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How To Start Cycling in London

“Spring’s here, the sun’s out… and a chap’s thoughts are turning to getting on his bike.”

A lovely day for a tea party in the park. Photo by cedickie.

The Most Dapper Bicycle Ride in the World (The Tweed Run 2010)

On Saturday afternoon, 400 cyclists donned their most Victorian apparel for the second annual Tweed Run. The ride, which supports the charity bikes4Africa, travelled 12 miles through London with participants stopping for a best moustache prize at Geo F. Trumpers a tea party in Kensington …

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Cycle Fridays

Photo by zefrog Stepping up a gear towards the realisation of the Mayor’s goal for a 400% increase in cycling by 2025, TfL today announced plans for a new initiative inviting Londoners to cycle to work on Fridays. While people are encouraged to cycle to …

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Wheely Good

Fold-up bikes are a very good thing and a blessing to commuting cyclists but even the trusty Brompton is a tad unwieldy digging into people’s thighs on the train and looking a little like a baby Transformer in mid-transform. So thank heavens for young design …

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Glorified Cycle Lane Or Superhighway?

The Newham Recorder’s excited for cyclists this week as the grim and busy A13 from Barking to Tower Hill gets designated a Cycle Superhighway, ready for May 2010. In theory, this route will give priority to cyclists and “safe, fast, direct routes to central London …

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Bike Hire Scheme To Launch in Zone 1

Boris cycling to work, his unruly hair squashed under a precariously-balanced helmet, was one of the images of last year’s mayoral election campaign. And now the self-confessed ‘peddler of pedal power’ is launching his much-trumpeted cycle-hire scheme across the zone one area. The proposed scheme …

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No Love For Folding Bikes On Trains

Here at Londonist, we haven’t been shy about our support for cycling. Getting exercise while avoiding the congestion charge or mass transit is definitely positive. But there are some who need to take mass transit in order to get into London – or have an …

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Bicycles: Easy Come, Easy Go

Londonist is a massive fan of two-wheeled transportation, especially when it comes with a gift voucher attached. Yes, the lucky residents of Islington can now give up the motor, get on the manual and be £100 richer. Or even £300 richer, for those who would …

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London On The Cheap

Advent is upon us. Hanukkah starts on Wednesday. Office parties are already everywhere. Tis the season to be jolly, jolly, jolly but we know this can be draining, emotionally and financially. Don’t let the state of your wallet throw you over the edge. We can’t …

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Rapha Roller Race

Rapha makes clothing for serious cyclists – the couriers, the racers, the hardcore fundraisers pedalling over the Andes. They are also organising one of the most unusual events we’ve had the privilege of hearing about: this Saturday is the second Rapha Roller Race Culture Clash …

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Boulevards De Westminster

It seems Ken Livingstone isn’t content with the new, faster Eurostar, but wants to make London actually resemble Paris. He is proposing pedestrianised, tree-lined streets a la the French capital and even wants to get us our own version of the famous Paris Plage, the …