Where once new home owners were considering close proximity to travel links such as tube stations and over ground stations, with more and more journeys being made by bike in London it appears that prospective home owners are now factoring in the nearest cycle path and bike shed before making that all important decision.A report … Read more
As if you didn’t have enough choices for a perch on your shiny road bike, today the job of choosing a new one got ever so slightly harder. Ritchey, a firm favourite with many manufacturers for their well finished bike finishing kit have announced a new Carbon Streem saddle and a new model, the Biomax.The … Read more
Jonny Bellis, the up-and-coming British cyclist critically injured in a scooter accident in Italy last month is “doing really well” according to British Cycling, and is now communicating with the aid of a whiteboard and could be flown back to London soon.The 21-year-old Manxman, who has just finished his first year with Saxo Bank, had … Read more
Lord Adonis announced today the creation of the Cycle to Work Guarantee scheme which challenges employers to be more cycle friendly in their approach to office life. The Guarantee scheme looks to build upon the success of the Cycle to Work initiative which allows company employees to get a bike through their employer, saving on … Read more
With the wonderful weather that we enjoyed over summer and winter looming on the horizon these waterproof panniers from Agu will be just the ticket for keeping your kit nice and dry, whether you are commuting or on tour.At five pence short of £120 these are pretty serious panniers, comparable with the best that Ortlieb … Read more
Tonight I cycled home with a neighbour, as she got to her bike she discovered that another cyclist had locked her bike with his own lock and had gone off shopping!The strangest thing is that he totally failed to lock his own bike!Random. Luckily the cyclist returned quickly and unlocked my friends bike without so … Read more
Interesting Dutch ad for VW, wonder if we’ll see it over here? I’m sure we will… and I wonder what it says about how the world views people on bikes? Cool enough to sell cars, in Holland anyway
It’s not a road bike, but you may have seen it anyway and it would be good to get it back to its rightful owners. The bike in question is a Pronghorn PR6 trail bike 19″ (that’s the actual bike in the picture) which was stolen from Dees Cycles in Amersham on the 27th October at … Read more
Following the success of the CTC’s Workplace Cycle Challenges in Swindon, Colchester, Darlington, Somerset, Woking and Wolverhampton, the CTC has announced that it will be expanding this behavioural change programme to even more areas.As the Government this week announces its Cycle to Work Guarantee, CTC will be utilising its cycle commuting expertise to work with … Read more
A school in East Lancashire that used to discourage cycling has unveiled plans for a cycle lane outside the building. St Christopher’s CE High School, in Accrington, has also started cycling proficiency tests and PE lessons where pupils are taught how to ride bikes as it tries to encourage pupils to cycle to school. The … Read more
