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Saw this and started to wonder what others thought of the idea? Children to be banned from cycling to school without number plates Children have been told they will be banned from cycling to their south London school if they do not put number plates on their bikes. Teachers at Stanley Park...

Evans Cycles seeks buyer after failing to mount rescue bid Problems come amid a shake out across the high street due to tough trading conditions The bike shop chain Evans Cycles is urgently seeking a buyer as the retailer battles to survive amid tough high street trading conditions, including...

It would be a bit of a shock to be driving along a dual-carriageway at 70 mph and have a bicycle overtake you - especially one that is not an s-pedelec or any other type of ebike. I have always thought of mile-a-minute-Murphy as pretty incredible - and the aim here is a 50% faster run than he...

In our stupendously long brexit thread, one non-European person keeps cropping up in various ways. Trump's odd behaviour seems to go beyond the more usual variations that we all exhibit. Which made me, and no doubt millions of others, start wondering why. The Guardian published a tangentially...

Man arrested after woman hurt in London e-bike collision Female victim, 56, suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by electric bike in Dalston Damien Gayle Thu 30 Aug 2018 09.49 BST Last modified on Thu 30 Aug 2018 10.52 BST A man has been arrested after a hit-and-run collision...

Close Pass: Cardiff drivers warned give cyclists more room Police are getting on their bikes to catch drivers who pass dangerously close to cyclists as they overtake them. Six motorists - including one lorry driver - were stopped and given information on overtaking safely, in the pilot of a...

Met police hunt 'stolen car' driver who nearly crashed into cyclists Footage shows car heading down south London pavement as driver threatens cyclists Police are hunting for a man who was filmed appearing to drive a car along a pavement towards cyclists, telling them the vehicle was stolen...

Geraint Thomas seals maiden Tour de France title with Paris procession • Welshman secures title in another win for Team Sky • Alexander Kristoff wins final sprint on Champs Élysées Sean Ingle in Paris @seaningle Sun 29 Jul 2018 18.12 BST Last modified on Sun 29 Jul 2018 21.32 BST How...

Cheap material could radically improve battery charging speed, say scientists Discovery could accelerate adoption of electric cars and solar energy, as well as helping to recharge your smartphone in minutes...

We have gone from zero bikes last year to two ebikes now. Of course, we could have chosen folders but we didn't. So now we are considering how to transport them. Our current cars are unsuitable - have done the reading up and found both have issues. I could change my car and might do so. Any...

HS2 accused of breaching cycle crossing commitments along high speed route Government-owned company has back-pedalled on its pledge to cycle-proof the line, say campaigners, locking out cyclists for generations to come Laura Laker A sign for a current cycle way along the HS2 route through...

Cyclist falls into drawbridge gap Newly-released footage shows the woman going through barriers before the incident in Wisconsin on 4 July. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-44865790/cyclist-falls-into-drawbridge-gap or...

Just dealing with a bike which has a flat tyre. First thing I realise (other than I had never removed a hub rear wheel before and needed to find a YouTube video) was that the valve stem has no nut on it. Thinking I must be bonkers, I checked the front wheel. Exactly the same. So I checked my...

Carrera Crosscity Electric Bike https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/electric-bikes/carrera-crosscity-electric-bike Happened to pop into Halfords this evening and saw the above ebike. Hardly going to set the world alight. But the thing that got me was the incredibly small distance between...

Just replaced the rear brake pads on my bike - worn right down. This was something of an emergency as I had not realised that they were so worn. When I noticed poor braking and odd noises, I checked both front and rear. Front, I'd guess, about 1.5mm left. My usual routes have quite a bit of slow...

A few months ago I posted that I had bought some fairly inexpensive over-glasses - £12.50 - primarily for cycling. Now we have had some sun, thought an update might help? The ones I bought were from Amazon ASIN: B00ABGN40G I find they work very well. They do not dramatically affect the colour...

UK cycling is worth more than the steel industry – where's the strategy? Carlton Reid A new report argues we’d all benefit if the government started taking the cycle industry seriously https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/jun/16/uk-cycling-steel-industry-strategy Have to...

Why are there so very few ebikes with in-hub gears that also have disc brakes? Looking at model after model, you can often see the derailleur version has disc brakes, but the in-hub gear version doesn't. There are, for example, Nexus gears which are suited to disc brakes. Am I just a bit...

A very unpleasant story. Why would anyone do this: Swansea cyclist catapulted from bike by string A cyclist was thrown from his bike after riding into a piece of string tied at neck height across a Swansea cycle path. David Stacey suffered head injuries and spent a night in Morriston Hospital...

Was somewhat surprised to see this article in today's online Guardian. Possibly even more surprised at the sheer number of comments of which many are very appreciative. In my view, well worth a read. 10 weird and wonderful derailleurs – and how they changed cycling Cycling Bike blog...