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Cycling UK’s round-up of recent campaigning news
June is always a busy month in the world of cycling, with the energy from Bike Week at the start of the month powering us through. Of course, this June has been very different from usual, and that is in no small measure due to the tectonic…
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E-cargo bikes are cleaner, greener, and often quicker than vans. Antony De Heveningham, transport consultant and one of the directors of Cargodale, considers their uses
It was April 2020, as the UK’s first lockdown was starting, I had an excited phone call from my friend…
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Cycling UK is working with national trails officers and landowners to create a fully rideable North Downs Way. Cycling UK Senior Campaigns and Communications officer Sam Jones led the inaugural ride.
Breathing raggedly, sweat in my eyes, I hurriedly snap a shot of my companions as they…
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Cycling UK group Queers on Wheels was formed in 2021 by a small group of friends with a passion for the outdoors and long distance cycling. With June being Pride month, founder member Santi Suarez explains who they are and why there is a need for a group like theirs
Finding a safe…
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Last summer, Jo Gibson and three companions circumnavigated the Mont Blanc massif by mountain bike. There were ups and downs…
"We’re riding the Tour du Mont Blanc" I told the table of mountain bikers over lunch with our skills instructor. "It’s a 120-mile loop around the Mont Blanc…
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It was not until we were in Tuscany, cycling amongst the vines on the crushed white limestone of a strada bianca, that I realised the double meaning of this tour’s appellation.
These white roads have been used by generations of Tuscan farmers, tending their vineyards and to transport their…
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A child trailer can tackle more than the trip to the nursery. Ed and Marion Shoote used theirs for a trip through Slovakia’s Tatra Mountains
Where: Poland and Slovakia. Start/finish: Zakopane, southern Poland. Distance: 240km.
In a forest feathered with autumn colour,…
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Less mess, less maintenance: belt drives make utility bikes more convenient for riding about town. Cycle magazine editor Dan Joyce tests an ARCC Abington and a Trek District 4 Equipped
The chain drive has reigned supreme for most of the bicycle’s history and doesn…
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If hills, headwinds, or pannier hauling are too hard, your bike needs lower gears. Cycle magazine’s technical editor Richard Hallett assesses your options
The virtues of a really low bottom gear ratio have long been appreciated by touring cyclists in particular, and cyclists wanting an…
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Many cyclists are fond of collecting things. From whole bikes, to vintage jerseys, to badges and more. Cycling UK member, Roland Seber tells us how an accidental find nearly became an obsession.
We try and fight it, but I reckon there is a collector in all of us.
We often feel a little shy…
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