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Free socially distant one-to-one adult cycle training from the front door is being made available to help people living and working in West Yorkshire. The cycle training scheme is being delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, which is aimed at enabling more people to travel …

YuLife has added cycling to the range of wellness activities which users can participate in on its AI-based, gamified app. The app aims to incentivise and reward healthy living, offering users vouchers and benefits from brands including ASOS, Avios, M&S, Fitbit, Nike and John Lewis in return for completing everyday …

Wahoo has launched the fifth-generation Kickr smart trainer. This version of the Kickr refines power accuracy to +/-1% by using a proprietary auto-calibration process. It also comes equipped with the new Axis feet, which allow a bike installed onto the trainer to tilt up to five degrees from side-to-side with …

The Bicycle Association (BA) has released a statement on Simon Cowell’s recent accident, saying the vehicle he was riding would be classed in the UK as an electric motorbike, not an e-bike. In the UK, e-bikes are limited in speed to 15.5 mph and have at most 250 W (1/3 …

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has reported a rise in retail sales in July, but said there is ‘little cause for optimism’ as many shops continued to struggle. On a total basis, sales increased by 3.2% in July, against an increase of 0.5% in July 2019. It is above the …

This year’s Cycle Show sees the launch of a revised and reformatted business conference on the trade day at the NEC, Birmingham on 12th September

At the end of June, Beryl introduced its hybrid bike-share scheme to Enfield. Rebecca Morley attended the launch event and caught up with Philip Ellis on this evolving trend

The cycle industry will once again turn its attention to Friedrichshafen as Eurobike commences on 4th September. James Groves caught up with show head Stefan Reisinger ahead of the 28th annual event

Rebecca Morley got in touch with five women from different areas of the trade to find out how they got into the industry, what their experiences have been and what more could be done