Australian Paralympic champion robbed of bike at gunpoint in Rio
A Paralympic champion athlete from Australia has had her bike stolen at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro, the city where she is due to compete in her seventh Paralympic Games this summer.A physiotherapist...
View ArticleIrishman who rode through Europe and Africa has bike stolen in Namibia
An Irishman who had spent so long riding his custom-made bike that he at one point thought he would be cremated with it has been left dejected after it was stolen in Namibia. Terence O’Reilly has...
View ArticleMan tried to strangle pavement cyclist with helmet straps
A man tried to “strangle” a cyclist with his helmet straps after knocking him off his bike because the victim was cycling on the footpath.David Corcoran, a company executive, was walking near his...
View ArticlePublic supports tougher criminal driving sentences
Nine in ten people want criminal drivers who kill charged with manslaughter, according to a survey commissioned by road safety charity, Brake.The survey, launching the charity’s Roads to Justice...
View ArticleVideo: Cardiff cyclist triggers speed camera
Have you ever wondered if it’s possible for a cyclist to set off a speed camera? Well, here’s some footage from Cardiff that proves it is.Uploaded to YouTube in 2012 – and given a fresh airing on Wales...
View ArticleLance Armstrong a "doper, dealer and liar," says US government
In the latest instalment in the ongoing ‘whistleblower’ lawsuit against Lance Armstrong, government lawyers have accused the Texan of being a “doper, dealer and liar.” They say that, “no sponsor who...
View ArticleBirmingham cyclist killed as motorist overtook parked cars
A 41-year-old woman has been sentenced to a two-year community order after admitting causing the death of a cyclist by careless driving. Tammie Morrall hit and killed 21-year-old Nicky Brinton as she...
View ArticleTriathlete whose bike was nicked from roof rack runs after thief... in flip...
A Brighouse man was reduced to sprinting after a bike thief in flip flops after his Trek Madone bike was wrenched from his car’s roof rack outside his mother-in-law’s house. “If I had been wearing my...
View ArticlePolice appeal to track down cyclist suspected of assaulting Bristol motorist
Police have released a photo of a cyclist who has been accused of punching a motorist in Bristol. The incident took place at around 10am on June 8 on Winterstoke Road.According to police, a group of...
View ArticleManchester cyclist almost garrotted by booby trap
A man from Stretford has been left with severe neck injuries after cycling into a wire purposely tied between two trees at head height. Adam Hoult fell from his bike and blacked out after being caught...
View ArticleWoman arrested for stealing child's bike to go Pokémon hunting
A woman who was obsessed with the Pokémon Go game was hauled in front of the Sheriff for stealing a child’s bicycle to go Pokémon hunting.Brandi-Lyn Heidenreich, 26, was called to the Genesee County...
View ArticleBridge linking Denmark and Sweden closed as cyclists spotted on it
A bridge linking Denmark and Sweden was closed yesterday morning after four people were spotted cycling on it.Bicycles and pedestrians are banned from the 8-kilometre long Oresund Bridge which features...
View ArticleWest Yorkshire cyclist killed as motorist speeds away from police
A cyclist has been killed in West Yorkshire after a driver failed to stop when asked to do so by police officers and drove away from them at speed.The fatal incident happened at around 7.34pm yesterday...
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Driver who paralysed 72-year old cyclist fined £80
The driver of a tractor which collided with a 72-year old cyclist in January has been fined £80 by Mold Magistrates' Court.Rod Bartley, described as "one of the fittest people we knew" by his family,...
View ArticleMr Selfridge actor doors cyclist in Los Angeles
A cyclist in Los Angeles needed to have stitches in a cut in his chest after Jeremy Piven, the star of the ITV series Mr Selfridge, opened his car door without looking, causing the rider to crash.TMZ...
View ArticleManchester man jumped red light and rode on wrong side of road with...
A Manchester cyclist is to be issued with a court summons alleging dangerous cycling and careless cycling after being stopped by police while riding on the wrong side of the road across a busy junction...
View ArticleRibble give cyclist new bike to replace one stolen after crash
Lancashire-based Ribble Cycles is to give a cyclist who was seriously injured in a crash a new bicycle after his original one was stolen from the scene as he was being taken to hospital.Lee Perkins,...
View ArticlePolice hold 'dangerous' driver on suspicion of killing Sheffield cyclist
Police have arrested a man suspected of dangerous driving after a cyclist was killed in Sheffield this week.The 38-year-old man, who has still not been names, was riding on Loxley Road when he was hit...
View ArticleOutrage as police ban ALL cycling in Newport city centre
Cyclists and business owners have expressed outrage at news that cyclists are to be banned from Newport’s city centre from next month.Gwent Police have named 11 streets which cyclists are now no longer...
View ArticlePolice seek Cambridge cyclist attacking taxis with lock and chain
Police in Cambridge are seeking this man, who is suspected of vandalising taxis in the city with a bike chain and lock.Taxi drivers say the cyclist has a vendetta against them, and has damaged their...
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