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Some news that may or may not excite you – British Cycling and Sky are thrilled to announce that 1 million more people are now cycling regularly than were in 2008. Obviously more people cycling is good news; British Cycling … Continue reading →

You are a terrible journalist, so naturally enough you are struggling for something to write about. Maybe you’ve run out of things to say about your private life that might actually interest the reading public. Maybe you can’t think of … Continue reading →

In her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs observed that The more space that is provided for cars in cities, the greater becomes the need for use of cars, and hence for still more space … Continue reading →

I’d like to draw your attention to an interesting new article from Rachel Aldred which addresses one important barrier to cycling – stigma. Unfortunately the paper is not freely available, but you can read what I think is an early … Continue reading →

Slightly lost, perhaps understandably, amongst the kerfuffle over the deeply strange ‘Share the Road’ campaign endorsed (and then hastily unendorsed) by Bike Radar, was a tweet by David Arditti, who objected to the entire principle of encouraging greater ‘sharing’ (or … Continue reading →

In the UK, the bike shown in the picture above is seen as a ladies’ bike; it has a step-through frame, which is (stereotypically) assumed to accommodate a long, flowing skirt. Even some of my more enlightened bike-riding compatriots have … Continue reading →

On Saturday I made my way to Box Hill to catch a glimpse of the Olympic Road Race. Not having tickets for the ‘zig zag’ section of the course, I had decided to head to Box Hill village, where although … Continue reading →