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Videos: Mega time trial & MTB crashes + Uber care

The road.cc video round-up is back exploring the world of competitive cycling crashes plus stunning shots of mountains and Amsterdam

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 15:39

Petre Craciun with the Hummingbird at Prodrive HQ (source Hummingbird on Kickstarter).jpg

Leading UK motorsports firm helps bring world’s lightest folding bike to market

Hummingbird tips scales at 6.7kg and is being made by Oxfordshire-based Prodrive

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 14:47

Cyclists in Harare (CC licensed by Carrie Cizauskas via Flickr).jpg

Zimbabwe introduces bicycle licensing… 12 months’ jail for those who don’t pay

System being tested in Harare to see how annoyed people get

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 14:21

Chain Reaction Cycles take over the DealCatcher with more great cycling deals

Chain Reaction Cycles continues its autumn preperation with even more great discounts on great cycling goodies

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 14:08

Bikeability training (copyright Britishcycling.org.uk)

Schoolkids in Reading to be given bikes to combat lateness

Council teams up with Network Rail and British Transport Police for initiative aimed at minimising classroom disruption

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 11:46

Motos at Milan-San Remo 2016 (picture ANSA-Claudio Peri).JPG

UCI to meet riders, teams and organisers to discuss safety

Plans for best practice guidelines for design of race finishes

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 11:30

Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle (image via Prudential RideLondon website)

Car-free days coming to London?

Mayor looking into traffic-free days as well as pedestrianisation of Oxford Street

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 09:43

Condor, Bianchi, Storck, Boardman, Genesis, Ridgeback, Lightweight, Van Nicholas, Cannondale, Simplon, Rose Bikes highlights from Cycle Show 2016

Massive gallery of the latest bikes from some of the hottest brands exhibiting at the Cycle Show

Fri, Sep 23, 2016 09:20

Sam Willoughby (right) in action at Rio 2016 (picture Alex Whitehead SWpix.com via Britishcycling.org_.uk).jpg

Aussie BMX star Sam Willoughby unable to move below chest after training crash

Former world champ broke neck and sustained spinal damage in crash a fortnight ago

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 17:51

Westminster Bridge bus stop bypass graphic

NHS trust accused of spending £10,000 blocking cycle route

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust is campaigning to stop a cycle superhighway, without seeking evidence to back up its safety concerns

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 16:07

Billie Fleming’s Year record smashed – in just four months!

24-year-old American Amanda Coker will carry on riding - and could smash men's record out of the park

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 15:34

Company blames cyclist after aggressive driver complaint

Cyclist complains to GSH Upholstery of aggressive driving, the company director tells him "you're the problem"

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 15:07

Girl holding hands with dad on cycle superhighway.jpg

Five per cent increase in London cycling in a year

Latest report from Transport for London shows more than 15,000 cyclists using two new Cycle Superhighways in peak hours

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 13:53

Video: Women in Iran defy fatwa forbidding them from cycling

"It's our absolute right and we're not going to give up" say mother and daughter who filmed themselves riding

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 13:42

Great cycling deals in the Tweeks DealCatcher Takeover

The DealCatcher is sticking to the autumn theme - bikes, mudguards, light sets and cleaning contraptions feature

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 13:42

Details released of 100-mile Vélo Birmingham sportive, coming in September 2017

15,000 places available on closed road event which will go through Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Staffordshire

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 11:33

Helmets reduce head injury odds by 69 per cent

Latest analysis of 64,000 cyclist injuries, from Australian statisticians, suggests helmets reduce odds of serious and fatal head injuries by 69 and 65 per cent

Thu, Sep 22, 2016 10:53

Royal Courts of Justice, London (picture bortescristian, Wikimedia Commons)

Cycling UK backs High Court challenge to Mansfield’s ‘cycling ASBOs’

Public Space Protection Orders criminalise legal behaviour, say campaigners

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 16:47

Rio effect being felt at Ribble Cycles

Retailer also backs Olympians’ plea for greater investment in everyday cycling

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 15:53

A good reason not to go full gas in Richmond Park (CC BY-NC 2.0 aglet:Flickr)

“Selfish cyclists” blamed for litter that caused Richmond Park deer deaths

Energy gel wrappers from organised events identified as being a particular problem

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 14:25

Garmin Edge 1000 unboxing – mounted on ride screen.jpg

Garmin: Control ANT+ lights via Dura-Ace Di2 top buttons plus Strava Beacon integration

Control ANT+ lights from the Dura-Ace Di2 top buttons, Stava Beacon and LiveTrack Auto Start features added to Edge 520, 820 and 1000 computers

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 14:23

No cycling on the pavement sign (CC licensed by Leo Reynolds:Flickr)

‘Cycling champion’ knocked out by pavement cyclist calls for action against reckless riders

Incident happened as Barnes town centre manager left meeting about cycle routes

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 13:08

Human powered speed records broken (+video)

Results come from the latest edition of the World Human-Powered Speed Championships at Battle Mountain

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 11:05

Cycle Show 2016 preview: 26 bikes and products from Pinarello, Genesis, Cube, Ridgeback, Van Nicholas, Fizik, Shand and many more

26 reasons to visit the Cycle Show which starts this Friday

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 10:54

First look: Updated Kinesis CXRace Evo cyclocross frame with thru-axle

Kinesis updates CXRace Evo frameset with thru-axle and disc brake specific details

Wed, Sep 21, 2016 10:43