Cyclists report multiple muggings and thefts on London cycle route
Graffiti telling cyclists to beware of bike thieves has been daubed on the entrance to a section of a south east London cycle route following reports of robberies and muggings by “masked men” in recent...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 827: Two close passes and a screenwash shower
A driver in Devon who repeatedly made close passes on cyclists, dousing them with screenwash for good measure, has been handed two Notices of Intended Prosecution (NOIPs) by police thanks to videos...
View Article‘Dangerous cycling is not a priority,’ police force says
Anti-social or dangerous cycling “has not been flagged as a priority”, police in Hertfordshire have said, after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request found that no one has been prosecuted for...
View ArticleCyclist bitten by dog… and then abused by owner
Police in Wiltshire are looking to speak to a dog walker who unleashed a torrent of abuse at a passing cyclist – after the bike rider had pointed out that he was attacked by one of the man’s pets.The...
View ArticleThree quarters of Brits don’t expect police to bother investigating bike thefts
More than three quarters of British people reckon that the police won’t bother investigating instances of bicycle theft, a new YouGov survey has found.According to the poll, bike thefts rank top of the...
View ArticleFive-year-old boy killed after van driver knocks him off bike
A five-year-old boy has been killed in Northern Ireland after a van driver knocked him off his bike on Thursday afternoon.The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) say that the fatal crash that...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 827: Bus driver “bullies his way into a gap that was...
We’d guess most people reading this have been on the receiving end of a similar close pass – one in which a bus driver simply has to get past a cyclist, and then squeezes them into the kerb. And we...
View ArticleCyclist hurt after eggs thrown at her by car passenger
A cyclist from North Wales has told of how she fell off her bike after eggs were thrown at her by a passenger of a vehicle that was overtaking her.Megan Brown, who works as an A&E nurse, is now...
View ArticlePolice officer caught on camera telling cyclists to ride in single file to be...
A cyclist has slammed the "shocking level of ignorance" shown by a police officer who told him and other cyclists he was with to ride in single file and next to the kerb. Ironically Grahame Cooper was...
View ArticleCyclist's bike "smashed up" in illegal quad bike collision, police hunt for...
Derbyshire Police are searching for the rider of an illegal quad bike who hit a cyclist, smashing his Moda bicycle in a collision in the Peak District last month.An image shared by the county's Rural...
View ArticleHit-and-run driver moved unconscious cyclist off road before fleeing scene
A driver who collided with a cyclist — seriously injuring the woman in her 30s — then allegedly shouted at the unconscious rider before "dragging her to the side of the road" and fleeing the scene.The...
View Article"Check the Highway Code": Police officer claims cyclist shouldn't ride "in...
Over the weekend we reported how Greater Manchester Police apologised and promised all officers would be made aware of Highway Code rules after a video surfaced showing a "shocking level of ignorance"...
View ArticleRoad rage van driver who assaulted cyclist, knocking him unconscious, handed...
A van driver who chased a cyclist before knocking him unconscious in a vicious road rage attack was handed a suspended prison sentence yesterday.30-year-old Jack Rawlins, who had a previous caution for...
View ArticlePolice spring into action to find stolen bike and arrest thief within an hour...
In a week in which a survey found that three quarters of people in the UK don't expect the police to do anything about reports of bike theft, here's a heart-warming story of how officers sprang into...
View ArticleCPS drops prosecution of helmet camera cyclist who delayed traffic by seconds...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has dropped its case against a cyclist who was said to have delayed traffic by a handful of seconds as he used his helmet camera to film a driver illegally using a...
View ArticleDrivers who “used road like a race track” at speeds up to 100mph jailed after...
Two drivers whom a police officer described as using a road “like a racetrack” when one of them crashed into a cyclist who was out on a ride with his family, leaving him with a broken neck, have been...
View ArticleYet another bikejacking – this time in Blackpool
Yet another case of a cyclist being mugged for their bike, we’re afraid – this time, in Blackpool.Lancashire Constabulary have issued an appeal following the robbery on Wednesday, during which the...
View ArticleGovernment urged to end “human cost” of “dangerously lenient” driving bans...
The government has been urged to close the legal loophole which allows repeat offenders to escape driving bans, after a report by the Sentencing Council found that some courts were failing to consider...
View ArticleCyclist charged after two others hospitalised in Richmond Park crash
A cyclist is due to appear in court next month following a crash in South West London’s Richmond Park earlier this year that resulted in two other riders being taken to hospital.According to a tweet...
View ArticleAnything look familiar? Wahoo sues Zwift and JetBlack claiming new Zwift Hub...
Image, gallery or video: 2022 Wahoo Kickr Core vs Zwift Hub trainer patentSponsored: Make content not sponsored
View Article