road.cc) Near miss of the day 28: Driver turns across cyclist at speed Alex Bowden August 19 2017 Today’s near miss sees a white Audi overtake at speed on a 30mph dual carriageway before turning left from the outside lane, narrowly avoiding a collision with a cyclist. Although the footage was brought to their attention,… [Read More]

road cc) Campaigners say London’s Nine Elms cycling proposals are “woeful” Alex Bowden August 18 2017 London Cycling Campaign (LCC) has strongly criticised Transport for London (TfL) proposals for Nine Elms and Battersea Park Road, saying they fall some way short of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s ambition to make London a ‘byword for cycling around… [Read More]

London Cyclist) From Portreath to Devoran – Coast to Coast Cycle Andreas on 14/08/2017 in Break out of London At just 11 miles long, the Mineral Tramways Coast to Coast is one of the shortest coast to coast rides you can do in the UK. Almost the entire route is traffic free. Over the summer… [Read More]

huck) Inside the fearless bike movement tearing up London It’s a bright summer day in central London and a swarm of tourists are snapping selfies overlooking the River Thames. Out of nowhere, hundreds of teenage boys on bikes flood onto London Bridge from the south. Spreading out across all lanes, they block traffic and throw… [Read More]

Scandinavian Traveler) Best biking cities Nature & Outdoor, Sports & Adventure, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin Copenhagen and Amsterdam rank among the best cities for cyclists in the world – with Berlin not far behind. The Danish capital is even home to cycling ambassadors who persuade decision makers around the world to prioritize bikes over cars. Cenneth… [Read More]

DeSmog UK) Climate Science Denial Group GWPF Admits It Used False Temperature Graph By Kyla Mandel • Monday, August 14, 2017 – 02:50 The climate science denying group the Global Warming Policy Foundation has admitted that it shared an “erroneous” temperature dataset to support Lord Lawson’s false claims to the BBC last week that global… [Read More]

BikeRadar) How can we ruin things for bike thieves? Oli Woodman August 18, 2017 3:00am GMT Right now, it seems to me that bike thieves have got it way too easy. I mean, how is it that one can steal a bicycle and within minutes have it stripped into parts that even the bike’s manufacturer… [Read More]

DeSmog UK) Climate Change is Triple Risk to Europe By Guest • Tuesday, August 15, 2017 – 00:00 New studies confirm climate change’s triple risk to Europe. The heat is on, lives are at risk and the floods are arriving earlier, writes Tim Radford at Climate News Network. Researchers have just issued three separate climate… [Read More]

The Ranty Highwayman)  Double discrimination The quality is variable (often because of the width we have to play with) and we get the inevitable concern about how we slow cyclists down. I make that comment with my tongue in my cheek, because we have to think about the context. If we have a link/route (path,… [Read More]