Balancing gets a cyclist off!
My friend in San Francisco has a friend who is clever at balancing on his bicycle whilst it is stationary. He was performing this trick whilst waiting at a stop […]
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RBC Winter Report 2019
No meetings with the Council have taken place since the last Cycle Forum on 19 March, though at the time of writing, the ‘quarterly’ Cycle Forum is due to meet […]
Continue ReadingSeptember 2019 Newsletter
The September 2019 RCC newsletter pdf is now downloadable from the Newsletters page, or you can click on each article to read them separately. In this issue we talk about: […]
Continue ReadingReading Station Bike Rack Warning
We have had a report of bike thefts from the two-tier cycle racks on the north side of Reading Station. It seems that thieves are able to remove the whole […]
Continue ReadingEvents: Reading Town Meal
As usual, RCC will be holding a stall at the Reading Town Meal on Saturday 28 September, 11am to 3pm at Forbury Gardens. This community based event, held since 2011, […]
Continue ReadingRBC Autumn Report 2019
No meetings with the Council have taken place since the last Cycle Forum on 19 March, the Traffic Management Sub-Committee that RCC attended and the workshop meeting for the Local […]
Continue ReadingExtra RBC Autumn Report 2019
Funding Local Cycle Infrastructure Plans Cycling UK recently ran a campaign to ask the new Transport Secretary to commit funding to Local Authorities’ Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs). […]
Continue ReadingChairman’s Letter, September 2019
Dear RCC members, I have been coerced into doing a challenging bike ride in September, so in preparation I have to do the time honoured thing, and get some miles […]
Continue ReadingHow To Design Cycle Lanes Correctly
It is not possible to argue in favour of safe, segregated cycle lanes without detailing how they should be installed correctly. Because only when lanes are installed correctly will they […]
Continue ReadingGetting Reading on Two Wheels
I open with a confession: I am not a cyclist, or at least I don’t think I am. In Dutch terms I am definitely a fietster, not a wielrenner. I […]
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