Manchester, first city to get a Brompton Dock hire facilty
GMCC campaigner Vincent Walsh reports on the city’s most compact hire scheme
Cycling cultures/cycling politics: 1950s-2011
Dave Barker writes about riding through the time of car. His thoughts and insights take us from cycling clubs in the 1950s through to 2010/11.
Free bike checks at GM fire stations, March 2012
As part of a Cycle Commuter Programme, TfGM are offering free bike health checks in March across Greater Manchester.
20 is Plenty for Manchester residential streets
Manchester City Council is considering the feasibility of a speed limit of 20mph in all non-major residential roads in Manchester to reduce accidents and fatalities
Cycle trips and Government casualty statistics 2010
Statistics show a person is more likely to be killed in a mile of walking than a mile of cycling
Cycling minister target of media helmet hype
Cycling minister fails to wear helmet and inadvertently causes a media storm. How much protection does a helmet offer? The Cyclists Touring Club responds with a balanced proportionate view.
More Stagecoach workers cycle to new depot
Stagecoach has increased cycling to work amongst its employees since its relocation away from Princess Road to Wythenshawe. Installing cycle lockers at its new Sharston depot will have helped encourage this. Cycling bus drivers can only be a good thing.
Ernie Buck’s world cycle tour
Alex Bailey interviews Manchester based cyclist Ernie Buck about his world tour by bicycle. AB Thanks for pointing me towards your website www.thebuckstop.net for some background information about your world cycle tour. I think it’s important that people hear about achievements such as yours so I’m glad that you agreed to do an interview. Tours […]
David Cameron’s bike stolen
We very much suspect that you will already have heard about this, but if not read this and this. In addition to the benefit of having the seriousness of cycle theft being raised in the consciousness of a potential future Prime Minister, there are some points to note. We all need to make sure that […]
Cycle Campaign Network re-launch meeting
2008 meeting re-establishes the Cycling Campaign Network as an organisation to ‘Empower, support and coordinate’ the 60 cycle campaigns who are members.
