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Are electric road bikes are dead? April 2025

Just like wool jerseys and leather helmets, electric road bikes are dead*

* Or dying, or maybe not, but in any case... Rebecca is having an existential crisis wondering whether electric road bikes are still a relevant category in the UK and beyond

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Iain Duncan Smith (parliamentary portrait) and cyclists at lights (Simon MacMichael)

Iain Duncan Smith’s anti-cycling crusade is anti-reality

George offers his opinion on an article recently penned by the former Leader of the Opposition

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No cycling (copyright Simon MacMichael)

Crazy cycling laws from around the world — no pedalling in swimming pools, no winking at women and more strange cycling customs

We scour the globe to discover some of the stranger laws governing what you can’t do when you’re on a bike

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Kansas City passes anti-harassment law to protect cyclists and pedestrians

Fines and prison sentences could be imposed

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Young and novice drivers should have to undertake 120 hours of practice, says TRL (CC licensed image by qorize:Flickr)

CTC supports calls for tougher driver testing process

120 hours of practice and a year before novice drivers allowed to go solo

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DfT set to make keeping an uninsured vehicle a criminal offence

Current law means it's illegal to drive on road without cover, but AA president says new rules will miss target

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Sustrans welcomes parking charge proposal for Richmond Park

Measure would also apply to Bushy hope, but opponents hope legislation can be held up by election

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