Miscellaneous

Video: Channel 4’s Jon Snow – president of Cycling UK – filmed taking bolt-cutters to bike lock

You can't say he knows nothing about getting out of an accidentally locked bike situation

Video: Cyclist in Ireland tries to beat level crossing barrier – and loses

National railways operator posts footage to Twitter as a warning to others

BBC regional news segment asks ‘how close is too close?’

Regional news examines the factors influencing close passes of cyclists

Cyclist creates impressive ‘face’ Strava art in Cardiff

Anthony Hoyte says his work takes “a ridiculous amount of preparation”

Ed Sheeran says he “cycled to the pub” after bike crash that left him with broken bones

Singer-songwriter broke bones in both arms and fractured rib, forcing him to cancel tour dates

Strava makes activity feed non-chronological and launches blog posts for all users (+ video)

New feed prioritises group rides and uploads with photos

Cyclists warned to stay off bikes as Ophelia hits Ireland

Red yellow warnings see police issue 'No cycling' advice in eight counties

Have you been watching Britain by Bike with Larry and George Lamb?

Channel 5 series involves actor and his presenter son cycling round national parks

11 things we’ve learned this week

Immortalising the MAMIL, microchips and a different kind of rap battle - here are 11 things we've learned this week...

New world record for most countries cycled in seven days

Norfolk cyclist cuts it fine

Data visualisation highlights scale of bike theft problem in England & Wales

Meanwhile, Oxford and Cambridge are named university bike theft hot-spots

Lance Armstrong sticks boot into David Walsh over character reference for paedophile

Walsh says he ‘could not abandon’ friend who has pleaded guilty to six offences

Mark Beaumont selling his record-breaking round-the-world bike on eBay

£10,000 is leading bid to date for Koga Kimera bike that Scot rode around world on in less than 80 days

Scotland’s Shand Cycles bought by metals group Liberty House

Sanjeev Gupta, who last year bought Trillion Cycles, has pledged to rejuvenate British bicycle manufacturing industry

11 things we’ve learned this week

Triple everesting, more road safety woes and beard prejudice. Here are 11 things we've learned this week...

Bad ads update + What you can do to help us stop them on road.cc

Where we're at in the fight against annoying and intrusive ads spoiling your enjoyment of road.cc

Cycling app of the week: Beanhunter

What's a bike ride without a coffee stop? The Beanhunter app has a very comprehensive list of cafes worldwide, with user-submitted listings and reviews added constantly...

Graeme Obree’s record-breaking Beastie bike expected to fetch £10-15,000 at auction next week

Other items going under hammer in Glasgow include world champion and Hour record medals ... and a Through The Keyhole key

Cycling app of the week: Wahoo Fitness

This fitness app by the indoor trainer and GPS specialists is designed to offer detailed functionality and a simple interface on your phone...

Renovo creates bikes out of old Glenmorangie whisky casks

“The scent has now diminished” says Renovo founder about the finished bikes

Video: Miami cyclists seen riding through Hurricane Irma during live news report

There's dedication, and then there's this: watch as two 'committed' riders battle through 100mph winds in Miami...

Eurobike 2017: saddles round-up and SQlab saddle fitting video

Take a seat... here are some of the best, most interesting and unique saddles we spotted at Eurobike 2017, plus we meet a saddle fitting expert from SQlab to talk fit and comfort...

University of Groningen adds special bicycle rack for Nobel Laureates because they deserve their own parking spaces

His own bike parking spot - just for Nobel Laureates

Melbourne cyclist dabs for Google StreetView car

Dabbed his way right down the street

First Ride: Shimano Ultegra R8070 Di2 Disc groupset

We headed out to Austria to ride the latest version of Shimano's hugely popular Ultegra groupset, now with hydraulic discs as well as Di2...

Sky’s Adam Boulton delivers full-blooded anti-cycling rant in Sunday Times

“At last the wheels are coming off our senseless worship of bicycles”

Kent cyclist hospitalised after riding across live rail

Incident happened at Harrietsham near Maidstone on Sunday morning

Veldt Trophy Head: the new way to hang your helmet

Whether it's tasteful or not is questionable, but if you want to make your bike helmet a centrepiece of the room then look no further...

How to report annoying or intrusive ads on road.cc

We hate annoying ads on this site even more than you do (no, really) so we've given you a place to report them so we can have them terminated with extreme prejudice

11 things we’ve learned this week

Unfortunate faceplants, travelling in style and avant-garde bike transportation. Here are 11 things we've learned this week...