Category Archives: Cycling

Love Your Bike Week is about to ride into Croydon schools

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

Next week is Love Your Bike Week in Croydon, with events popping up at schools to encourage kids to use their bicycles, fix and maintain bikes and provide advice and help for novice cyclists. Among the various bicycle-related activities is: … Continue reading →

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World Cycling Revival, Herne Hill Velodrome, Jun 14-16

Posted on February 4, 2018 by
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Herne Hill Veoldrome in appeal for Cycling Revival volunteers

Posted on February 2, 2018 by
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£20m for cycling strategy could get Croydon on their bikes

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

The council has announced a five-year plan for cycling in the borough. Our biking correspondent, EDDIE MERKS, reckons it might finally get Croydon out of second gear Croydon’s never really taken cycling seriously. At a time when other London boroughs … Continue reading →

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Free Bikeability cycling courses, Croydon Arena, Oct 25-27

Posted on September 28, 2017 by
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Cyclists call on Mayor to apply his own policies at Purley Way

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

TfL wants to spend the thick-end of £100m on making one of Croydon’s busiest road junctions even more hostile for pedestrians and cyclists, all to satisfy developers Westfield. AUSTEN COOPER says the road plans are ‘a patchwork of good, poor … Continue reading →

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Watson’s latest whim will see High Street closed to traffic

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on a town centre-changing scheme which has been kept a secret from all but just 10 of the borough’s councillors And now, ladies and gentlemen, from the senior council figure who spent more than £1million on Surrey … Continue reading →

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