Closing the Arch — any day now

Peckham Arch, gateway to the rest of the world, is going to shut. Soon. No one knows exactly when. But soon. In situations like this it’s best to Be Prepared. … Read More

No Close Pass

It started in the West Midlands and spread. The Met weren’t impressed but then borough police did it in Camden. Upstaged by Midlands and borough police the Met Cycle Cops … Read More

Secret Try and Ride Scheme (rush quietly)

Southwark has quietly introduced a Try and Ride or Hire and Ride scheme. Choice of four bikes and lots of goodies. For your £12 you get what Southwark reckons … Read More

Rotherhithe aka Brunel bike and foot bridge

This is the open version of London’s first proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge. Most of the time we hope it will be close to allow thousands of cyclists and walkers … Read More

New cycle hangars coming

Aren’t these beautiful? Would you like one near you? Southwark is proposing 64 new hangars just like these – if you have one near you then please support them at … Read More

Cycle to Work Day Special — with prizes!!!

 I should confess straight away that I don’t know what the prizes will be. (The discerning will have noticed that the pictures doesn’t give anything away). But while we haven’t (yet) … Read More

Surrey Canal Path: alternative routes

Surrey Canal Path is shut for a while for strengthening works to the bridge on Peckham Hill Street/ Willowbrook Way. Quite a lot of cyclists already leave the path here … Read More

Cycling Without Age

Cycling Without Age started in Denmark (like many good things) and the picture probably shows the sea because it’s visible from nearly everywhere in Denmark (exaggeration, please don’t write in).

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Bike Train Survey: results

The results are in: what do riders and maybe-riders think of the Bike Train. Everyone who had done the Bike Train and responded to the survey had done it independently … Read More

Champions!

All right then. The award didn’t quite look like that. In fact it looked like this (see below). All Bike Trainers will recognise Andy (the one on the left) with … Read More