Average Speeds of Cars and Bikes

One of the biggest motivations for transport choice is simply – which is fastest? When the train came along, you could suddenly travel from London to Bristol in four hours – rather than a couple of days travel by stage coach. No matter how much people complained about trains (and they did even in the [...]

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3393/cycling/average-speeds-of-cars-and-bikes/

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Is Addison Lee good for London cyclist?

At this stage I have to say RIP to all those who have lost there lives cycling on the UK roads at the hands of motorist. The Addison Lee debate seems to be the topic of the moment, its either the boss of Addison Lee  John Griffin is a genius or and absolute idiot. Griffin's original article had stirred up heated debate on the internet as it suggested that cyclists in London willingingly took their lives into their own hands by riding on roads. He said that cyclists should be properly trained and pay for using roads, summing up the article with "It is time for us to say to cyclists 'You want to join our gang, get trained and pay up'. I have come to the conclusion that he is a genius he is getting loads of free advertising when you think cab firm the 1st name that you will think of now will be Addison Lee. He has been in the printed press on the radio, Twitter, Facebook and now even I find my self-writing about John Griffin and Addison Lee. He is also good for cyclist and has highlighted the fact that cyclist need to stick together as we seem to be gaining more power in transport discussions in the city, we even have the London mayoral candidates fighting over or vote it is important that cycling stays free and free from the involvement of big business. It does not matter what John Griffin says about cyclist he is only a cab firm who wants to use the bus lanes and has been clever in the way he has diverted the attention of that topic and on to cycling and cyclist. What worry?s me if he get his way it would mean all cab firms and independent cab drivers will want to be able to use the bus lanes putting more cyclist in danger, a bus lane is like a secondary bike lane where as a cyclist.

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Cyclingchatcouk/~3/oLK8BsgvSg0/

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Amgen Tour, Levi Just Misses TT, Horner Keeps Lead

The winner of the last 3 Tours of California, Team RadioShack?s Levi Leipheimer, who is also the winner of its last 3 time trials in the city of Solvang, just missed his fourth victory in this year?s TT to Garmin-Cervélo?s David Zabriskie by 13 seconds. Levi looked very strong on the first parts of the [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/amgen-tour-levi-just-misses-tt-horner-keeps-lead/

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Brain concussion & collarbone fracture for Jani Brajkovic

6 July 2011 ?Team RadioShack?s Jani Brajkovic (27) suffered a race-ending injury in a day filled with more than ten crashes in Wednesday?s stage 5 of the Tour de France. Brajkovic touched wheels with another cyclist on the narrow roads of northern France and came down hard on the pavement, appearing to be momentarily knocked [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/brain-concussion-collarbone-fracture-for-jani-brajkovic/

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Boardman Elite Bikes ? FREE Retul fit with all Bikes before 30th June 2012

The best bikes deserve the best bike fit. That’s why we’re offering a FREE Bike Science Level 2 Retul bike fit worth £185 with EVERY Boardman Elite bike or frame ordered before the end of June 2012. The Boardman Elite Range of Bikes offer truly outstanding performance, world beating aerodynamics and unbeatable value. They’re available [...]

Source: http://blog.bike-science.com/2012/05/28/boardman-elite-bikes-free-retul-fit-with-all-bikes-before-30th-june-2012

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Global Inspiration

Jim Sayer from Adventure Cycling (in the middle) with Richard Weston, a co-author of a new report on the economic impact of bike tourism in Europe, and Camille Thome, secretary-general of the Departements et Regions Cyclables, a leading French advocacy group, in Nantes, France.
I'm writing just after visiting the charming city of Nantes, France, where I had the good fortune of participating in several important meetings, both for the future of bike travel and for Adventure Cycling. Chief among them were the first-ever conference on bike tourism in Europe and a gathering of the national coordinators developing EuroVelo, a network of long-distance bike routes criss-crossing Europe (similar in scope and concept to the U.S. Bicycle Route System).

I was lucky to do a presentation at the first gathering, along with Christian Haag, director of South Australia's Bike SA. Like Adventure Cycling, Bike SA is thriving and sees huge potential in developing the bike tourism market (which they estimate pumps billions of dollars into the local economy).

As if we need further proof, all we have to do is look at Europe. A new report out from English researchers projects that bike tourism generates $44 billion euros (or close to $60 billion) annually -- and that the feeling among bike tour operators there is that business is surging (whereas three years ago, they felt it was static).

The EuroVelo network, planned for completion in 2020.

As exciting for me was meeting more than 25 coordinators from countries as varied as Greece, Slovenia, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Turkey, the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg and Spain, who are building and branding 14 new continental routes as part of EuroVelo. They have ambitious plans to complete by 2020 the 70,000 kilometer network (that's similar in distance to Adventure Cycling's existing route network, though much greater than the current mileage of new official U.S. Bicycle Routes).

Many of EuroVelo's staff and national coordinators (with one American interloper!).
At the conference, I got some excellent tips on economic impact research and route development, while sharing our experience in branding bike travel. Altogether, I came away inspired and with a good feeling that, in our work here in the U.S., we're utilizing many of the same concepts and tools as Europe, albeit (right now) with significantly fewer resources.

Following Nantes, I've traveled to the heart of Rhine River country in Germany to experience for myself one of the EuroVelo routes (by bike, of course!), and the first which will be certified under a new process developed by the European Cyclists Federation. I'll have more to report on this unique project and my travels soon.

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JIM SAYER is executive director of Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/10/global-inspiration.html

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Subscribe to Cycling Plus and get a High 5 nutrition bundle worth £50!

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Source: http://magazine.bikeradar.com/2012/09/28/subscribe-to-cycling-plus-and-get-a-high-5-nutrition-bundle-worth-50/

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