The relative safety of cycling is a crucial factor in determining how much people cycle. Factors That Influence Bike Safety Safety in Numbers The first factor is the number of cyclists in the city. Areas with a higher density of cyclists have a lower accident rate per KM. This is why countries with high rates […]

If only the whole of New York was like Central Park. I’m currently spending two weeks in New York. All I can say is New York is a city made for the automobile. Everywhere you see six lane highways, but no room for any meaningful cycle lane. If you go to Manhatten, there are quite […]

A reader mentioned that sometimes knee pain can be allieviated by  using inserts or wedges for cycle shoes. When I visited Bike Fit a few years ago, they suggested some wedge inserts in my pedal cleats to slightly change the angle of the knee. If a leg has a habit of bending inwards  or outwards, […]

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” – Douglas Bader A few weeks back I was driving through Oxford around the train station. In this part of the town there are a preponderance of traffic lights. Almost every 100 yards there is another set of traffic lights. Due to […]

The good life I fear a report by an EU commissioner to phase out ‘petrol and diesel’ cars in city centres, could become as infamous as the EU’s plan to ban the bendy banana (never actually proposed) or ban the good old British sausage (because it only contained 20% of pigs brain rather than the […]