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Remove through motor traffic #Space4Cycling

“Get out of my way” #Space4Cycling This is Rochester Road, Carshalton, London Borough of Sutton – part of a regular cycle route for me and many others. It is a typical suburban road which ought to be 100% OK for

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Good advice. Nice design (?). Doesn’t work.

Lock the frame and both wheels to the stand. That is what the sticker says. It is good advice. No doubt about that. You don’t want to come back and find that you are missing a wheel or two. On

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Cycling to School In London Borough of Sutton

Monday Mar 31 – The weather is improving, and it’s great to be outdoors away from the congested roads and cycling by the River Wandle.  The back streets we use seem unusually quiet today, it’s the last week of term

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Cycling to school in London Borough of Sutton

My daughter is in Year 1 and goes to school about 1.5 miles from our home. A journey that’s almost always going to be easier, quicker and cheaper by bike than any other means. When she started at school, aged

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A great speech from Chris Boardman to the London Councillors

Chris Boardman made a powerful speech on the 9th of March at City Hall trying to inspire the local councillors to prioritise cycling to benefit everyone. Sutton Councillors, please pay attention. Here are some extracts from Chris’ message to councillors

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What would you like to see in your ward?

In the May elections we will be campaigning ward by ward for improvements for cycling. We have now added polls to each ward page so that you can vote and say which of the six ‘ward asks’ you would most

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