageing

Study: Commuting on foot or by bike may reduce heart attack risk

Study from University of Leeds is co-authored by Olympic triathletes Alistair and Jonny Brownlee

Has Chris Froome gone vegan? Instagram post pushes plant-based diet

Or is the four-time Tour de France winner just after some free Ben & Jerry’s?

Cycling on prescription could go nationwide after successful West Yorkshire trial (+ video)

More than 1,000 patients have been referred to scheme which uses cycle training to improve physical and mental health

New study says hydrogel energy products found to have ‘no additional cycling performance benefit’ versus standard carbohydrate drinks

In response to the findings, hydrogel nutrition mix brand Maurten say the test participants were put through wasn't 'tough enough' to invoke serious GI distress

Study: Coffee improves cycling performance – in both men and women

Similar benefits observed in both genders after 5km time trial, say researchers

Potatoes as effective as energy gels, finds study

Authors say this could offer a way to "diversify race-fuelling menus"

First Ride: Zwift’s new steering segment

Hitting virtual dirt with the freshly steering-equipped smart trainer software

E-bikes that look like road bikes – from Bianchi, De Rosa, Wilier and more

We've spied a whole load of stealthy new e-road bikes at Eurobike this week. Here are some of our faves...

Canyon launch the new Roadlite:ON ‘fitness bike’ with Fazua Evation system

The Roadlite:ON comes in three spec levels all with 1x drivetrains, and a Fazua Evation removable power unit that is now controlled via a remote located on the downtube

Dundee e-bike scheme made to relocate planned charging point away from BrewDog beer garden

The planning application for charging points located outside the Dundee branch of BrewDog has been withdrawn after BreDog said it would encroach on their outdoor seating area