RideLondon: it’s all change as cycling festival on closed roads returns

RideLondon is back. After a Covid-enforced hiatus, the closed-roads cycling festival held its first incarnation since 2019 on Sunday, with…

The man challenging anti-cycling trolls to change their ways

“If someone deletes their comment, that’s success for me,” says Andrew Tierney. “Hopefully, that person will think about what they’re…

Has the Times declared war on cyclists?

Even in the context of the UK media’s famously curious coverage of everyday cycling, this was a surprise. Away from…

Common myths about what UK Highway Code changes will mean

There is, we are told in the Daily Mail, “fury” over changes to the Highway Code. There is “confusion” among…

How a myth about London bike lanes and congestion took off

Fairly early on Monday morning last week I got a call from a radio station: could I come on to…

The bikelash paradox: how cycle lanes enrage some but win votes

Every politician knows the word “bikelash”. From Milan to London, from Sydney to Vancouver, reallocating public space from motor vehicles…

Why aren’t more big bike firms tracking their environmental impact?

Trek, one of the world’s biggest bicycle brands, recently released its sustainability report for 2021. Remarkably, this appears to be…

Hastily abandoned low-traffic schemes could cost councils funding

Councils which rip out cycle lanes or low-traffic neighbourhoods before giving them a chance to work or without evidence they…

Bikepacking and gravel bikes: new concepts in off-road cycling, or marketing fad?

The world of leisure cycling is nothing if not inventive when it comes to ways to sell bikes and associated…

Want to turn your bicycle into an e-bike? Here’s just the gizmo

I’ve been something of a sceptic about technological bike gizmos over the years, add-ons that too often seem to represent…