Miscellaneous

Pinarello Dogma stolen from sportive bike park by thief in cycling clothing

Quick police action leads to bike recovery

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Sir Dave Brailsford to give England footballers pre-World Cup pep talk

Roy Hodgson enlists help of GB and Sky boss - but can he help players tame their inner chimp if game goes to penalties?

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Man gets payout after ambulance that picked him up from bike crash injures him even more

Mountain biker was hurt when ambulance carrying him braked suddenly and hit head

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Seven days in cycling: Your weekly catch up service of the week’s big news stories on road.cc

This week's slice of cycling life features the council that gave up on cycling, the M&S trousers that are taking on Rapha, and the laughing van driver who attempted to take out an entire club run

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Feeling low? Get some air from one of Bristol’s five new municipal bike pumps

Sturdy municipal bike pumps are rolling out across the country - is there one near you?

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Drunk, ‘aggressive and petulant’ speeding van driver jailed for two years for hit and run that left cyclist without an arm

Driver asked his landlord to cover for him after leaving injured cyclist for dead in the road

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Leader of club run driven at by laughing van man tells of attack

"He and his passenger were gesticulating and laughing. The intention was to run us off the road."

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road.cc’s Elaine Curtin selected as one of the 50 most influential people in UK cycling

“A long-established player in the bicycle industry” says trade mag BikeBiz

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Barclays Bank paid nothing toward south-west Boris Bike expansion

£10 million cost funded by taxpayers and boroughs, but Barclays still gets branding

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Van driver who laughed as he drove at cyclists jailed for six months

Plus six months ban for man who swerved at group "for fun"

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Cyclist’s crash damages reduced because of ‘contributory negligence’: looking down at heart rate monitor

High Court judge says rider should have been looking where he was going

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Suspended sentence for lorry driver who killed cyclist and claimed he was unable to avoid hitting him

Prosecution rejected delivery driver's claim he was unable to pull over or slow down

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“Kaiser Thiefs” – Sturmey-Archer attacks Leeds band for “blatantly copying” logo

Artwork for group's forthcoming album apparently inspired by bike component brand's packaging

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IAM Cycling’s Kristof Goddaert killed after being run over by bus

Belgian press reports that 27-year-old professional came off his bike while riding in Antwerp

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Marks & Spencer launches cycling chinos

Waterproof, stretchy, bike-friendly kecks on the High Street

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Graeme Obree defeated as Glasgow University students choose Edward Snowden as Rector

NSA whistleblower finishes ahead of Flying Scotsman

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Witness appeal after 78-year-old Edinburgh cyclist killed

George Fairley died following collision with Mercedes A Class on Sunday morning

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Railway staff catch thieves stealing bike – and let them get on with it

Men challenged as they prepared to cut lock with bolt cutters - explanation that they'd lost key was accepted

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Three men fined £10,000 each following theft of 46 Brompton bicycles bound for Russia

Police were searching pawnbrokers in Leyton when van turned up containing 35 of the hot folders

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£100k reward offered after £1/4 million in bikes and gear stolen after London Bike Show

Two vans belonging to TriUK nicked from hotel near London Bike Show

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Man charged in connection with Berkshire cyclists’ deaths

31-year-old to appear before magistrates tomorrow on charges including causing death by dangerous driving

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Cyclists killed in Berkshire village on Thursday evening named, police repeat witness appeal

Kris Jarvis and John Morland were colleagues at Reading Borough Council

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Vachery Triathlon organiser claims Surrey County Council reneged on deal to hold event following anti-cycling protests

Brave Events says council demanded 'unachieveable' processes in the wake of petitions to stop Surrey closed-road events

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Davina McCall runs marathon into London to complete her seven day, 500-mile triathlon

Star has raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for Sport Relief charity - and rising

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Two cyclists killed in Berkshire, vehicle involved connected to incident police were attending

Victims were struck by Black BMW connected to call-out police were responding to in Purley on Thames

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Conman blags four grand time trial bike in Stevenage – plus our safe selling tips

Laptop bag left as security turns out to contain books

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€100,000 theft at Cannondale’s team HQ in Italy

Thieves strike in Italy less than three months after Lampre-Merida suffered similar break-in

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Drunk driver who broke cyclist’s leg escapes jail

Suspended sentence for "remorseful" driver

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Leaked ‘Plebgate’ email claims Andrew Mitchell continually ignored Downing St bicycle rules

Officer sought guidance from higher up over government chief whip's repeated refusal to use side gate

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Fleeing bike thief taken out by California cop

Video footage shows suspect’s unsuccessful escape on stolen bike

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