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The current price slashing on bikes doesn’t necessarily point to a crash — it’s a return to normality

One of the main parts of my job reviewing bikes is to keep an eye on the prices in the marketplace, following trends and keeping tabs on competition and value between the brands. After some huge bike price increases we have since seen these prices (and the world in general) return to some kind of normality after … Read more

“If the aviation or rail industry had the safety record that roads do, planes would be grounded, and trains would be stopped”: Brake road safety charity latest to respond to government’s ‘dangerous cycling’ bill

A week after the government announced that it would back an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill to introduce the offence of ‘causing death by dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling, and causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate cycling’, the road safety charity Brake has responded by calling the attention and emphasis placed on cycling … Read more

Chrome Industries Tensile Sling

The Chrome Industries Tensile Sling is a great civilian bag for holding tablet-sized extras around town. It’s versatile and functions over one shoulder or round the waist. It’s not going to keep your possessions totally dry in prolonged downpours, so it’s most at home on less adventurous trips. It has numerous different well-constructed pockets and … Read more

Newspaper highlights petition for cyclists to be banned from local road… but it’s only been signed four times; Pogačar wins FIFTH Giro stage; Cyclist feels “like a criminal” due to town centre ban; “Living nightmare” doping case + more on the live blog

“Rogue” wardens accused of “lying in wait” for cyclists riding on pavement beside busy roundabout, as two cyclists fined £100 for breaching anti-social cycling order at same spot

“Rogue” wardens working for a local council have been accused of “lying in wait” to catch cyclists riding on the pavement, after two riders were recently fined £100 for briefly mounting a footpath to avoid navigating a notoriously busy roundabout and its “thick and fast motor traffic”, a penalty described by one of the cyclists … Read more

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Removal of safety wands and dividers from cycle lane will “make it safer for all road users”, claims council – but cyclists say plan is “vindictive and insane”

Plans to remove the light segregation currently in place on a controversial cycle lane – which, despite improving conditions for pedestrians and cyclists, has been branded a “death trap” due to the earlier removal of protective wands – will “make it safer for all users”, Croydon Council has claimed.However, some local cyclists say they are … Read more

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Kona Bicycles bought back by founders, month after mass job cuts as former parent company abandoned struggling bike industry

Kona Bicycles, which just last month was in the process of winding down after a chaotic 24 hours which saw extensive job cuts and the brand’s stall swifty and ominously taken down at the Sea Otter Classic Event, has been bought back by its founders, who say the company is “returning home to its roots”.Dan … Read more