Cycling break in Cyprus
Features
If it had been my own pool, and my own bike, I would have cycled straight in. After 30 miles of mountain biking in the Cyprus heat, the thought of diving into cool water was the only thing keeping me going. Activity holidays are all well and good, but there's nothing like having a luxury villa with pool to ease the pain after a long, hot day in the saddle.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: October 02, 2006
The loneliness of the long-distance cyclist
Features
Moods of Future Joys
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: November 06, 2006
Cycling holidays on the rise
Features
Concerns over climate change, health and fitness and the glamour of the Tour de France are driving a huge revival in cycling holidays.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: August 22, 2007
The obligatory use of cycle lanes
Features
Along the way, the bike path is interrupted several times by driveways and side streets. No rational cyclist would ever choose to use it.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: May 16, 2007
In praise of ... the National Cycle Network
Features
There are several infamous contenders for the worst use of national lottery money; but among the best is the National Cycle Network, created by the environmental transport charity Sustrans. This week it won a £50m grant, chosen by television viewers (who had to disappoint its competitors, the Eden Project, the Black Country and Sherwood Forest). The Connect2 scheme will fill gaps in a 10,000-mile national network that has converted quiet roads, canal paths and old rail lines into secure routes for walkers and cyclists. A victory against Britain's car culture, the new links overcome barriers, such as rivers and busy rail lines, that force people on to roads. There will be a new foot ferry in Blyth, Northumberland; a railway crossing in Royston, Hertfordshire; a safe route from Nantwich to Crewe; reopened old tunnels near Bath - among 75 other schemes, some large, some small, but all freeing people to travel for work or fun without having to get in the car. Sustrans, 30 years old t
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: December 16, 2007
Long weekends in Britain: Cycling in the Scillies
Features
You could hike halfway across the globe in search of platinum sands, exotic palms and crystal seas, emitting CO2 and piles of cash as you go. Or you could go to the Isles of Scilly, our own, very English, Maldives, a hop and a skip (well, 28 miles) across the sea from Land's End.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Date Published: January 24, 2009
Making cycling safer
News
Bicycle helmets seem to increase bike use and decrease injury rates.
Source: scenta
Date Published: April 18, 2007
