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IN FEBRUARY, Chain Reaction Cycles teamed up with Access Sport to put on a series of BMX Roadshows in East London. Access Sport is a London charity that aims to bring quality local sports to children in disadvantaged areas. It has a BMX Legacy Project that aims to build five new community-focused BMX clubs, together with five new BMX tracks in the Olympic Boroughs by 2013. The aim of the project is to link in with the Olympic Velopark that will be inherited by the Lee Valley Regional Park to allow young people the opportunity to become involved with cycling in the Capital. The project is being delivered with the support of the Greater London Authority, British Cycling and the five Olympic host boroughs Greenwich, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. There are more details at
www.accesssport.co.uk/BMXRoadshow
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distributed POC is sponsoring its first UK event
Swedish kit brand POC is sponsoring its first UK event – the new Glentress enduro – which takes place on Sunday May 27th, staged at the Forestry Commission Scotland’s idyllic Glentress. Boasting a huge final descent, running from near ‘Spooky Wood’ back down to Peebles, the ‘The King and Queen of the Hill’ ride will be part of the ten day TweedLove Bike Festival in the Tweed Valley. The winner will be crowned the ‘official ruler’ of Glentress. Find out more at
http://tweedlove.com/
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“IN NOVEMBER, Times journalist Mary Bowers was just yards from arriving at work on her bike when she was hit by a lorry. Mary, 27, is still not conscious and is making a slow recovery in hospital. Tragically, such an accident is far from
rare. More than 27,000 cyclists have been killed or seriously injured on British streets in the past ten years. Cycling should be both safe and pleasurable. Ministers, mayors and local authorities must build cities that are fit for cycling. The Times has launched a public campaign and eight-point manifesto calling for cities to be made fit for cyclists.”
The Times sets out its #cyclesafe campaign
"I don’t want people to see cycling as a dangerous mode of transport. It isn’t but it could safer, and acting to make it so now, while it has almost fashion status, will see numbers explode. We are at a tipping point, a crossroads, a moment where we could easily become the next Amsterdam, reducing pollution and congestion and improving quality of life.” Chris Boardman, writing in The Times
(February 5th), cautions against boosted the perception that cycling is dangerous.
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