The official Games Lanes were painted onto London's roads last night, restricting traffic, and posters are pasted all over the capital, telling people that cycling will be faster than public transport.
With that in mind, Barclays, sponsor of Boris Bikes and Barclays Cycle Superhighways, took time off from fixing bank rates to help London's fair weather cyclists fix their bikes.
Four free bike clinics took place yesterday along Cycle Superhighways, to coincide with research that showed that three in five cyclists are riding bikes that could be in better working condition. 28 per cent say they ride with flat tyres, over a fifth 21% take to the road at night without lights and one in seven get on bikes with un-checked brakes.
Manned by graduates of the Barclays sponsored ‘Cycle Into Work’ scheme, which skills disadvantaged Londoners into working within the city’s growing cycling industry, thorough bike checks were made during the morning and evening rush hours along three of the Barclays Cycle Superhighways in Tower Hamlets, Kensington & Chelsea, Lambeth plus an additional clinic in Hammersmith & Fulham.
If you missed out on a once-over, you can claim a 15 per cent discount on servicing, and a 10 per cent discount on parts at Evans stores throughout July.
Ashok Vaswani from Barclays said: “Cycling is a great, cost-effective way of getting around London quickly, especially this summer. We want the millions of cyclists who take to the capital’s streets to ensure they are on a well-maintained bike."
Had to down a shot for that one already.
May mean the GC riders taking it a bit easier to avoid a Valverde 2017 incident? Don't want your Tour over before it's started.
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Never wear anything under cycling shorts with a pad....
This one is a video !...
This would be so much securer than my existing set up. Seriously considering buying them.
Kent too
Plus (or minus, depending on which way you look at it) you could eBay the 105 groupset for probably £1400, meaning the whole upgrade would cost you...
...you arrange a load of random crap you found in your garden into the shape of a bicycle and walk around the 'wheels'.
Which is one of the reasons why we need systemic change, before individual change can happen. And that's the f... job of politicians.