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Active travel campaigners blast “clumsy, unworkable, and discriminatory” plan to ban cycling in Birmingham city centre, which council says will target delivery cyclists “speeding around city without care”

Birmingham could be the latest city in the UK to implement a controversial ban on people riding bikes in pedestrianised areas, after a new report by the local authority recommended adding cycling to a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) designed to tackle anti-social behaviour, a move the council claims will enable it to crack down … Read more

Prestacycle TorqRatchet Go

The Prestacycle TorqRatchet Go is a very useful little thing – you can easily use it for general bolt-twiddling without damaging it (not true of ‘proper’ torque wrenches), the torque readings are accurate, and it’s very portable. You don’t get many bits, but it’s a useful selection for bicycles, and as they’re standard 1/4in you … Read more

Can we make indoor cycling more bearable for less than £75?

As many of us start to transition to indoor training, we are also facing the rising costs associated with it. Therefore, Rouvy has challenged me to purchase the best indoor training setup I can for under £100. Let’s explore the options available.  2024 Jamie indoor trainer riding shot Rouvy Autmumn Video (Image Credit: Farrelly Atkinson) You might have noticed … Read more

Drug driver who smashed into cyclist on pavement while twice the legal limit for cannabis, flinging rider through the air and leaving him with life-changing injuries, handed six-month suspended sentence after motorist claimed he “faced impossible choice”

A motorist has been spared jail after leaving a cyclist with horrendous, life-changing injuries in a sickening head-on collision on the pavement, despite being twice the legal limit for cannabis, after his defence barrister claimed the driver was left with “an impossible choice” – to hit the car in front or swerve onto the pavement … Read more

“The streets belong to the people”: Cyclists riding on closed roads before New York City Marathon will be removed from course, organisers say – as locals slam “embarrassing” bike ban

For more than two decades, after setting their alarms at an ungodly hour, hundreds of cyclists have taken to the eerily empty, closed roads of New York to ride at least part of the city’s famous marathon course before the races get underway at 8am.However, this unofficial tradition has been brought to a screeching halt … Read more

Ortlieb Fuel-Pack

The Ortlieb Fuel-Pack is a simple and well-executed design that’s easy to access on the go and resists heavy rain. Able to fit to threaded top tube mounts, most frames with the provided straps, and everything else with an optional extension strap, it’s a great choice for single-handed on-the-bike access to stuff.Read our feature, 15 … Read more