Parish councillor writes to cycling club to complain about cyclists 'racing very fast downhill'; Ridge riding with Kilian Bron; Canyon’s Ultimate range gets a fresh lick of paint; "If you want respect as a cyclist, you've got to earn it" + more

Belgian national champion Dries De Bondt helping his countryman Oliver Naesen to the finish.

Naesen kan rechterbeen niet plooien na val, De Bondt duwt hem naar de finish pic.twitter.com/z51PHSNRkS

— Sporza 🚴 (@sporza_koers) September 29, 2020

Wiltshire999S reports that workers at Swindon and Cricklade Railway caught a group of children about ten-years-old riding their bikes along the tracks near Clifford’s Crossing.

They told them not to, but one came back and did it again.

Young boy caught cycling on live railway line near Swindon twice in one weekend - #Wiltshire https://t.co/hdAthev9Ci

— Wiltshire 999s (@Wiltshire999s) September 28, 2020

The heritage railway says evidence of the incidents has been sent to the police and they have suggested a PCSO get in touch to “discuss options”.

“The railway can be a dangerous place,” said a spokesperson. “It is NOT abandoned.”

There are plans for a New Brighton to Birkenhead cycle route.

Wallasey Conservatives are not in favour and are looking to crowdfund £1,000 to campaign against it.

Speaking about the proposed route earlier in the month, councillor Ian Lewis, who launched the appeal, said: “I have written to the Chief Executives of both Wirral Council and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority calling for this project to be scrapped.

“In its place should be an open and transparent consultation on how the money from the Government should be best spent, in a way that does not cause further chaos in our residential areas. Money spent quickly is rarely money spent well and this project has gone down like a lead balloon in Wallasey.

“The Cabinet need to admit they have made a mistake and go back to the drawing board.”

Wirral resident Chris Boardman’s weighed in on the matter.

Feel free to let the councillor know what you’d like your streets to look like and whether you think trying something different is a good idea. He’s even created a form for you to fill in 👇 Might want to check some of the ‘facts’ too... https://t.co/n2V6ls2vO9

— Chris Boardman (@Chris_Boardman) September 29, 2020

🚲🚲Cycleway 4 from Tower Bridge Rd to Rotherhithe is now OPEN 🚲🚲 This permanent segregated cycleway includes a complete overhaul of the Rotherhithe Roundabout, three new pedestrian crossings and 3 new Santander Cycles docking stations. @MayorofLondon @tfl pic.twitter.com/3FVaRVeyKA

— Will Norman (@willnorman) September 29, 2020

The 2022 Commonwealth Games is being hosted in Birmingham with events taking place across the West Midlands.

Cannock Chase will be hosting the mountain biking events, while the time trials will start and end in West Park in Wolverhampton.

I’m delighted to announce that the start and finish area for the Road Cycling Time Trial at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be in West Park!

This is something I championed in Parliament and local people will get to see a world class event for free in Wolverhampton. pic.twitter.com/bZpKyikKMl

— Stuart Anderson MP (@Stuart4WolvesSW) September 29, 2020

In a landslide popular vote in favour of the #bicycle, the people of #Zurich have decided to block cars from 50 km (or 7%) of the city’s streets. The referendum represents a major shift away from traffic policies that have prioritized motorists for more than 50 years. pic.twitter.com/h5kJ5vV4SP

— Sichere Velorouten für Zürich ✌️ (@Velorouten) September 27, 2020

That Kilian Bron video below is a decent enough excuse to post this again.

Remember Kilian Bron, the French mountain biker who got in trouble for riding down a dam in Australia?

It passed us by at the time, but he did a whole Tour de France video a couple of weeks back.

It was the bit on the ridge that caught our eye, but plenty more in here if you enjoy extreme vicarious anxiety.

Rather beautiful too.