Cycle-crazy children blinged their bikes with 3D flames, signatures and other motifs to celebrate the installation of their Sheffield school’s new bike shed. More than 50 youngsters piled their bikes into the new facility at Emmanuel Junior School, installed as part of the Bike It project set up by sustainable transport charity Sustrans. The children … Read more
Cricket-mad cyclist Oli Broom set off for his 14-month charity trek to the Ashes in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday – and he has already been hit for six. Having been cycling in Northern France, a bike thief has already struck.Broom’s last tweet on social networking site Twitter said: “confronted with my pretty valuable bike, an … Read more
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today outlined his vision and strategy to make London the ‘best big city on earth’, as he published three interlinked strategy documents that are now open to public consultation. And cycling is high on the agenda of the draft Mayor’s Transport Strategy, which sets out the Mayor’s vision for … Read more
My first impression was that these were really nice gloves, and when I saw you could pick them up online for a little over £5 I expected them to score 10 out 10.They’re really lightweight and soft, and the padding on the underside seems generous. They do feel pretty luxurious as the manufacturer claims!However, I … Read more
Cycle Fridays have proved such a success that two voluntary guided rides will continue to run from Wimbledon and Greenwich to central London once a week – even though the official Cycle Friday rides have ended.The rides will takes place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 8am from South Wimbledon to London Bridge, telephone Charles on 07590 077445 … Read more
The latest pictures of the London’s new Olympic velodrome released today show that work is well underway on the structural steelwork that will help form the distinct double-curved shape of the venue. The 6,000 seat velodrome will host the Olympic and Paralympic Track Cycling events in 2012. The velodrome design features a lower tier of 3,500 … Read more
Well we’re back from the show now – thanks to everyone that came and said hello, it was great to put a few faces to names. And sell some T shirts. When we weren’t sitting on our inflatable sofas drinking the wine that the Belveder girls had brought to the party there was plenty of … Read more
Twenty-five Dutch council employees from s’Hertogenbosch will pedal 400 miles from Pontypridd in South Wales back to the Netherlands to pay tribute to the soldiers who liberated their city in World War II. The cyclists will take a symbolic “liberty fire” flame back with them to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation.The cyclists will … Read more
A £1.25 million project is to turn the Peak District National Park into a haven for leisure and commuting cyclists. Cycling England has agreed to provide the cash injection as it looks to trial its innovative Cycling Towns and Cities idea in a rural location. The investment will aim to build new cycling trails around … Read more
If there was one bike that turned heads and divide opinions more than any other at the bike show it was probably Sabbath’s new top-of-the-range Titanium road machine, the Silk Emperor. It’s certainly a unique looking beast; opinion as to whether that unique look was a good or bad thing was pretty fiecely divided amongst … Read more
