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Pedalling Through the Dead Spot

VecchioJo is always dying for a ride

Wiggo2006

Wiggo is done

The top level road racing career of arguably Britain’s greatest ever rider will be coming to an end as he rides an elongated lap of honour around Yorkshire this weekend

Justine Thornton and Ed Miliband (CC BY 2.0 NCVO London:Flickr)

Two days of stalking Ed Miliband's partner gets Daily Mail a tour of London road "insanity"

Justine Thornton taking sensible shortcuts shock horror probe

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Richard Hallett

Filing is fun

Filing by hand is one of the joys of frame building… or it should be if you want to enjoy building frames

Back on the massage table

James was keen to try and new facility locally and to measure if it helps performance.

Pipe Wet Dreams

VecchioJo looks at lipsticks for a pig

Congestion and parking problems on Bristol's Gloucester Road (CC licensed Sam Saunders)

Simon_MacMichael

Stat attack - has cycling really doubled on a road in Bristol since 2000? We doubt it

DfT figures from 2000 and 2013 suggest big increase - but analysis of trends gives very different outcome

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Starting from scratch

Going full custom

Frank

The people you meet on a cycling holiday; some are not quite who they seem...

I like to watch

It's important to play to your strengths. Building bikes isn't one of mine.

SR series 2/4: Back to Bergholt

A 300km ride across Southern Britain. Here's how it went.

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Flanders ticked off the bucket list as dream comes true

After plenty of scares and obstacles to overcome, James gets round the Ronde.

Simon_MacMichael

Unfair Stood the Wind for France: Dominic Cox tours the battlefields - but weather scuppers pavé plans

Military history trip was meant to coincide with riding Paris-Roubaix route - but at least he made the velodrome

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#mycyclingweekend: the 400km bike swap

There's probably a simpler way to return one bike and pick up another. But it won't be this fun.

My 300km Tripster

A few tweaks to make it ready for a long old slog across Southern Britain

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David Arthur @davearthur

Video: Racing the howies Battle on the Beach

David heads to west Wales for the Battle on the Beach, and films the opening lap of beach action

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VecchioJo pedals into a grey area

Cracked it!

Taking a break from riding, the wrong way.

SR Series: 1/4

200km down, 1,300km to go.

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Do 92% of cycling fatalities happen in low light conditions? We investigate an extraordinary claim

Well, no — but where did that number come from?

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