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Petition calls for cars to be banned from parts of Oxford

Plea comes after student was killed earlier this month

Cycling App of the Week: Bike Computer

Doing what it says on the tin and then some, Bike Computer is a refreshingly simple app that turns your phone into a GPS bike computer...

BLINK! saddles are the first with integrated lighting and turn signals

A Kickstarter looking to bring the world’s first bike saddles with integrated lighting is underway, with $5000 already raised of the $45,000 target.

Yerka ‘the unstealable bike’ now available to pre-order

The Yerka ‘unstealable bike’ is now available to pre-order, with the first bikes shipping out in September.

HSBC & British Cycling partner to launch City Rides

The 13 mass participation events are set to inspire two million cyclists by 2020 - Sir Chris Hoy & Laura Kenny give the plans their approval

Ofo branded threat to Cambridge bike shops

Locals also concerned about influx of bikes given there is already a shortage of bike parking spaces

New scheme aims to encourage Reading drivers to ditch their cars for bikes

Also includes free cycle training and bike maintenance sessions

Man transports tumble dryer on bike pedal

Every bike’s a cargo bike

Video: Police officer demonstrates how not to cycle down steps

Cautious approach, cautious descent, calamitous impromptu dismount

Confusion around Chesterfield junctions as to whether motorists or cyclists have priority

Council says motorists must give way but road markings say otherwise

Driverless shuttle test set for London shared-use cycle path

Oxford-based autonomous tech firm will run test on Greenwich riverside over the next three weeks

Bike bridge in Netherlands incorporates green roof for a school

Cyclists encounter very different bridge on London Quietway

Video: Super-angry Manchester man swears at anyone using cycle lane

Features very strong language

London’s most dangerous junctions scheduled for improvement

Kings Cross gyratory, Lambeth Bridge North and South, Waterloo Imax roundabout and Euston Road among junctions being targeted, alongside a new safer junctions programme

Jake Gilmore ghost bike removed ahead of council deadline

Bike will reappear to mark cyclist’s birthday and the anniversary of his death

Drivers warned not to ‘bully’ cyclists as Manchester close-pass operation gets underway

Seven drivers stopped for using their phones in an hour – including one person driving a school bus

E-W cycle superhighway extension won’t be built until 2021

Further delays to protected cycle route in bike infrastructure-impoverished West London

Chinese bike-sharing firm Ofo trying to prevent under-age riders after 11-year-old’s death

Firm’s bikes will soon be available for hire in Cambridge

Research paper concludes that networking Seville’s cycle lanes helped improved cycle safety

Spanish city implemented bulk of its cycle network in just two years

London cycle courier says he was punished for refusing delivery after eight hours in the cold

Courier aiming to get employed worker’s rights

Cyclists hit back at ‘propaganda’ after children in face masks are used to protest London Cycle Superhighway 11

Regents Park Cyclists say stunt was ‘distasteful’ and ‘illogical’

Edinburgh to trial bike hire scheme

Funding is in addition to the 10 per cent of 2017/18 transport budget currently allocated to cycling

Unwanted £750,000 Colchester bike path is being (temporarily) dug up

Shared use path is subject of a formal complaint by the local cycling campaign

Glasgow cycle infrastructure ‘risks exacerbating health inequalities’ between rich and poor

Recommends more focus on areas of higher deprivation

Use Strava to track speeding cyclists, says Aussie politician

Later describes suggestion as “a brain fart”

Stranger punches London cyclist in ribs in unprovoked attack

Victim says she is tired of being abused for being a cyclist

Ban cars on roads near schools says mayor of London

Sadiq Khan criticises the government for ignoring "unarguable evidence" and says we should be protecting our children from air pollution

Video: Passing bus brushes Nottingham cyclist’s elbow

Bus company says driver didn’t deviate from his lane

Video: Royal Parks bike cop in confrontation with cyclist

No cycling while measures to slow cyclists are installed

Royal Parks reveals plans to put speed bumps on cycle route in Hyde Park

Campaigners say that proposals “are not proportionate to the risks”