If you’ve ever taught a tot to ride a bike then you’ll know that once they get up to speed they’re usually fine, at least so far as balance goes. Get those wheels spinning and the gyroscopic effect is working to keep the bike upright. But at slow speeds – and that’s where we all … Read more
If you think it’s bad on the mountain slopes of a major tour these days then take a look at this amazing clip of the 1974 Giro with José Manuel Fuente riding away from Eddy Merckx to a summit finish at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. It’s unbridled carnage: unsurfaced sections, sub-zero temperatures, outriders running … Read more
Achieving sharp reductions in London’s transport emissions – up to 60% by 2025, 80% by 2050 – is possible according to a major study led by Halcrow and the University of Oxford. But it would require a comprehensive, multi-strand policy approach. Using a bespoke, city-based transport emission simulation model, the study demonstrates the impact of … Read more
I’m not overly keen on sticker sets and costing close to a tenner, Respro’s Urban range seem extravagant. However, these Scotchlite decals provide welcome additional security on flat surfaces like wide section mudguards, rack-platforms and hard shell panniers. They’re also a very clever way of getting round the perception amongst teenage and younger riders that … Read more
It’s fair to say we started quite late, over half an hour to be honest, maybe even the full 60 minutes, thanks to some professional fafflage, but we could catch the group ride we should have been on, easy. Our steady pace would soon overhaul their migrating-herd big-group progress with their polite stopping and waiting-at-the-top. … Read more
A local tenants and residents association in Islington have installed speed bumps for cyclists after becoming fed up with speeding cyclists rampaging down one road. They have laid 14 bumps on the no-car backstreet after a catalogue of complaints about cyclists careering down the road.The yellow and black plastic speed bumps were installed over the … Read more
There was plenty of jostling for the minor podium places in the men’s time trial at the World Championships today, but at the head of the field it was all about Fabian Cancellara. Right from the off he looked quicker and more committed than the rest of the field and his margin of victory only … Read more
Cambridgeshire County Council is close to agreeing a bid for £500M from the government’s Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) to improve transport links in the city and stop congestion bringing it to a grinding halt. The move comes on the back of a report presented to Cambridge County Council by an independent transport commission which backed … Read more
New measures from the Ministry of Justice will make it easier for personal injury victims from road accidents to receive payouts. The new system from the Government also means people claiming compensation after road accident injuries will not have to wait years for their money either.Under the amended process, those making a claim between £1,000 … Read more
The UCI, cycling’s governing body, has made a decision to phase out the use of two-way radios in professional racing, stating that use of the radios ‘distorts the nature of cycle sport’. There’s already a ban up to the U23 category and the UCI will be announcing a calendar for rolling this out to the … Read more
