The rising cost of living has eaten into everyone’s incomes over recent years, household food bills rising exponentially, heating and energy costs astronomically high and the monstrous cost of filling the family car. Household expenditure for just living a normal existence is now escalating at unprecedented rates. We can only respond by modifying our lifestyles… Continue reading Cycling and the Cost of Living
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(DCG) Safari to Segro
Jean, Martin, Oli & Patric from DCG *bravely* volunteered to establish the extent to which there was a commuter-friendly cycle route to the ‘East Midlands Gateway’, Segro Logistics Park opposite the M1 at Kegworth and just North of EMA, at the request of some of our friends from Sustrans. The idea was to investigate a… Continue reading (DCG) Safari to Segro
Route Planning for Night-time
An ongoing issue for local (and national) planning of cycle routes is that an attractive route during the day may become unattractive at night time due to lack of lighting, perceived dangers, the relative lack of other users, etc. There are a number of routing applications (websites, apps) such as RidewithGPS, Komoot, Strava, Google, …… Continue reading Route Planning for Night-time
Cycle – Rail feedback requested
The Cycle Rail Working Group is requesting feedback on people’s experiences of combining rail and cycle travel with a view to creating a new guidance document for the train operators. The previous version (2016) of the “Cycle – Rail toolkit” can be found here. The Cycle Rail working group “brings together the rail industry and… Continue reading Cycle – Rail feedback requested
Egginton Bridge Flooding Works work
The observant may have noticed works at Egginton Bridge (at the South Western end of the Mickleover Greenway) earlier this year. Users of the Mickleover Greenway over the winter period in previous years will have noticed that there is significant flooding which makes the route (part of the National Cycle Network) unusable (as in above… Continue reading Egginton Bridge Flooding Works work
A Ride Through the Park
Pride Park Pride Park is former railway land that was converted into a commercial park in the late 1990s. It’s bounded by railway lines on its southern and western sides and by the River Derwent to the North and East encompassing an area of over 100ha. It’s principally low density/low rise office blocks, car dealerships,… Continue reading A Ride Through the Park
Cycleway Effective Width
The Bee Gees asked, “How deep is your love?”, Patti Page “How Much is that doggy in the window?” and I ask, “How wide is that cycleway?” We were never provided with answers to the first two of those big questions, but I will endeavour to do so for the latter. So, riddle me this;… Continue reading Cycleway Effective Width
Strava Club
The Derby Cycling Group have a Strava Club which all members are invited to join. Useful if you are an existing user of Strava and are interested in seeing where other members are cycling around Derby – and for competing to see who can cover the most mileage and climbing each week! Visit this link… Continue reading Strava Club
Canal Towpath Upgrade
A DCG member recently informed me that work has started on upgrading the canal towpath between Swarkestone and the Cloud Trail. This path has been challenging to ride along, a narrow gravel track cut into the grass with frequent muddy puddles that spread as cyclists and pedestrians negotiate their way around the dirty water. When… Continue reading Canal Towpath Upgrade
Darley Abbey replacement bridge now open
We’re pleased to see that the installation of a temporary bridge at Darley Abbey has proceeded as planned and is now open for use. While the bridge is intended as a temporary solution (for about 12 months) it seems to have been well designed with a decent width (about 2m) and ramps at a gradual… Continue reading Darley Abbey replacement bridge now open