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Regent’s Park Cyclists to help police in campaign aimed at those riding without lights

Cyclists will accompany police who will stop riders without lights, either warning or fining them

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Italian town pays people to cycle to work

Scheme is being funded by fines collected from traffic tickets

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Video: Easy Riders film night celebrates Londoners who like to ride bikes

Short documentaries focus on a Critical Mass protest and a derelict estate that’s a BMX playground among other things

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Cambridge police abandon #badlyparkedbike to target poorly parked cars again

Climbdown comes after road.cc contributor threatened with arrest for trying to photograph police car parked in bike lane

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25 TRILLION dollars! What the world could save by going two-wheeled by 2050

More people on bikes would save trillions on car parks and motorways, says UCI-backed report

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Cycle-specific insurance — Your questions answered

What's covered and why should you even bother? Insurers respond

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Cyclist has stolen bike recovered within three-and-a-half hours of reporting it stolen

Police used BikeRegister to identify the owner

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Knife-wielding man robs 12-year-old of new bike in Stockton

Police appeal for information

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It’s Schwagaway time again!

Join team road.cc for ride-outs, races, offers and the weekly chance of winning a prize!

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Headteacher could face sack for taking cycling holiday during term time

Ian McCann’s request for leave was rejected, but he handed in a sick note saying he was stressed

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Wellwishers raise £200 to replace bike stolen from man with learning difficulties

Newspaper readers club together to help out Louis Ryan

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Dumfries cycle hire scheme suspended after just two rentals a day

City promises relaunch - but locals say bikes are clunky and hard to find

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Scots cycle legend Ian Steel to be buried in full cycling regalia

First Brit to win an international road stage addressed Russo-Polish military leader as 'bollocks' before winning first big race

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Bikes could be allowed in Carlisle city centre thanks to proposed relaxing of anti-bike laws

Council in favour of plans which could help people cycle to work and school more easily

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Startup aims to pair millions of stolen bikes with their owners

Online international database and security tagging could help with huge and growing concern, say founders

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team road.cc Sheffield rideout report

Last Sunday’s team road.cc rideout in the Peak District was full of fun, fiendish climbs and flapjack to finish

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Cyclists hijack Cambridge police’s #badlyparkedbike hashtag

Opportunity taken to highlight examples of cars parked in cycle lanes and the like

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Huge fine for cyclist caught ‘speeding’ in Richmond Park

Questionable whether speed limits in London’s Royal Parks actually apply to cyclists

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Should cyclists be allowed to run red lights? The road.cc community has its say

Four of the main candidates to become the next mayor of London are reportedly considering implementing a version of the Idaho Law

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Brixton Cycles nears fundraising target as it seeks to ensure survival

London's oldest worker-owned bike co-op has been serving the cyclists of South London for 32 years

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Refugees cycle across borders on children’s bikes to avoid dangerous sea crossings

Winter is coming - and refugees are finding new ways to tackle the perilous journey to Europe

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London cyclist sought after baby showered with glass in road rage attack on learner driver’s car

Cyclist broke car window with a bike lock

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Team road.cc Sheffield ride-out – Last call!

It's this Sunday, and there's just three places left so you'll need to be quick

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Hammersmith and Fulham cycling strategy launched

Plans to develop a ‘cycle hamburger’ at Holland Park roundabout

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US church says bike lane would infringe upon its ‘rights of religious freedom’

Proposes alternative route which would pass three other churches

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Bristol thieves sawing through bike racks and concealing damage in bid to trick cyclists

Damage is concealed in the hope that cyclists locking up their bikes don’t notice

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Video: Red light jumper abuses fellow cyclist after cutting across his path

Is it really none of your business if someone rides in front of you after jumping a light?

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Birmingham cyclist needed surgery on broken elbow after towpath mugging

Latest of a series of attacks on cyclists on Birmingham canal towpaths

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Sheffield gets bike hire scheme

University-funded scheme is open to all

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Cheshire Police tell teens to wear helmets and employ ‘reflective equipment’

Message emphasises minimising the effects of a collision or fall

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