What appears to be very promising news today with the announcement from the Labour council administration that they intend to proceed with the building of the Multi-Sports Centre. The final decision will be taken at the council cabinet meeting on the 11th July but Councillor Martin Repton has been quoted as being confident that the… Continue reading The Velodrome lives!
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20mph Places Conference report
John Morrison from Sevenoaks Cycle Forum attended the recent “20mph Places” conference and has written a good summary of the conference (including some personal comments) at this link
Cycling Health & Safety: Winning the Arguments seminar
Cyclenation held a seminar on the subject of “Cycling Health & Safety: Winning the Arguments” and have also created a website with various supporting information related to the seminar. This can be found here. Some good background information on negligence, helmets, and the law.
Cyclenation newsletters
Cyclenation is a federation of local cycle campaigning groups and the DCG is a member. They publish a regular newsletter, the latest of which can be seen at http://www.cyclenation.org.uk/news/news119.pdf
CTC Cycle Champion
Our local CTC Cycle Champion, Amanda Salt, has been organising cycle training for beginners and cycle rides based at Chester Green. These have now finished but some of the regulars have started a new group with easy, shortish rides starting from Alvaston Park cafe at 10.00 am on Wednesdays and Sundays. For more detail see … Continue reading CTC Cycle Champion
Celebration of 125 years of Raleigh
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 play around the city, and will culminate in an activity packed finale event at The… Continue reading Celebration of 125 years of Raleigh
The Times “Cities fit for Cycling” campaign
The Times newspaper is running a campaign to make cities more safe for cycling which the DCG supports. You can find more details on the campaign and ways to join in at this link
Support the Derby Multi Sports Arena including the Velodrome and Closed Road Cycle Circuit
Deadline: Wed 8th February 2012 The new Derby Multi Sports Arena will be next to Pride Park Stadium and will include a 250m indoor Velodrome and a 1.5km closed road circuit; it is absolutely stunning, inside and out and will be a great local and national attraction. see the inside and the outside These facilities… Continue reading Support the Derby Multi Sports Arena including the Velodrome and Closed Road Cycle Circuit
Cycling to the Train
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 locations! Any other budding film directors are welcome to submit their work. All members can… Continue reading Cycling to the Train
Folding cycles on buses
I regularly take a folded Brompton onto buses in Derby and Nottingham and, until recently, have always found it really easy. However, a couple of recent episodes have caused me problems. These were: I was evicted from the Medilink service (between the 2 hospitals in Nottingham) as the driver said “bikes (folded or not) are… Continue reading Folding cycles on buses