A council has pulled the plug on a cycling scheme which residents hoped would have created a safe route for local school children.Campaigners say they hope that planners will reconsider ‘preferably before a serious accident’.Residents in Chesterfield were hoping to see the ‘Hipper Valley Greenway project’ included in a major £1.6m east to west cycling route being created by Derbyshire County … Read more
A row has broken out in a quiet cul-de-sac after developers proposed to demolish a house to make way for a cycle path for an affordable housing development.The four-bedroom private home could be destroyed to create a cycle route which will pass through the close and provide a safe route for pedestrians and cyclists travelling to … Read more
An 86-year-old who was in the middle of cycling from Land’s End to John o’ Groats tragically died of a head injury after falling from his bike. Victor Paget, a keen cyclist for nearly 70 years, had been riding alone on the famous 874 mile journey when the incident occurred. Mr Paget, was found having come off his bike on August 28, 2020, on … Read more
I bet you only have around six training routes that you use regularly.Most of us do, and the other likelihood is that you always ride them in the same direction.If you think I may not have got that right here’s a useful exercise. Go to the website Statshunters, allow it to link to your Strava … Read more
Brompton is facing a host of problems from material shortages to rising production costs as the fallout from Brexit and Covid continues to impact UK manufacturers. Managing director Will Butler-Adams believes that even the boom in cycling during the pandemic and a 6 per cent jump in the price of the foldable bicycles will not be enough to mitigate against the … Read more
The JoeBlow Sport 2Stage track pump really does go at your tyre pressures with both barrels – a design that utilises a high-pressure and a high-volume barrel to quickly get you up to 30psi before switching to the high-pressure only to finish things off. It’ll even seat all but the most stubborn tubeless tyres too.The … Read more
Cycling during dialysis could drastically improve the heart health of patients suffering kidney failure, new research has found.Patients in the ‘CYCLE-HD study’ were offered 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise on a specially adapted bicycle during their regular dialysis sessions.Dialysis can lead to long-term scarring of the heart, which can accumulate over time and lead to heart … Read more
ETC’s Rana 180 Rear Light is a striking option offering plenty of modes, some decent run-times and quick recharge. However, the braking function is oversensitive, and the run-times are very unpredictable and, at times, very short.The Rana is a simple, functional design: the long strip of LEDs throws out light to the rear and laterally, … Read more
A video of what a cyclist described as a “bizarre sequence events” including a driver calling 999 to complain that he hadn’t pulled over to let her past on a narrow rural road has gone viral on YouTube, racking up nearly 50,000 views on the video-sharing site. The incident happened last month in northwest Kent. Stuart, … Read more
Audax events are long bike rides; they’re all about being self-sufficient over a long distance, and with events ranging from 50km up to a staggering 1,400km, there’s something for all tastes. Audax bikes are similar to sportive bikes except that traditionally Audax rules required mudguards and although that’s no longer the case (it’s now up … Read more
