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US delivery company DoorDash wants autonomous robots with 20mph top speed to use bike lanes

The American tech and food courier company says the new autonomous machines are part of a broader AI-driven delivery strategy, but would you feel safe sharing cycle lanes with them?

Wed, Oct 01, 2025 14:19
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2025 Giant Defy Advanced SL 1 – riding 3.jpg

Trump administration blocks imports of Giant bikes over forced labour allegations

US Customs moves to block imports of the bicycles manufactured in Taiwan, after investigation alleges evidence of abusive working and living conditions, debt bondage, withholding of wages, and excessive overtime

Thu, Sep 25, 2025 09:48
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Donald Trump/New York cycling infrastructure (TDKR Chicago 101 wikimedia commons/ NYCDOT Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Donald Trump cancels grants for bike lanes because they’re “hostile to motor vehicles”

US President's administration insists bike lanes go against their "priority of preserving or increasing roadway capacity for motor vehicles"

Tue, Sep 23, 2025 11:10
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2023 Yoeleo G21 DB PRO Gravel Bike – seat tube bosses.jpg

Trump tariffs led to bike sales “free fall” says Chinese brand, as US imports plunge in first half of 2025

Bicycle imports to the United States fell by 25 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2025, while China’s June shipments to the US dropped by a staggering 74 per cent

Fri, Sep 05, 2025 11:58
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Riese & Muller Superdelite Mountain riding 8.JPG

Bike brand halts US imports over Trump’s 50% steel tariff

"We need to take a few days to carefully evaluate this situation and its implications before proceeding with further steps"

Tue, Aug 26, 2025 10:52
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Orbea factory

Bike industry on hold as uncertainty around Trump’s controversial tariffs continues

Cycling groups predicted US bike industry may not recover from "devastating consequences" of Trump tariffs until end of the decade

Tue, Aug 19, 2025 11:34
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Police officer passes cyclists at 78mph in 40mph zone

“To serve and protect?” Group of cyclists “buzzed” by police car driver at 78mph in 40mph zone – as chief “pissed off” at officer’s overtake… and motorists complain about cyclists not riding single file; Tour de France hits the Mûr + more on the live blog

If you thought the Tour de France peloton was looking tired on the hills of Normandy yesterday, that’s nothing compared to Adwitiya and Ryan, as they pin on one last live blog number before the desperate sprint to the weekend…

Fri, Jul 11, 2025 09:11
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Bike shop

“Devastating consequences”: US bike industry may not recover from Trump tariffs until end of the decade, lobby group warns

"We're pretty sober about the next four to five years," admits industry group, as bike brands warn they've "never experienced a time like today", with impact of Trump's tariffs compounding post-Covid troubles

Tue, Jul 01, 2025 10:04
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Cyclist in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules cyclists don’t have to get off the road to let traffic pass, after rider fined for “impeding traffic”

Fine overturned as judges rule law stating riders should make "reasonable efforts" to avoid impeding the flow of traffic wasn't intended to force cyclists off the road

Mon, Jun 23, 2025 10:56
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road.cc Podcast episode 105

Why do we keep trying to turn cycling into other sports? Formula Fixed founder on reinventing bike racing for the TikTok generation, “trampling on tradition”, and why “big swings” are better than marginal gains

Is racing with no brakes on a tight, twisting indoor circuit the “future of cycling”? Formula Fixed founder James Grady thinks so – he talks to the road.cc Podcast about shaking up the sport and putting viewers, not riders, first

Fri, May 30, 2025 17:31
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