Cardiff cyclists are mobilising themselves to call for proper enforcement of parking regulations which would allow them to use designated cycle lanes, reports the Guardian.The problem has reached chronic proportions in the Canton and Riverside areas of the city and in particular along Cowbridge Road East. There, the cycle lanes which are theoretically protected by … Read more
While other parts of the economy might be having a tough time, the cycle industry is booming if the number of new bike shops opening is anything to go by – the latest is the UK’s first Trek Bicycle Store which opened this morning in Milton Keynes.As you’d expect the new store, is big, 3700 square … Read more
It’s April Fool’s Day and that can mean only one thing: japes and tomfoolery. Two things, then. Anyway, the bike world is awash with jokes today. And what they go to prove is that cycling is pretty much unspoofable, because the reality is actually far weirder than anything you could make up.Fair play to Rapha … Read more
Probably the last thing you need after suffering a horror bike crash in which you are impaled by a railing is a bill….to fix the railings. But that’s what 18-year-old Ben Foulds got in the aftermath of an accident in Barnstaple, Devon which saw him crash through the barrier and plummet, head first, 15ft onto … Read more
Philip Darnton, who until yesterday was head of the now extinct Cycling England the agency that was charged with boosting cycling levels across the nation – has left a valedictory message on the the Cycling England website which while celebrating Cycling England is also damning of those that killed it – he labels the decision … Read more
Outside of the box is the only place to be at the Department for Transport it would seem, yesterday Roads Minister, Mike Penning announced a public consultation on changing the law to make it easier to stage motor races on the nation’s roads, one of the reason presented as to why this might be a … Read more
The Cyrano is Italian saddle maestros Fizik, sorry Fi’zi:k’s first bit of metal hardware and expectations in quality and performance are high. It doesn’t disappoint. There’s not much that a seatpost needs to do, just hold a saddle securely, not creak, bend or snap, being easy to adjust and fit a saddle onto it is always … Read more
Classics season is now well and truly under way, and the next ten days see two of the most eagerly anticipated races of the year, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Fabian Cancellara, who displayed stunning form to win both last year, is widely seen as the man to beat in each race, but as … Read more
In business, as in life, it’s always better to under-promise and over-deliver. Do it the other way round and you put your reputation on the line and open up the door to a world of grief, as the organisers of the Paris-Roubaix Challenge are finding out.You might think an organisation with the scale, experience and … Read more
Woking, which enjoys its last official day as a Cycling Town today, will in future restrict cycling in the parts of the town centre at certain times of day. The decision by Surrey County Council’s Local Committee for Woking would see designated areas of the town retaining shared use between pedestrians and cyclists while limiting … Read more
