Cycle Solutions - News

News from the cycle industry and Cycle Solutions

Successful Manchester to Blackpool charity ride

16 Jul, 2010

Bentley employee raises £1300 with Manchester to Blackpool cycle ride.

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Make it safer for us to walk and cycle – Britain’s kids tell PM

12 Jul, 2010

Over 2,500 children have written letters to the Prime Minister, to ask the Government to make it easier for them to walk and cycle to school safely.

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Coast to coast - New 'Way of the Roses' route set to inspire thousands of cycling tourists

12 Jul, 2010

A new spectacular route has been completed which transforms 170 miles of roads and cycle tracks into a spectacular new 'coast-to-coast' leisure route for cyclists and walkers in the North of England.

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Merthyr local heroes - Trevithick, Ashley and McDonald - to be celebrated in steel artwork

12 Jul, 2010

Three local heroes are to be immortalised in a Portrait Bench which will be placed along a new pedestrian and cycle route nears in Merthyr Tydfil.

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Lancearmstrong: And yes, this will be (my) final Tour de France. It's been a great ride.

29 Jun, 2010

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has announced on his Twitter website that this year's Tour with his RadioShack team mates will be his final one.

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Bike patrol cops aim to puncture London's cycle theft trade

21 Jun, 2010

A new police team specially intended to target the problem of bike theft in London has been launched.

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Boris Johnson sets out plan to make London a cycle city.

07 Jun, 2010

The mayor of London has announced a 19 July 2010 launch date for the first two Cycle Superhighways.

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Londoners challenged to get cycling this June

02 Jun, 2010

The Mayor of London has joined forces with Transport for London (TfL) to encourage Londoners to sign up for the London Cycle Challenge.

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More rail passengers are cycling to the station thanks to improved cycle-rail travel facilities.

28 May, 2010

In 2009, the government planned to inject £14m to improve cycle parking facilities at railway stations across the UK. One year into the project and positive results are showing already it has been reported.

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Bike to Work book for commuters.

24 May, 2010

May is National Bike Month in the US and in many cities people are ditching their cars and cycling to work on Bike to Work day (cities can have different dates). A free 98-page e-book has been published to get more people on their bikes.

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London Cycling Campaign launches ‘Beat the Thief’ campaign to tackle bike theft.

21 May, 2010

According to the British Crime Survey around 300,000 bikes are stolen every year in England and Wales and only 5 per cent are returned.To try and combat the problem, LCC have just launched a major anti-theft campaign 'Beat the Thief'.

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Going green has sparked a surge in cycle thefts

19 May, 2010

With the growing numbers of cyclists commuting to work, and with figures expected to rise throughout 2010. Bike thieves are cashing in on Britons' desire to go green, it was revealed today.

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Top gear star says he prefers his two wheels more than his four wheels!

18 May, 2010

Top Gear star Richard Hammond has revealed a surprising secret - he prefers cycling around town to driving a car.

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Wheel of fortune

12 Feb, 2010

When Enfys, who works for the National Patient Safety Agency, visited UCL Hospital’s open day last December, she never imagined she would end up winning a brand new bicycle!

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Bike demand has ‘tripled in the past year’

20 Jul, 2009

Bike manufacturers are struggling to keep up, says The Independent National newspaper. The Independent has drawn attention to bicycle shortages in the face of rising demand – which has, according to the paper, tripled in the past 12 months.

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Employee Benefits Live exhibition, London - 29th & 30th September 2009

04 Mar, 2009

The Cycle Solutions team will be exhibiting at the Employee Benefits Live exhibition and conference at the Business Design Centre, London on 29th & 30th September 2009.

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Injured firefighters get on their bikes thanks to Cycle Solutions

02 Mar, 2009

A Welsh business is helping injured fire-fighters to get back on the road to recovery after donating bicycles worth more than £3000

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Schools sign up for Bikes4School cycling initiative

22 Jan, 2009

Press Release Whitehaven News

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Littleton School Cycle Scheme hopes to beat Obesity

18 Dec, 2008

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Discounted bikes encourage children to cycle more - Bikes4School

01 Nov, 2008

Cycle Solutions Wheelies Direct launched a new initiative called Bikes4School.

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Eden Project Workers save 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions

27 Aug, 2008

Eden Project Workers save 8,000 tonnes of carbon emissions through cycling to work with Cycle Solutions.

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Government pumps £100m new cash into cycling

21 Jan, 2008

A record £140m Government investment in cycling will help half a million children cycle safely and a generation of adults rediscover their bikes

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Cycle to Work - Scandanavian Style!!

14 Jan, 2008

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Connect2 Wins Peoples Millions

01 Jan, 2008

Cycling and walking project, Connect2, recently scooped £50 million of lottery funding following a televised competition between rival charities.

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Top Gear (series 10, episode 5) - Bike beats Car!

11 Nov, 2007

In an attempt to find the quickest means to negotiate the virtually gridlocked streets of the capital, the BBC Top Gear team organised a race.

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Salary Sacrifice Schemes

25 Jan, 2007

HCI, Child Care vouchers and Cycle To Work schemes provide employers with unique opportunities to show their commitment to their staff and really add value to their employee relations.

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Hospital staff get on their bikes

08 May, 2006

Staff at Scarborough Hospital got on their bikes as part of a new "cycle to work" initiative.

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Up to half price bikes encourage employees to Cycle to Work

11 Feb, 2006

Cycle Solutions provides employers with an opportunity to promote sustainable transport initiatives to their staff.

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