Miscellaneous

Cambridge bike shop Howes Cycles to close after 173 years

Six generations of the Howes family have run iconic store

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Dozens of riders form peloton to escort cortege of British Cycling mechanic Geoff Shergold

Cyclo-cross rider and supporter of Paralympic Cycling died aged 64

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Surrey council plans to lobby for laws to control sportives and even club runs

Local pressure leads to addition to Surrey cycling plan

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Chris Boardman says MPs “should be embarrassed” & don’t “even know the most basic of facts” about cycling

British Cycling's policy champion slaps down "negligent lack of research and understanding"

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Volvo to trial driverless cars on open roads within three years

Company aims to have no-one killed or seriously injured in their cars by 2020

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Cyclist killed in two-car collision in Norfolk; police say ‘low winter sun’ a problem on the roads that day

Police also seek information about male cyclist found dead in country lane in North Wales

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Times newspaper reader wins Chris Froome’s 2012 TdF Pinarello, promptly puts it up for sale

First Wiggins' historic TdF winning bike, now Froome's appears on London Cycle Exchange with an £8k price tag

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Police appeal for witnesses in Gateshead bus death crash on ‘dangerous’ stretch of road

Cyclist and double decker bus collided in early hours of Saturday morning

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Thieves steal more than 20 bikes used by children at Bradford school

Criminals took roof off garage to get to bikes; headteacher says they may never be replaced

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Sir Bradley Wiggins in trouble over crude joke at charity dinner

"Banter" goes wrong as compere catches Tour star "unawares"

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First British Tour finisher Brian Robinson aims to break his own Holme Moss record – at 83

With a little help from an electric bike

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Man fined for dangerous cycling after riding bike with child perched on shoulders

Police officer in Carlisle spotted man cycling "at high speed" with daughter in August this year

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High vis clothing doesn’t make cars pass you more safely, says new study

Small but potentially lethal number of drivers will pass too close whatever you wear

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Godfrey Bloom says speeding “has nothing to do with accidents”, considers standing for Westminster

DfT figures beg to differ

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Police fine 150 in London safety crackdown as MP calls for national dangerous junction audit

Met advises cyclists to stay out of blind spots, wear helmets and high-vis

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Bournemouth cyclist may face jail after pleading guilty to GBH charge

Philip Benwell left nine-year-old girl with life-threatening injuries after crashing into her

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London flooded with police in road safety crackdown

Drivers and cyclists stopped for range of offences

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Man charged after cyclist videos cereal-eating driver

No longer bowling along having breakfast

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Sky customer wins Wiggo’s Tour de France bike – but has to sell it

Financial priorities come first for father of two

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Met Police chief says he wouldn’t cycle on London’s roads but public transport costs mean some Londoners have no choice

Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe wades into cycling debate with comments on safety and the cost of public transport

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Video: Graeme Obree movie seeking final edit funding on Kickstarter

Want to be an executive producer?

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Coffee and cycling comes together at SPIN x LCF festival

SPIN - The Urban Cycle Show and London Coffee Festival team up for event in Shoreditch next weekend

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Cyclists are “longing” to be run down, says peer

Down with this sort of thing

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Lorry driver not guilty of killing cyclist as jury at retrial fails to reach verdict

Second jury fails to reach verdict in case of rider killed on A19

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Cyclist knocked off by bus guilty of threatening behaviour

Oxford man admits getting a bit irate

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Bristol police appeal for information after 13th November cycling fatality on UK roads

Man in his 40s is third cycling death in a week in Bath-Bristol area

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Commons committee to consider cycling safety next month

Views invited via Twitter and online ahead of oral evidence session next month

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Emma Way found guilty on 2 of 3 counts in #bloodycyclists case

Motorist says on 1 to 10 stupidity scale, her tweet was 11

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Bath hit and run victim named as 19-year-old Jake Gilmore

Police appeal to mechanics to look out for damaged car

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Sixth London cycling death this month as man in his 60s is hit by lorry in Camberwell

Horror cycling road toll continues, sixth cyclist killed on London's roads in less then two weeks

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