Amsterdam's first ever cycling café opens its doors
Every café in Amsterdam is a cycling café – many, if not most, of the customers will arrive by bike, after all. But it’s only now that the city’s first ever 'cycling café' in the sense we in the UK...
View ArticleSafe cycling campaigner has her flowers 'decapitated'
A cycling campaigner who was regularly abused by anti-cycling groups woke up to discover all the flowers in her garden had been 'decapitated'.Broadcaster Jeremy Vine, who lives in Chiswick near...
View ArticleCyclists to be banned from cycling through Windsor and Maidenhead high streets
New rules have been brought in to prevent cyclists riding through Windsor and Maidenhead High Streets.Riders will soon be banned from riding through pedestrianised zones in King Street and High Street,...
View ArticleCyclist fined after attaching petrol engine to bike to help him ride up steep...
A cyclist has been fined after he attached a petrol engine to his bike to help him get up steep hills. Lee Middleton, 37, admitted to using a motor vehicle without insurance, driving a vehicle without...
View ArticleLincolnshire cyclist kicked off bike by moped rider
A Lincolnshire cyclist has warned others to be on their guard after he was kicked off his bike by a moped rider.The incident happened at around 4.30pm on Saturday as Jose Martinez was riding his bike...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 578: Pinch point close pass (includes swearing)
The first section of London’s Cycleway 4 opened last September, running 3.4 kilometres from Tower Bridge to Rotherhithe – but today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows what cyclists...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 579: Bus driver overtakes cyclist into oncoming traffic...
The incident shown in today's Near Miss of the Day video resulted in action being taken against a bus driver who overtook a cyclist despite oncoming traffic, even though licence plate details could not...
View ArticleGlasgow “pensioners” admit laying traps for cyclists in park
A pair of dog-walking “pensioners” caught placing obstacles across a trail in Glasgow freely admitted when challenged that they “didn’t want cyclists in the park.”Alex Osborne, who runs the Acorn...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 580: "Super close pass at speed"
The registered keeper of a van which was driven past a cyclist at speed was fined in court for failing to disclose who was behind the steering wheel at the time if the incident.The YouTube user who...
View ArticleTwo appear in court charged with death of Hartlepool cyclist
Two people have appeared in court charged with causing the death by dangerous driving of a Hartlepool cyclist last year.Graham Pattison, aged 49, sustained fatal injuries following a collision between...
View ArticleMotorist ordered to pay cyclist he injured in road rage attack £2,000
A motorist has been ordered to pay £2,000 to a cyclist he put in hospital after the rider allegedly 'cut in front of him'.Scott Vandermotten, 31, claimed he 'saw red' when he attacked the cyclist who...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 581: “I really did fear for my life” – Driver nearly...
In our Near Miss of the Day series today we have what must rank as one of the closest things we've ever featured in the series – with a van driver who is overtaking a lorry coming straight towards a...
View ArticleNot-so-Near Miss of the Day 582: Bristol driver pulls out on cyclist
Now and again on our Near Miss of the Day series, we feature a video where a driver's actions has resulted in their vehicle making contact with a cyclist – and that’s what we have today in this footage...
View ArticleVideo: Texas cyclist tasered after running red light
Video has gone viral of a cyclist being tasered by police close to a university campus in Texas after the rider went through a red light – although the police department involved, described as “Campus...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 583: “I'm banging their car in panic” says cyclist who...
A cyclist in Nottinghamshire has told road.cc that he was “banging their car in panic” when a motorist made a very close pass on him, as shown in today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day feature.“I'm...
View ArticleVideo: Van passenger fires pistol at cyclists in Essex
A road.cc reader has shared footage showing the moment a passenger in a van fired a weapon – possibly an airsoft pistol, colloquially known as a BB gun – at him and two friends he was cycling with in...
View ArticleJail for thug who repeatedly punched cyclist – then friended him on Facebook
A Northamptonshire man who repeatedly punched a cyclist and put him in a chokehold, then added him as a friend on Facebook once he realised that footage of the incident would be sent to police, has...
View ArticleNHS nurse 'lost her faith in humanity' after bike theft
A nurse who had her bike stolen said the theft has caused her to 'lose her faith in humanity'. Mum of three Sara Evans said whoever had taken her bike had left her 'broken' after a 'year of hell'...
View ArticleAA President says it 'doesn't look great' van was parked in cycle lane
The president of the AA said it 'doesn't look great' after one of his company's vans was pictured parked in a cycle lane. Edmund King OBE, was responding to an image posted on social media of the...
View ArticleDeliveroo cyclists speak out about harassment
Female delivery riders have spoken out about the harassment they receive from men while trying to do their job. Bristol delivery rider Alex Ramosova, 22, said that she often wears masculine clothes...
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