Wannabe spies and eight-year-olds will be queueing up at next week’s Cycle Show in Earl’s Court, for a glimpse of this ‘Bond bike‘ (clumsily, it stands for Built of Notorious Deterrents). Some insurance firm (whose name we’ll obscure in the fine tradition of spies and …
Cycle Superhighway Local cyclist Down and Out has been kind enough to share this first photo of the Cycle Superhighway, now guiding bicycle users past Tooting Bec Station. Opinions remain divided on the value of these changes – we’ll be keeping an eye on this …
London Skyride, the annual mass bike ride around London, Sunday 20 September 2009. We filmed the view from Hungerford Bridge, soundtrack provided by the disco bike that got everyone whooping and ringing their bells. Thousands of people took part and there was much happy traffic-free …
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 …
As tired commuters make the switch from London’s tubes and buses to shiny new bicycles they may find there is not much to choose from in the bike shops. Bike manufacturers across Europe are struggling to keep up with demand. Yet, this rise in cycling …
Mark the start of National Bike Week by heading down to Blackheath over the weekend for the Bike and Kite Festival. Gawp at stunt bike team MAD and let your kids learn some tricks of their own. Examine vintage bikes and check out more modern …
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 …
If you’re born with the proverbial silver soup-eating utensil in your gob, yet your aspirations include running a country with a long-standing disdain towards the average toff, how can you relate to the lumpenproletariat? Maybe by showing that you suffer from the same troubles they …
Shlepp along past the Wapping Project in E1 and you can’t fail to notice that something is afoot. Yellow umbrellas hang from a tree, as if a gaggle of Mary Poppins had become ensnared in the branches. Nearby a column of Dan Flavin-like yellow fluorescents …
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 …
Local trader Mike Weedon has proposed new toilets to be built in the trendy bar and club-filled area of Islington. The proposal has been taken seriously by Islington Council as imore public conveniences should be available … but not if they’re named after Joe Orton. …
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