There are many reasons why myself and other cyclists upload footage to youtube but what is often not thought about is the damages such videos can do for cycling? Many of the cyclists that upload videos are doing a vast amount of cycling each year, several thousand miles. A small minority of drivers will cause… More How uploading cycling videos damages cycling
The Mayor, Boris Johnson, announced yesterday that £4,000,000 would be spread across the 13 cycling boroughs of London that he had named in 2010. Those boroughs are Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Havering:, Redbridge, Brent, Ealing, Haringey, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston and Merton. Croydon will be receiving the largest amount of money, £450,500 which should go… More Croydon – A cycling Borough
This is a response to David Hembrow’s post ‘Delays at traffic light controlled crossings’ Crossing roads in the UK as a pedestrian or as a cyclist is generally a pain! The roads really are aimed at the traffic traveling along it. Pedestrians are often forced to wait a substantial amount of time after they have… More Delays at crossings in the United Kingdom
On Friday the 15th of April the AA (Automobile Association) gave out 5,000 branded helmets and 5,000 branded high visibility vests to cyclists in London. The cycling community was outraged by this and watching the twitter comments was quite funny. Especially afterI had already tweeted this the following day to the AA President, Edmund King. why… More The AA Blunder!
Today, the 30th of March, is the day of action in London to try to get rid of lethal lorries from London’s streets. This date has been in place for several months and it is unfortunate that in the past week 2 cyclists and a pedestrian have been killed by such lorries on London’s roads.… More No More Lethal Lorries!