The eight cities to have benefited from Cycle City Ambition funding have been invited to bid for a share of an additional £6.5m. £500,000 of funding has also been announced for Cycling UK’s Big Bike Revival.In August 2013, David Cameron announced £77 million of Cycle City Ambition funding, a large proportion of which went to … Read more
Today’s miss is so near that it should technically be ineligible for this feature. The driver passes the cyclist so closely that he actually clips him. The incident occurred on Brighton seafront last year.“You must have rode into me,” says the motorist when Andy pulls alongside him a little further on.He then questions Andy’s lack … Read more
1. Forget racing in the real world – we all want to be the Zwift National ChampionOk, it’s no substitute for getting outside yada yada but virtual riding is now entering another new era of competitiveness with the launch of the Zwift National Championships later this month. The rules look pretty stringent so there’s no cheating allowed, technological cheating … Read more
Duck Smart’s Earth Mover works as well as ever it did. The redesigned nozzle means there’s less waste.Pro: Effective, pleasant to use and less wasteful than some Con: That blackcurrant cordial look and smell means ‘keep it away from children’.Essex company Duck Smart has built up a big range of products for cleaning your bike … Read more
Earlier today we posted a video to our live blog in which a cyclist checking his phone rode into a solid fence at not inconsiderable speed. Turns out the man involved may have lost a few teeth in the collision.The Mirror reports that the incident took place in Coventry in the early hours of last … Read more
The Lezyne Zecto Drive Max 250 has a range of modes that start at sensible light output and increase to the ever so slightly insane with a mighty 250 lumens topping the bill. Each one has its use though and allows you to balance power with battery life whatever the conditions.Pros: Plenty of mode options, … Read more
Electric bikes, eh? You just can’t get away from them. Especially on hills.Where once the e-bike was a rather worthy thing for getting to the office a bit less sweaty, now you’ll find them in all the leisure markets too. Mountain biking was the first discipline to embrace the motor, but the road isn’t too … Read more
A fixation on cycle helmets is hampering efforts to improve bicycle safety in the United States, according to a professor from the University of Heidelberg. Streets Blog reports how Gregg Culver is arguing that the helmet occupies a special place within official bicycle safety discourse and that this distracts from more effective strategies to improve … Read more
