London is a big city, and getting around it on public transport can be boring, time-consuming, and rather expensive when you start to add up all those £2.60 Tube fares. Generally, London is becoming a good place for cyclists, and...
It’s the question that’s been at the back of our minds ever since Katie Melua dropped the Top 5 hit that enlightened us all, so I thought it was about time I found out the story behind what the bicycle...
Like many major cities across Europe, reducing pollution and taking as many cars off of the roads and streets has been an important priority of most local governments. Paris is no exception to this. But how did this happen in...
Over the past two decades, London has transformed into a far more cycling-friendly city than it used to be. In excess of 160,000 people cycle in the capital on a daily basis. Hundreds of millions has been spent on cycling...
London is one of the great loves of my life. It’s a place where everybody and anybody belongs, and I was proud to belong there for twenty-five years. Although I no longer live there, I’ll always have a special fondness...
With its winding countryside paths, clifftop panoramas, and sweeping coastal vistas, the UK isn’t short of cycling routes. The UK government is also planning to invest heavily in cycling infrastructure, with an eye on a greener future. Cycling is certainly...
As one of the most progressive, oldest, attractive, most dense and evolved cities in the world, London offers so much to so many people. Tourists, workers, dreamers, the ambitious – all flock to the capital of England to live, to...
Bike theft sucks. Unfortunately, it’s a big problem for cyclists. During the pandemic, thieves became even more brazen. London became the hotspot for thieves looking for an easy pinch, and hundreds of cyclists in the capital found themselves the victims...
Sometimes, your destination is too far to cycle, and the best way to make the journey is with a combination of a bike and public transport. Folding bikes are allowed on most services but the rules around non-folding bikes are...
One of the greatest global trends is that of urban mobility – i.e. the way people are moving around cities is changing. The days of cities clogged with cars is dying rapidly, while case studies in the likes of the...
The naysayers always have an excuse, don’t they? Cycling lanes wouldn’t work in the UK, they tell you. If it’s not because of the wind, it’s because of the rain. Or the hills. Or the old infrastructure. Or the narrow...
Especially during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with more people averse to using public transport, there can’t have been many better times in recent memory to demand segregated bike lanes in your area. Already, it feels as though the wheels are...
If I need to find out how to get somewhere, I use Google Maps. When I’m driving, Google Maps is pretty flawless. It’s easy to use, provides me traffic updates and rarely sends me off a cliff. When I’m commuting...
It’s the second-biggest country in England after London, with more than 1 million residents. So surely there’s enough space in Birmingham for plenty of great cycle paths, bike shops and places to store your bicycle when not riding? Let’s explore…...
Thanks to its radical ‘superblocks’ scheme, cycling in Barcelona is becoming a whole lot more eco-friendly. But what are they, where did the idea come from, what has it achieved, and would benefits could it go on to bring to...
With excellent cycling facilities and almost everywhere in the region within reach in no more than half an hour, Exeter is great place to go out on your bike. But just what is it that makes the Devonshire city so...
One of the most popular cities for cycling in the UK, there are few, if any, places better in the country than Oxford to take the bike out for a spin. But what is it about Oxford that makes it...
Another hotspot in the UK for cycling, there are few better places to be out on two wheels than Edinburgh. But just what makes the Scottish capital such a popular destination for cyclists? Edinburgh Cycling Statistics Certainly, it’s undeniable that...
Back in 2008, Bristol was named the UK’s first ‘cycling city’, pledging to double the number of people on their bikes in the city within three years. So, how far has it come in the 11 years since then, and...
We’ve already looked at the pluses and minuses of Leicester as a city in which to cycle. So, how does its East Midlands neighbour, Nottingham, compare? Nottingham Cycling Statistics Well, in Toothpick‘s study showing the amount of people in each...
With hundreds of millions of pounds being put into improving cycling infrastructure in Manchester, one of Britain’s best and most beloved cities is becoming an increasingly bike-friendly region. So, just what is it like to go cycling through the city,...
Having spent much of the last three years living there as a student, it’s probably about time I wrote a ‘cycling in…’ posts about Leicester; if nothing else, to prove there’s more to it than curry houses, Walkers crisps and...
Serious money is being put into plans to make the area more bike-friendly. It could only be a matter of time before cycling in Manchester really gets going. Back in 2015, Helen Pidd, North of England editor for The Guardian,...
Having done several “Cycling in…” posts over the years on Discerning Cyclist, it came to my attention that I’ve never done one for my hometown: Liverpool. So just how does Liverpool stack up as a cycling city? Is it safe?...
November 2016 was a landmark month for Copenhagen. For the first time since records began, more bicycles journeys were recorded than cars journeys. During the month, 265,700 bicycles were recorded daily, compared to 252,600 cars. This statistic is all the...
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