Miscellaneous

Tour de France Minus 21- Our round-up of the Grand Départ news (+ video)

Reporters tackle Tour's toughest climb three weeks ahead of big race plus other news

100 year old veteran cyclist celebrates his birthday with… a bike ride

Wilf Westbrook makes the most of his health on his 100th birthday with a quick spin on his trike

Boris Bikes need a new sponsor – help turn them into Boris BEASTS with this crowdfunding campaign

Help give Boris Bikes a jungle makeover - complete with tail - by crowdfunding new £37.5m sponsorship bid

Looking for a new bike? Chris Froome’s 2012 Team Sky Pinarello up for sale on eBay

Bidding currently stands at £5,300 for 2012 Dogma - all proceeds go to charity

Police hunt rider in Team Sky kit who assaulted fellow cyclist in Lancashire

Incident took place last week on Preston's Guild Wheel route

Cyclist’s naked toilet stop in field drives Yorkshire farmer potty

Landowner urges riders tackling Tour de France route to use proper toilets

Five-year-old boy dies in Belfast after being hit by car while riding his bike

School principal pays tribute to Conor O’Neill, politician calls for safer roads

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

Yorkshire cyclists swap Lycra for lingerie for charity calendar

Women from Harrogate’s Capuccino Cycling Club are looking to raise money for air ambulance

Maximum fines for traffic offences to rise — but will it have any effect in practice?

Means-testing of fines already sets practical limits

Steve Worland Memorial Cup salutes late road.cc writer with cider & racing

Bristol BikeFest remembers Steve with two of his favourite things

No plans for cycle hire scheme in Greater Manchester

Councillors on TfGM Committee told that money would be better spent on other cycling initiatives

Kingston driver ‘aimed car at cyclist,’ missed – and crashed into hair salon

Incident took place yesterday evening close to entrance to Richmond Park

Seven days in cycling: Your weekly catch up service of the week’s big news stories on road.cc

This week's slice of cycling life features a legit tribute to Road Bike Party, why Wiggo’s off the Tour roster and the Boris Bike TdF...

Cyclist dies in St Andrews following collision with pedestrian

63-year-old woman suffered fatal head injuries; police appeal for witnesses

Suffolk policeman to appear in court on charge of assaulting cyclist

Officer also faces dangerous driving charge following incident in Ipswich in February

Huge 200-bike theft at Scott headquarters in Switzerland

£660k worth of brand new and unreleased bikes stolen in weekend HQ raid

Jonny Bellis: From never walking again to Commonwealth Games aspirations

Manxman speaks of long recovery since almost-fatal scooter collision in 2009

“People will take priority over bikes” – rail boss explains why bicycles not welcome on Grand Départ trains

Tour de France spectators discouraged from taking bikes on local trains in Yorkshire next month

Halfords buys Boardman Bikes

Chris Boardman to remain as chairman and design director following multimillion pound deal

Three men in court after South African cyclist films gunpoint bikejacking (+ video)

Helmet camera footage helps police track down suspects

No speed limit sign means no prosecution for speeding driver who killed cyclist on pedestrian crossing

Motorist struck Jaye Bloomfield as she crossed slip road on Mancunian Way last August

Make pedestrians wear reflective clothing, says ‘Mr Loophole’ lawyer who defended killer driver

Celebrity solicitor says people on bike or foot need to make themselves visible to motorists

Driver fined £625 & given five points for attacking cyclist with car

Deliberately hitting a cyclist: "driving without due care and attention"

Cyclist shot by driver while taking part in 600km Canadian endurance event

Police hunt driver of pick up truck suspected of carrying out 'random' attack

Boris bikes v Tour de France stage 1 in Yorkshire — all 204km of it

Riders' verdict? Tough but not impossible — but M1 closure prevented return to London inside 24 hours

Council chief-executive who led Blackpool to become Cycling Town killed in hit-and-run

Tributes paid to Steve Weaver as French police hunt driver

New sponsors sought for London’s cycle hire scheme

Transport for London seeking minimum £5.5m a year over 7 years to rebrand Boris Bikes

London cyclist dies following collision with tipper lorry

Police seek witnesses to fatal incident in Vauxhall this morning

Ask Mike Cotty anything about training, nutrition, equipment, sportives, climbing, pacing and anything else you can think of…

It's getting to that point in the season when are a lot of riders making their final prep