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Cycling UK slams Government and threatens legal action for “excluding” cyclists and horse riders from new Wainwright Coast to Coast National Trail

Cycling UK and the British Horse Society have joined forces to denounce the “tunnel vision” of the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for not planning to make England’s next National Trail, Alfred Wainwright’s famous Coast to Coast, open to cyclists and horse riders along the whole route, and failing to consult either group about it. The Coast … Read more

Police officer caught on camera telling cyclists to ride in single file to be given “education around traffic offences”

A cyclist has slammed the “shocking level of ignorance” shown by a police officer who told him and other cyclists he was with to ride in single file and next to the kerb. Ironically Grahame Cooper was on a Critical Mass ride in Bolton, Greater Manchester on Friday evening when the officer pulled up alongside his group in … Read more

GCN The Complete Fan’s Guide To Pro Cycling

GCN’s The Complete Fan’s Guide To Pro Cycling provides an intriguing insight into the world of professional cycling without putting you to sleep. Whether you’re watching a five-hour Grand Tour stage, a UCI cyclocross race or even an individual time trial, it’s the ideal book to have lying around when you have a question that … Read more

Cyclist hurt after eggs thrown at her by car passenger

A cyclist from North Wales has told of how she fell off her bike after eggs were thrown at her by a passenger of a vehicle that was overtaking her.Megan Brown, who works as an A&E nurse, is now nervous about cycling alone following the incident in Denbighshire, reports the Daily Post.The 35-year-old from Wrexham, … Read more

Near Miss of the Day 827: Bus driver “bullies his way into a gap that was never there”.

We’d guess most people reading this have been on the receiving end of a similar close pass – one in which a bus driver simply has to get past a cyclist, and then squeezes them into the kerb. And we don’t need to tell you how scary it is to be to have been on … Read more

Lezyne Twin Kit CO2

The Lezyne Twin Kit CO2 Inflator Kit is a compact package for when punctures strike. It’ll fit easily in your jersey pocket or strap to your bike’s seatpost, and each of its components works well.Lezyne’s Inflator Kit consists of two CO2 canisters (16g or 25g, the latter adding about 100g weight), the Twin Speed inflator … Read more

Want the “fastest socks on the planet”? They’re yours for €1,000 + more tech news from Campagnolo, Rapha, Van Nicholas…

We have loads of top tech news for you this week, including updated bikes from Van Nicholas and Cotic, Campagnolo’s famous corkscrew, and a massively successful bike lights campaign on Kickstarter, but we’re starting with what are described as the “fastest socks on the planet”.Want the “fastest socks on the planet”? They’re yours for €1,000Dutch brand Sockeloen … Read more

Five-year-old boy killed after van driver knocks him off bike

A five-year-old boy has been killed in Northern Ireland after a van driver knocked him off his bike on Thursday afternoon.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) say that the fatal crash that claimed the life of Ollie Simmons-Watt happened at around 3.30pm on Irwin Avenue in Limavady, County Derry, reports Belfast Live.The youngster attended … Read more

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Why was Mark Cavendish riding with Lance Armstrong this week?

So, Lance Armstrong, Jan Ullrich, Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish, George Hincapie and Johan Bruyneel walk into a bar in Mallorca…It may be the set up to a not-particularly funny joke about pro cycling’s past and present, but it is a premise that has provoked quite a bit of consternation among the sport’s fans this week.On … Read more