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Jan-Willem van Schip wild aero bike set-up at Tour of Holland

“What a horrible-looking bike… love it!”: Cycling world loses its mind over Jan-Willem van Schip’s latest bonkers aero set-up; Pidcock back on Pinarello?; Police face mounting pressure over controversial bike theft policy + more on the live blog

It's been a while but Dan Alexander has wrestled the live blog spot off Ryan and is raring to go with another round-up of all the news, reaction, silliness and more from the world of cycling this Thursday

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Metrolink tram in Manchester (licensed CC BY 2.0 DEED on Flickr by Daniel)

“Volunteer” cyclists to be invited for trial allowing bikes on Manchester trams, as councillors express “serious concerns” about safety

“Safety is the top of everyone’s concern on this… We have to do this safely if we are ever going to do it at all”

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Andy Burnham Bee Bikes Manchester (Andy Burnham/Twitter)

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham defends plans for a new segregated cycle path, saying drivers currently dominate the roads

“The world where drivers dominate and cars have got all the road – we just can’t be in that world anymore because life is changing”

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TfGM Bee Network bikes (picture via TfGM)

Recovery plan for Greater Manchester’s Bee Network hire scheme gets more bikes on the streets

Scheme has been plagued by bicycle theft and vandalism and is “victim of its own success” according to Mayor Andy Burnham

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham (screenshot)

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham blasted after claiming there is a “growing debate” about compulsory hi-viz for cyclists

Twitter users react as he also insists that giving more road space to cyclists means they have greater obligations

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Barlow Moor Road, Chorlton (via StreetView).jpg

Andy Burnham accuses Boris Johnson of “playing dishonest politics” over Greater Manchester Clean Air Zone plans

Burnham also called for clarity regarding the government’s plans for low emissions zones, after the Prime Minister said “it is totally wrong to impose measures thoughtlessly”

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Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham (screenshot)

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham under fire after calling for Highway Code changes to be paused

Active travel campaigners brand comments “ill-judged & sadly ill-informed”

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Andy Burnham Bee Bikes Manchester (Andy Burnham/Twitter)

Andy Burnham urges residents to not chuck hire bikes in canals

Burnham said he hoped the city's latest fleet of hire bikes would not end up in the canal

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Princess Parkway (via StreetView)

Andy Burnham says Greater Manchester £21.5m cycling bid is ‘work in progress’ in response to city council’s resistance to pop-up bike lanes

Still unclear how other boroughs’ plans will join up in the centre

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Boris Johnson (picture credit TfL).jpg

Boris Johnson tells UK mayors that far more commuters will need to cycle when nation begins to emerge from lockdown

With public transport capacity greatly reduced, PM fears cities’ roads could grind to a halt

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