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“Extremely intimidating and unsafe” junction and impatient drivers stopping children cycling to school and forcing them into cars, students, teachers, and parents say, after 11 collisions in five years

Students, pupils, and teachers at a school aiming to encourage active travel have called on the local authority to install safety measures at a crossroads described as “unsafe and extremely intimidating”, after 11 incidents which saw pedestrians or cyclists hit by motorists in the past five years.The junction’s unsafe reputation – made all the more … Read more

“Obstacle course” cycle junction a “ruse to drive motorists out of the town”, claim drivers – but cyclists praise long-awaited layout change

A new cycle junction, which will enable cyclists to ride against the flow of traffic on a one-way city centre road and avoid a significant diversion, has been branded “confusing” and a “ruse to drive motorists out of the town centre” – but local cycling campaigners say they are “optimistic” that it will enable cyclists … Read more

Princeton CarbonWorks Peak 4550 Evolution wheelset

With a huge amount of colour options and hub choice, you can spec your Princeton CarbonWorks (PCW) Peak 4550 Evolution wheels pretty much however you want. Whichever components you go for, it’s going to be a build using some of the best parts available, culminating in a lightweight, stiff, smooth-rolling wheelset. At this price you … Read more

How does that work?!? Check out the chainless NuBike

The chainless NuBike is a design that has been around for some time now, but we thought we’d show it to you just because it’s so unusual. Some might call it downright strange.NuBike is an idea from US inventor Rodger Parker. Rather than a traditional chain drive system, it uses two long levers connected to … Read more

“Road safety remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling”: Research suggests more than two thirds of Scots think not feeling safe is main barrier to cycling

Cycling Scotland has published its latest research into attitudes towards cycling and concluded that while “most people now recognise the benefits”, road safety “remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling”.The research, published in The Herald, found that more than two thirds of people in Scotland consider not feeling safe on the roads the biggest barrier … Read more