Read how the Cycling City team are helping Bristol achieve its target of doubling the rate of cycling by 2011.
Sorry for the London-centric post here but this one caught my eye.
Thursday's Evening Standard tells us that there are twice as many male cyclists as female cyclists in London but 10 out of 13 cycling fatalities in the capital last year involved women.
So how can women reduce that risk? ...
One of our bloggers is riding Lands End to John O' Groats in April. As a way of raising awareness of Bristol and the Cycling City award he came up with this Better By Bike cycling top.
What do you think? Should he buy it and wear it? Would you wear it?
Answers below...
Come up with your...
I was down at the Create Centre today meeting up with their new Bicycle User Group. On the way back I had a look a the tarmac being laid on the cycling contraflow lane in Cumberland Basin. Had a cheery wave from the the crew asking what I thought of their work for cyclists (looks good to me).
This...
We know that thousands of people are taking up cycling right now, and many of those people are using their bikes as a form of transport. However, there are others for whom cycling is more about sport than simply getting around, and it's not surprise that there's an increase in this...
If the idea of long distance cycling is attractive, you might be interested to know the different types of events you can do. We published a blog about sportives recently which prompted one of our regular visitors to write in and tell us about a different type of cycling event...
"Audax - the...
We know there are a good number of the worthy citizens of North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset who work in Bristol but would like the option to complete part of their journey by bike. This makes perfect sense given that bikes always win the commuter challenge with car...
This week's Venue magazine carries a somewhat controversial headline and has a feature about Cycling City and cycling in the city.
Seen it yet? We won't spoil it for you but do buy a copy, read the article and tell us what you think about the following...
Should Venue be running a controversial...
Bristol and the south west has always been an innovative place, especially when it comes to cycling. The Cube, one of Bristol's performing arts venues, recently held an innovative cycling-themed night, organised by Spoke n Chain, a local cycling promotion group.
The event featured the "...
Coming over Gaol Ferry Bridge the other day I came across one the highway maintenance crews fixing the series of potholes that had opened up right in the primary cycling position. These had been logged on CTC's Fill That Hole a few weeks previously. Sorted!
The importance of maintaining a good road...
Transport For London produced an interesting study in Aug 09 on "Cycle Journey Time Reliability". There are two interesting points of this study.
Firstly (and not surprisingly), "journey times are very consistent per rider, and far more independent of traffic conditions than larger...
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