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AA President says it ‘doesn’t look great’ van was parked in cycle lane

"It is a criminal offence to park on a cycle lane bordered by a solid white line"

Sun, May 16, 2021 09:50

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Deliveroo cyclists speak out about harassment

“It’s astonishing to me that a lot of people don’t know the boundaries of personal space", said one Bristol-based Deliveroo cyclist

Sun, May 16, 2021 09:02

Cargo bike ‘photobomb’ in front of Liverpool team bus goes viral

"We were just on our way to the pub"

Sun, May 16, 2021 08:21

Food delivered to elderly by cyclists during pandemic

All the riders are volunteers who want to help the country's most vulnerable

Sat, May 15, 2021 13:59

London Ambulance (via Oxyman on Wikimedia Commons under CC BY SA 3.0)

Cyclist who suffered life changing brain injury given multi-million pound payout to help with care

Steven Greenwood spent nearly nine months in hospital following the collision and had to give up his career

Sat, May 15, 2021 12:22

NHS nurse ‘lost her faith in humanity’ after bike theft

"I just think I'm lost without it - I know it's only a bike"

Sat, May 15, 2021 09:52

Boris Johnson took ‘completely unnecessary’ helicopter trip to promote cycling scheme

"He either does not understand the implications of the climate targets he has signed Britain up to, or he is not serious about doing what needs to be done to meet them.”

Sat, May 15, 2021 08:42

Stoneferry Corridor via Hull City Council

Hull City Council deploys smart technology to improve cyclist safety

Intelligent studs will sense riders approaching and illuminate to alert motorists

Fri, May 14, 2021 14:07

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Cyclist who took short cut across runway risked being “cut in half” by glider cable

Rider in New Zealand crossed airfield just as aircraft was being winch launched

Fri, May 14, 2021 13:21

Raleigh launches new tyres for iconic Chopper so owners can revive their retro rides

Have a classic Chopper and sick of searching the corners of the web for spare tyres? Raleigh has reintroduced Chopper-specific rubber so you can get back to doing some sick skids once more

Fri, May 14, 2021 13:14

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Centre of Paris to become a huge low traffic neighbourhood

Through motor traffic to be banned from centre of French capital by end of next year

Fri, May 14, 2021 11:34

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DT Swiss acknowledges issues with Ratchet EXP hubs

The hubs are used in many OEM wheels from the likes of Roval, FFWD and Bontrager along with the brand’s own wheels

Fri, May 14, 2021 09:56

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Jeremy Vine hits back at senior cop “appalled” by behaviour of cyclists without helmets; Lucky cyclists narrowly avoid being struck by lightning; Alaphilippe to skip Olympics; Women’s Tour de France; Help a community bike project + more on the live blog

It's Friday! So kick back and let Dan Alexander take you through to the weekend on the live blog

Fri, May 14, 2021 07:43

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Sports director thrown off Giro d’Italia after rear-ending rider in team car

Driver of Team BikeExchange car hit Deceuninck-QuickStep’s Pieter Serry on today’s final climb

Thu, May 13, 2021 20:30

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Jail for thug who repeatedly punched cyclist – then friended him on Facebook

Court told that Danny Walsh shook victim’s hand and mopped up his blood once he realised he was being filmed

Thu, May 13, 2021 17:38

Pirelli launches 35g ‘superlight, reinforced and space-saving’ SmarTUBE inner tubes

The new inner tubes made of TPU claim to save up to 70% of the weight of a standard butyl tube…

Thu, May 13, 2021 14:55

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First Look: All-City Gorilla Monsoon 1x – The do-it-all dirt solution

We take a look at a steel framed gravel bike with huge tyre clearance and bi-plane fork

Thu, May 13, 2021 14:08

Richmond Park crash (via Twitter Royal Parks Police)

Controversial Richmond Park Code of Conduct for cyclists cannot address “real hazard” of motor traffic, says campaign group co-ordinator

Code drawn up by group representing riders who use the Royal Park has been criticised on social media

Thu, May 13, 2021 13:47

Shimano Dura Ace 9200 rear derailleur patent

Patent applications confirm Shimano Dura-Ace is 12-speed and semi-wireless

New documents reveal more details on the highly anticipated top-level groupset

Thu, May 13, 2021 12:40

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Ineos Grenadiers’ Tom Pidcock shares photo of possible new Princeton CarbonWorks wheels and Continental tyres

The wheels look set to be named the Peak 4550 and feature the same wavy design that landed them in trouble with SRAM

Thu, May 13, 2021 10:27

Video: Van passenger fires pistol at cyclists in Essex

Weapon is believed to be an airsoft gun – but police closed case due to lack of evidence

Thu, May 13, 2021 09:23

Simon Cowell has reverted to S-pedelecs after he broke his back riding an electric motorbike

Reality TV mogul still keen to ride electric bikes – just maybe not 15kW ‘death traps’

Thu, May 13, 2021 08:29

Britain’s most pointless cycling ‘infrastructure’? Team car driver rear-ends Giro d’Italia rider; Danny MacAskill is human after all; Wrecked £250k Ferrari smashes into cycle lane; Police appeal; Tom Dumoulin is back; Bidon bins + more on the live blog

It's a wet and miserable Thursday over here...a good day to stay inside, make yourself a brew and join Dan Alexander on the live blog

Thu, May 13, 2021 08:03

Mikel Landa on Giro d’Italia 2021 Stage 4 (picture LaPresse via RCS Sport)

Broken collarbone and ribs for Mikel Landa as crash puts him out of Giro d’Italia (+ video)

Incident happened in closing kilometres of today’s stage to Cattolica

Wed, May 12, 2021 20:11

Nacer Bouhanni banned for two months after pushing Jake Stewart into barriers

UCI sanctions French sprinter for incident at end of Cholet-Pays de la Loire race in February

Wed, May 12, 2021 17:59