A new cycle circuit in Blackpool, built with the help of funding from British Cycling and the soon-to-be-abolished Cycling England, is due to be completed by Easter as the seaside resort looks to underline its credentials as one of England’s Cycling Towns.Located in the grounds of Palatine Sports Centre and Palatine Sports College, the one-kilometre … Read more
The cyclist who filmed the Manchester road rage incident we featured yesterday has spoken about his on-going attempts to highlight poor driving standards using his helmet cam and the internet.Neil Chatterjee, a 33-year-old university researcher told the Manchester Evening News that he has filmed numerous examples of bad driving in the short period since Christmas … Read more
Former Liquigas rider Franco Pellizotti has said that he is almost certainly finished with cycling after being banned for two years by the Court of Abitration for Sport (CAS) as a result of irregularities in his biological passport, in one of two decisions announced yesterday that are widely seen as landmark rulings for the programme.The … Read more
Sustrans and the CTC are have launched an online petition in their continuing efforts to fight a bill that would make cycling with a helmet compulsory in Northern Ireland by launching a petition and presenting evidence to the committee of the NI assembly that is currently scrutinising the bill as part of the legislative process. … Read more
Matt Goss of HTC-Highroad will be celebrating with his team mates with a bottle of the local wine tonight after narrowly avoiding a crash to cross the line first in a dramatic finale to Stage 3 of Paris-Nice in the Burgundy wine-growing town of Nuit-Saint-Georges, moving into the race lead by two seconds from Vancansoleil-DCM’s … Read more
To some, a Los Angeles bike lane might sound like an oxymoron, but ABC news reports that the City of Angels has plans to build more than 1600 miles of cycling infrastructure. The city authorities have agreed a cycling master plan which will create a cycling and walking network in a metropolis where the car … Read more
It had to happen didn’t it? After all the stick I have given poor Greg Henderson, he had to produce a sprint finish to win yesterdays Paris-Nice stage.I have been quick to knock ‘Hendo’ (as he is possibly known to his friends; so not me then!!) for his inability to fulfil the role of team leader in … Read more
BMC’s Streetracer is something of a rarity these days it’s a £1600 aluminium road bike and you don’t see that many of them around any more. Carbon fibre frame technology is advancing so quickly that aluminium never really reached its full potential as a frame material before being side lined by the black stuff – … Read more
The head of Birmingham bicycle campaign Push Bikes is pressing the local council and Network Rail to take greater consideration of cyclists’ needs as the city’s New Street railway station, the busiest in the UK outside London, currently the subject of a massive redevelopment programme.Although it handles some 140,000 passengers a day, John Bennet of … Read more
Bristol City Council has defended its record as Britain’s first Cycling City, claiming it will take time to fully reap the benefits of the work carried out. Bristol received £22m from Cycling England in 2008 when it was awarded Cycling City status and set itself the ambitious target of doubling bike use in the city.But … Read more
