News Archives - Cycling

If you want to kill someone, best use a car

If you want to kill someone, the best way to do it is in a car because you are highly likely to get away with it. One of the reasons is that people are being killed by cars all the time. We tolerate a level of killing by cars that we don’t tolerate in any other area. If as many…

Merino jersey up for grabs

Merino wool is breathable, naturally anti-bacterial, lightweight and soft – qualities that make it ideally suited to cycling wear. dhb have chosen a mid-weight Merino, blended polyamide to allow for a snug fit and added a polypropylene layer on the inside of the fabric to help moisture evaporate quicker. We have a dhb merino long-sleeve jersey (size medium) worth £80 to…

Quicab: Let’s help launch the urban taxi our cities deserve

Quicab’s extraordinary and brilliant ‘taxi-bike’ has the potential to revolutionise door-to-door serviced travel in London. Everything about it suggests ‘taxi’- its appearance, the sense of being chauffeured swiftly along the urban streets, easing your journey to a critical meeting or to the station or a hotel. Or carrying parcels between offices. The revolution is the electric-assist cycle. The ‘driver’ pedals;…

Win a green clean for your bicycle

This time of year is hard on the commuter bicycle, but help is at hand with this bike cleaning kit from Green Oil. Road grime and mud contribute to the wear and tear of drivetrain and other systems on your bike so cleaning becomes a ritual that’s especially important in winter months. Helping to ensure that bike cleaning remains as…

Chris Boardman on road danger

Chris Boardman is an exceptional ambassador for active travel. Charged by Manchester to transform the city into one of the greenest in Europe, Boardman is helping to plan and build a huge network of connected cycleways, but it’s when when he presents the case for active travel to the unconverted that he impresses the most. On Question Time this week…