Cycling UK Forum

I can't find any mention of equiping a city with segregation, for example. Well there was one in Delft, Netherlands. (Wilmink A, Hartman J. Evaluation of the Delft bicycle network plan: final summary report. Ministry of Transport and Public Works, Netherlands, 1987.). In this fairly unique case the...

The British Medical Journal carries an interesting paper about what works in promoting cycling. It is 'open access' http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c5293.full

The associated editorial is not free but I'd be pleased to email a PDF to anyone who requests. (pwward1@gmail.com)

For those of you following developments about the evidence in the helmets field you might be interersted in this. http://www.acrs.org.au/srcfiles/ACRSVol21-3-WebLR.pdf It's a theme edition of the Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety. It contains Chris Rissel's paper which caused a stir...

To add to Silver badges post: In Australia between 1988 and 1994 (Australian helmet laws 1991-92 depending on the state) head injury deaths among Australian cyclist fell by 30%, pedestrians by 38% and all road users 42% (FORS data). Cycling levels fell precipitantly during this time, but walking and...

We thought the UK had some poor cycle facilities but here is something to really chill the blood.

http://www.galwaycycling.org/july-2010- ... -the-city/

I don't want to stir up the helmet issue but if he did not have a helmet on there is a case when somebody falls off their bike for wearing a helmet also from experience of cases I saw working for the NHS for 20 years. Helmets: Another anecdote, another opinion. I work in the NHS too. My surgeries ar...

From ergle: Most cyclists, being helmet wearers, would not have an objection to a helmet law. I just wanted to correct this point. Surveys of helmet wearing over the years show a mixed picture for helmet wearing, with teenagers having a particularly low rate. Overall only 1:3 cyclists wear helmets....

Headway are a problem yes. A well organised, well funded charity with good intentions and a completely genuine belief they are on the side of 'right'. One important point to make when debating with them is that by supporting initiatives that reduce cycling many more people will end up head injured. ...

Go on ebay.

Facing the same problem 2m ago I managed to get a handmade Dave Yates audax bike for £250. I bought new wheels, chain, rear cassette and chainset. Pretty much a new bike and loads better quality than you'd normally get for amount I spent.

(XAB) Bob, that was a wonderful Churchill quote.

The RCGB stats say cyclists were much more at danger per km travelled in the 1960's than nowadays. Road casualties in all modalities peaked then and have been declining ever since, so all you oldies who remember unsupervised cycling at age 8 were at much greater risk (statistically) than the kids in...

I live in NE England and in years of cycling near here I think I've been refused once. Usually you just turn up and smile at the guard.
Booking is maybe worthwhile on longer trips with a single train operator and is often possible via web booking agents like East Coast trains.

On a small narrow country road in Northumberland this morning I see a funeral convoy approaching, 3 black Mercedes, occupants all in black suits. I have a baseball cap on I use for day long rides and as a sort of reflex I pull it off as they approach and hold it to my left breast. I've never done th...

Over several years I've had a Thorn Raven Sport Tour (26") and an XTC (26") with dropped handlebars for touring and commuting along with 700c wheeled bikes. I could not tell a difference in speed at all, my cycle computer shows pretty much identical average speeds. I never had a broken spo...

Half my family is Dutch and I go there a lot. The new bikes available now are comfortable but heavy. They tend to have 3 speed or 7 speed shimano hubs, only a few with 8, which does improve the range of gears a quite a bit. They also tend to have suspension forks, it seems few do not. The one I look...