Adwitiya Pal

1 week ago | road.cc | Adwitiya Pal

The cyclist said that the gates on the London Cycle Network, intended to stop motorbikes and quad bikes, have instead ended up deterring the elderly and the disabled from riding a bike A cyclist has raised concerns over a network of restrictive gates and barriers across a London borough’s parks and cycle routes, warning that outdated infrastructure is blocking access for many and undermining efforts to encourage active travel.

1 week ago | road.cc | Adwitiya Pal

The cycle lanes are part of the council’s wider project aimed at making the high street more attractive to shoppers and visitors, however, the pizzeria owner argued that they were the “final straw” after years of roadworks and reduced parking A pizzeria owner has called for newly-installed cycle lanes to be removed so that car parking can be reinstated, claiming the active travel infrastructure is driving customers away and damaging local businesses.

1 week ago | road.cc | Adwitiya Pal

The culprit who was pictured at the race holding a beer has now been identified by Belgian police, the news coming just a day after the man who threw a bottle at Van der Poel during Paris-Roubaix apologised and said he “had too much too much to drink” The spectator who spat at Mathieu van der Poel during last month’s E3 Saxo Classic has been identified by Belgian police and fined €350 (around £300), but will not face further prosecution, officials in East Flanders have confirmed.

1 week ago | road.cc | Adwitiya Pal

“An ordinary mafia”: Fans slam “thieves” at UCI for slapping Van der Poel with £928 fine for “unauthorised feeding” in the final kms of Paris-RoubaixImagine becoming only the third cyclist ever to not just achieve a hat-trick of wins at Paris-Roubaix, but dispatch the best rider of your generation in doing so over, but the UCI finds a way to rain on your parade, armed with a fine and a straight face.

2 weeks ago | road.cc | Adwitiya Pal

The former Top Gear host also said that people are “trying to control bicycles in the same way that they do motor traffic with endless lights”, and added that some of the cycling infrastructure can “get pedantic” While his former co-host Jeremy Clarkson might be busy taking digs at Jeremy Vine (and cyclists) — claiming that a roundabout branded “one of London’s most dangerous” is “fine because I have a car, not a child’s toy” — James May has once again come out batting for cyclists, saying...