During quiet moments I often find myself hatching cycling challenges; they provide me with tangible reasons to get out on my bike and train, especially during the cold winter months. “Something to aim at”, as Tom Simpson would say. Some challenges, however, seem to appear out of left-field and, no matter how ridiculous, plug away … Read more
A campaign to allow bikes on to trams in Manchester has fallen on deaf ears following a meeting of the area’s transport authority.Presently, all bicycles are banned on Manchester’s tram system, even Brompton-style folding bikes (unless they’re in a case).Campaigners including the Manchester-based Love Your Bike have objected vociferously to the on-going ban and have … Read more
A hedge has stopped a £40,000 cycle route through a Nottinghamshire town in its tracks.Residents in the town of Bingham, nine miles from Nottingham, objected to county council plans to install a route along the path between Long Acre East and Oak Avenue as part of a wider scheme.According to the Newark Advertiser, Paul Hillier, the council’s … Read more
A bold step to introduce a minimum passing distance for vehicles overtaking cyclists has been proposed in Ireland.Dublin City Council wants to make drivers pass with 1.5 metres of space as a way of improving road safety.According to the Dublin Herald, the local authority has written to Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey requesting he introduce … Read more
The organisers of this year’s Etape Caledonia have promised a ‘higher level’ of communication with local people following the ‘carpet tacks’ incident which marred 2009’s event.Event organiser Jon Hazan was speaking exclusively to road.cc following the dropping of charges against Alexander Grosset, 62, who was arrested and charged in connection with the scattering of thousands … Read more
It’s tiffin time here at road.cc towers (well, fairtrade chocolate shortbread time) so the random number generator has been duly fired up to distribute books and calendars to the masses. Said machine must have been in a particularly benign mood this afternoon, choosing as it has to bestow the prizes upon two road.cc stalwarts: long … Read more
Opposition MPs in South Australia are demanding to know how much Lance Armstrong is being paid to ride in the Tour Down Under after the cyclist endorsed Premier Mike Rann’s election campaign.Anger has been mounting since Armstrong, in Adelaide for the Tour, declared that ‘Rann is my man.’ Mr Rann’s government is refusing to say … Read more
A bid to tackle inequality between the sexes when it comes to getting out on the bike is being made by British Cycling.The organisation wants to find out why, when cycling is increasing at an unprecedented level, female participation has decreased. This trend, it says, ‘magnifies the escalating gap between male and female participation’ in the sport.In … Read more
A cycle route that began around Preston in 2004 is set to be finished by 2012 after a £1m funding windfall.The 21-mile Guild Wheel route has received a funding boost from Lancashire County Council, which put in the money from its capital budget after a project team was established to plug financial gaps.While there is … Read more
This neat little waterproof pouch from Lezyne makes it easy to keep those essential oddments in the right place.I hate going out on a ride without my spare kit but I also hate having bulging pockets. It’s not a good look, plus there’s always the chance that you might lose stuff as you rootle about … Read more
