So you might just have noticed that the London Cycle Hire Scheme launched on Friday and below you can find a small round-up of some of what the internet has had to say about it. At launch there were apparently 5,000 of the 6,000 bikes available at most of the 400 or so docking stations and bar a few grumbles, some technical hitches at the Holborn docking station and some sticky brakes, people mostly seem […]

There was a lovely programme on BBC4’s night dedicated to cycling this Tuesday: Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle Author Rob Penn travels around the world collecting handbuilt parts for his dream bicycle and charts the social history of one of mankind’s greatest inventions. It’s available on iPlayer until 8th August and is well worth a watch. Also on that evening: Britain by Bike Clare Balding sets out on a two-wheel odyssey […]