Cycling
Cycling, biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation or for sport. Cycling suits people of all ages and is a great way for families to spend time together. Apart from ordinary two-wheeled cycles, cycling also includes riding unicycles, tricycles and even quadracycles. Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century and now number about one billion worldwide, and are the principal means of transportation in many regions. Compared to cars, bicycles have numerous benefits, including keeping fit, generating renewable energy, no air pollution, reducing traffic congestion, minimizing noise pollution, easier and less costly parking and low user cost. Oh, and Cycling is fun too!
A Beginners Guide to Buying a Bike
Cycling first resurfaced in the 1980s having been the preserve of a quiet and obsessive bunch. It quietly became more and more desirable to use a bike as a means of transportation, leisure and at the far end, adrenaline pumping fun. Nowadays there is a bike for practically every purpose – there are road bikes, [...]
Winter Cycling Guide
We love cycling, so it seems daft to put the bikes away for the winter just because it’s cold. Truth be told, most cyclists aren’t put off by the cold, it’s the icy roads & trails or the snow. But the British are hardy characters so we’ve put this winter cycling guide together to offer [...]
Cycling Makes You 10 Years Younger
Cyclists who compete, whether road racing or mountain biking, are some of the fittest bikers in the World. Many of these top cyclists have at-rest pulse rates of less than 30 beats per minute, which is more than half that of the rest of us. Thankfully, you don’t have to be this fit to enjoy [...]
Cycle to Work Scheme
Following on from our recent Travel to Work by Bike Report, which showed that there are around 700,000 cyclists in the UK that commute to work, we wanted to highlight the benefits for employers & employees alike on using the Cycle to Work scheme. This obviously named bike scheme is a tax incentive developed by [...]
Cycle Insurance
Insuring your bicycle is pretty much essential for anyone who owns a bicycle. Cycle insurance is small compared to the cost to replace it. Cycle insurance quotes are quick and easy these days, just click on the image above for access to cheap cycle insurance. All you need is your postcode. Most cycle insurance policies [...]
Beginner’s Guide to Cycling
On Your Bike! Your Complete Beginner’s Guide to Cycling, is packed full of essential information about bikes and riding from buying advice to skills and fitness plans. There’s also a glossary to help you interpret all that bike jargon. Find out why riding a bike is good for your health, your wallet and the environment [...]
Lose Weight and Burn Calories Cycling
If you want to lose weight, cycling can help. In fact, it’s one of the best sports or leisure activities for buring calories (see list below). Cycling is challenging, sociable and offers a great workout. It’s also fun, is suitable for the whole family, is for any age or level of fitness and helps weight [...]
London Bike Hire Scheme
London is a big city. And like all big cities, it is difficult getting around London. For those of us with an appetite for Cycling, the London Bike Hire Scheme offers a healthy alternative to a taxi. The London scheme has recently been introduce by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and has been dubbed [...]
Travel to Work by Bike Report
Having recently completed the 2011 UK Census, at Bikes.org.uk, we thought we’d take a look back at the 2001 Census to see what the biking nation were upto back then. Let’s start with a quick question, do more people travel to work by Bicycle or Motorbike? The answer is more of us travel to work [...]
Health Benefits Of Cycling
With so many of us being unhealthy right now because of our lack of exercise and bad diet, cycling is an even more important way to keep fit and healthy. Whilst going to the gym is another option, cycling has so many other benefits. If you are one of those people who do not have [...]
Cycling in National Parks
What is the best way to preserve nature? To minimise our impact upon the natural environment. There are many ways to do this of course, but one of the biggest polluters is the car, so reducing our use of this gas-guzzling mode of transport is one of the best ways to cut emissions. Think of [...]
Cycling Holidays and Short Breaks
Cycle Breaks (cyclebreaks.com) are specialists in self-guided cycling holidays and bike tours in UK, France, Austria, Germany and Italy. Operating since 1991, Cycle Breaks offer a wide range of holidays and combined with their wealth of experience, it is unlikely you’ll be disappointed. In UK, cycle tours include their native East Anglia, plus Suffolk and [...]
Cycle Hire
There are thousands of cycle hire companies in the UK, so where do you start? Google of course. However, that will just give you a list of the various websites. How do you know if the company is any good? How do you know if customers would recommend them? Enter, CycleHireInfo.com. The website is to [...]
Going Solo on a Bikecar
This site is about bikes, all kinds of bikes. So it was with delight that we received an email from Paul off of Grimsby, regarding a charity trip he’s about to do across Canada in support for Help for Heroes, on a rather unique bicycle – also known as a bikecar. The bike is a [...]
Heart Rate Monitors
Whether you have a mountain or road bike, many riders find it extremely useful to have a heart rate monitor fitted to establish how hard they are working. No matter how experienced a rider you are, these are handy tools to have to gauge your heart rate and fitness levels and in some cases to [...]
