A woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault and dangerous driving after a cyclist was injured when the driver of a car ‘mounted the kerb’.The rider, a 33-year-old male, fell from his bike and injured his hand after the motorist drove their grey Audi S5 onto the pavement. The incident, which happened between 8.45pm and 9.05pm last Wednesday, took … Read more
An urban planner has launched a survey to find out if certain types of clothing can make cyclists seem ‘less human’. Dr Mark Limb, from Brisbane, was inspired by a 2019 study that found more than half of car drivers in Australia think cyclists are ‘not completely human’.The research suggested that this dehumanisation was one of the … Read more
Bike theft hotspots across London have been revealed in new police data.The research shows which areas in the capital saw a surge in thefts during the pandemic with North East London being the worst affected.Waltham Forest is the borough with the greatest increase at almost one third (30.88 per cent), followed by Haringey (27.52 per … Read more
TV presenter James May claims he is now ‘well buff’ after swapping his car for a bicycle during the pandemic. The former Top Gear host said he has only driven ‘a dozen times’ in the past year and was ‘slimmer and stronger’ since he started riding up to 10 miles a day.The 58 -year-old said he was ‘still falling … Read more
The LifeLine Pro Disc Brake Caliper Alignment Tool is a helpful little thing that makes eliminating rotor rub a bit easier. The tool seems to improve my success rate when aligning, but the lack of a bridge between the two plates can make it hard to get in place.Brake caliper alignment is one of the … Read more
A driver who was using WhatsApp when she crashed into and killed a cyclist has been jailed for 30 months.Paige Blake, aged 24, had been talking to her sister through the smartphone app when the fatal crash happened on the A414 near Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, on 20 April last year.The victim, 80-year-old Hertford resident Freddie … Read more
A rider has been banned by US anti doping after he tested positive for 10 different prohibited substances. Vahe Aivazian, 52, a masters racer from California, accepted a four-year suspension for the possession, use or attempted use of a panoply of banned drugs.The staggeringly wide array of doping products the American used includes Testosterone, Nandrolone, a number of growth hormones and Anastrozole, a … Read more
Brooks’ Reflective Patch is a neat tag that helps increase visibility in low light or at night.The patch is designed to work with Brooks’ new Scape collection, being perfectly compatible with the daisy chain webbing that is on all of the bags in the range. I used it alongside the Scape panniers I was testing: … Read more
A cyclist who says he was told by a Gwent Police officer that drivers he filmed making close passes could not be prosecuted because the rider swore in the videos decided to check the situation with the Crown Prosecution Service – and was told that his language presented no barrier to taking such cases to … Read more
