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Motorbikes in the bus lanes

By on 23/12/2011 in Cycling in London

On Wednesday 21st of December TfL delivered an early Christmas gift to motorbike riders announcing that they’ll now be allowed permanent access to all bus lanes on TfL’s network. The reason was quoted as the infamous: “Smoothing traffic flow” which as we’ve discovered recently, trumps all other transportation policies such as sustainability and safety. According [...]

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Are cyclists using dangerous bike lights?

By on 25/11/2011 in Cycling in London

Whilst your typical bike light is outputting around 20 Lumens of light it’s easily possible to get hold of lights that emit 1,200 Lumens or more. Needless to say this is often overkill for London’s roads but can be useful down country lanes with no other light sources. Have you ever been dazzled by bright [...]

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How would your commute into work look if the bike was never invented?

By on 18/11/2011 in Cycling in London

Say for one horrible moment you couldn’t use your bike to get into work. How would your commute look? Admittedly, my previous commute wouldn’t have been too bad. It would have been a 10 minute walk to London Bridge station, followed by a short ride on the northern line, switching over to central and getting [...]

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Cyclists turn out in force once more for the Blackfriars Bridge protest

By on 12/10/2011 in Cycling in London

London Cyclists were once again out in force tonight to protest against the changes to Blackfriars Bridge that will be detrimental to cyclists and pedestrians. TfL has decided in favour of cramming as much motorised traffic over the bridge as humanly possible in an effort to be as green and as popular as possible. It’s [...]

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Highlights from the bicycle film festival

By on 10/10/2011 in Cycling in London

The 2011 Bicycle Film Festival had the usual selection of odd, interesting and eye opening movies. I attended two showings on the Friday and Sunday evenings. On arrival on the Friday evening, the amount of bicycles outside suggested it was going to be a sold out event. There was also the Bicycle Library parked outside [...]

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Take part in either a ghost or foodie tour around Kensington and Chelsea

By on 29/09/2011 in Cycling in London

Cycling is a great way to meet new people and discover new parts of the world. That’s exactly what I did last Saturday on the BikeMinded Cake and Coffee tour. BikeMinded is the brain child of cycling enthusiast Kathryn King (pictured on the right) as part of the Kensington and Chelsea plan to expand cycling [...]

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It’s time to grab your tickets for the 2011 Bicycle Film Festival

By on 21/09/2011 in Cycling in London

Popcorn and beers are in order as this years Bicycle Film Festival is just around the corner. The Barbican is the venue and the 5th to the 9th of October are the dates you’ll need in your calendar. Fortunately, tickets are just £9.50 so you’ll not need to dig too deep to get your yearly [...]

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Follow Tour of Britain route tomorrow in London

By on 17/09/2011 in Cycling in London

At 11am tomorrow (Sunday 18th of September) the Tour of Britain is returning to central London. This is the grand finale and there’s a good chance to take a look at it along the route. The route takes in Big Ben, Trafalgar Square and the Tower of London. On the day they’ll be a time [...]

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You are TfL.. what road would you change?

By on 16/09/2011 in Cycling in London

It’s a normal day at work when suddenly a new message pops up in your inbox: “Congratulations on your new job as head of TfL!”. Reading the email you are excited. Not only do you have a fat new pay check to look forward to every month but your first task in office is to [...]

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Cycling loop of Regents Park & Richmond Park

By on 09/09/2011 in Cycling in London

Last week I launched a competition to see how long it takes someone to do a loop of Regents Park. This was later extended to Richmond Park after complaints the competition was too hard to enter (more on that below). We had plenty of excellent entries and some incredible times. The average was around nine [...]

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How long does it take you to do a loop of Regents Park or Richmond Park? (£500 gift card up for grabs)

By on 02/09/2011 in Cycling in London

Update: I’m opening this up to Richmond Park too after feedback in the comments and to make it easier for people to enter. When the Trek Madison 3.1 road bike first arrived at my house I set my sights on Regents Park. I wanted to do a loop of the outer circle to see how [...]

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What is it like to cycle in London on a road bike?

By on 02/09/2011 in Cycling in London

We’ve looked at some of the best value for money road bikes, great road cycling routes near London and why you may want a road bike. A couple of commenters have asked about what it is like to ride a road bike around London. As I’ve been testing the Trek Madone 3.1 this would be [...]

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