Getting Your Bike Summer-Ready
Check your bike to make sure it is in good running order and safe to go on the road • Check the brake blocks. Make sure there is still plenty […]
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Chairman’s Letter, March 2018
Dear RCC members, It took many months of emails, phone calls and Twitter messages before I finally got to speak to a member of the Thames Valley Police road safety […]
Continue ReadingBike Kitchen Update
Many local cyclists miss the Bike Kitchen that took over Jacksons in 2014. There was no such thing as a quiet time when the doors were opened, and there was […]
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Vastern Road Roundabout Too Dangerous For Cyclists
The Vastern Road roundabout by Reading Bridge is by far the most dangerous area for cyclists in Reading. The official collision records (STATS19) show 19 cyclist casualties in three years. […]
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Caversham Walkabout
A Caversham walkabout meeting was held with Adele Barnett-Ward, who is a prospective Labour candidate for the Caversham Ward, accompanied by three cycle campaigners. Adele rides a bike slowly (she […]
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Interview with Cllr Debs Absolom
The Newsletter Editor interviewed Cllr Debs Absolom to find out more about her and what she thinks about cycling issues. You have recently become the Chair of the Traffic Management […]
Continue ReadingChairman’s Letter, December 2017
Dear RCC members, Right. I am going to start jumping red lights when riding my bike*. I have patiently sat at traffic lights waiting for them to turn green for […]
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Cycling with a club
Never Say Never! Most of us who use our bikes to go from A to B regard the weekend club cyclists as ‘lycra clad loonies’ and a different species! The […]
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Reading, Wokingham and West Berks to get an LCWIP
In 2017 the UK Government published its first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy which sets out the Government’s ambition to make walking and cycling the natural choices for shorter journeys […]
Continue ReadingRBC Cycle Forum Minutes
The RBC Cycle Forum meets quarterly and is where cycle stakeholder groups meet with RBC Councillors and transport officers. Minutes from the Cycle Forum of October 2017 can be found here.
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