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To celebrate 125 years of Raleigh and innovation The University of Nottingham will be organising a series of free events. Beginning with a series of talks, discussions and films the Bike! season will also include the touring of a new … Continue reading →

A new version of the newsletter has just been published and can be seen here.

A few places remain for the planned British Cycling Ride Leader Training on Saturday 10th March. Training takes place at the new Wellington Street Cycle Training Hub (Former Central lending Library on Wellington St) in Leicester. An opportunity to join the British Cycling … Continue reading →

On Wednesday evening I saw plans for the new Derby Multi Sports Arena, which incorporates a Velodrome, a sports hall big enough for 12 badminton courts, a 125 item gym, and outside a 1.5km closed cycle road circuit. It is … Continue reading →

Since you can now buy a new inner tube in the Pound Shop for (guess what?) ……… £1, is it worth repairing punctured inner tubes any longer?

There appears to be a lot of useful information on the mix of transport types used in various cities across the UK and Europe (with a few others worldwide) which is documented at http://epomm.eu/ In particular there is a map … Continue reading →

A guide to Disability cycling has been published by Get Cycling and can be downloaded from here The “Bikes not Barriers” website can be accessed here

Derby City Council have started work on some improvements to the cycle path between the Silk Mill and Darley  Fields, this being part of Route 54 of the National Cycle Network and is on both sides of Handyside’s Bridge which … Continue reading →

We’ve received a video from Alistair Clark who thought other members might be interested in viewing it. You can give yourself a small test of how well you know Derby when viewing it to see if your recognise all the … Continue reading →