Reading Cycle Campaign

Getting Reading on Two Wheels

31 August 2019AliceLeave a Comment

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 […]

Stopping and Starting Cycling

31 August 2019Alice1 Comment

After recently acquiring an electric bicycle (which I’ve sort of fallen in love with), I’ve started cycling frequently on my own in Reading. My previous cycling experience is either rather […]

Puttenham Camping Barn

31 August 2019AliceLeave a Comment

Surrey offers some beautiful cycling routes on quiet lanes and tracks with great pubs and tea stops, and with a train network this means you don’t need to take your […]

My experience of Vastern Road Roundabout

31 August 2019AliceLeave a Comment

I have the deep joy of using this roundabout several times a week, so I was very interested to see the Council remarking the faded lines as a first step […]

Critical Mass

31 August 2019AliceLeave a Comment

After a long absence from Reading the spontaneous mass bike ride around the town has returned. The ride starts from the Forbury Lion shortly after 7pm on the first Friday […]

Cargo Bikes

31 August 2019AliceLeave a Comment

There has, over the last few years, been a resurgence in using cargo bikes. I have been using one for well over ten years, but it wasn’t a new idea […]

Adrian Lawson, our Chairman, with co-author Geoff Sawers, has published a new book: More information here: https://tworiverspress.com/2019/06/06/launch-for-rural-reading/ The book launch will be on Saturday 22 June, 12noon at North end […]

Reading Cycle Festival

5 June 2019AliceLeave a Comment

Sunday 9th June 12-4pm Christchurch Meadow Come along and celebrate the start of Bike Week with this fun event taking place for the first time in Reading https://avanticycling.co.uk/festival/ Reading Bike Kitchen […]

Poor signage for cyclists gallery

1 June 2019AliceLeave a Comment

Inappropriate signs for closure of cycling facilities I had to contact the Council to point out that the closure of a facility for cyclists ought to be accompanied by appropriate […]

June 2019 Newsletter

1 June 2019KeithLeave a Comment

The June 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: […]