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How do we get more people cycling to school?

September 21, 2021

By Ian Callaghan

Bike to School Week offers a chance to come up with some better answers to some simple questions. Cyclox Trustee, Ian Callaghan, offers some pointers.

Would you ride a bike made from bamboo canes?

September 14, 2021

By Dr Shpend Gerguri

Dr Shpend Gerguri at Oxford Brookes University writes about an innovative and alternative material to traditional framed bikes, following research with Professor James

The potential of e-bikes

September 7, 2021

By Kevin Hickman, Director, Windrush Bike Project

We were surprised to discover that e-bikes have more potential to cut carbon in rural and suburban areas than in towns and cities.

Overcoming barriers to cycling in Bicester

August 31, 2021

By Catherine Hickman

“Cycling is freedom” said one Bicester resident visiting BicesterBUG's Friday Market stall in July. And so it should be, but how freely can people cycle around

New partnership will bring a host of cycling benefits to north Oxfordshire

August 17, 2021

By Tom Slingsby

It’s been a great summer for participation in cycling in north Oxfordshire. More and more members of the community are discovering that two wheels are better than four when

JoyRiders Oxford: bike rides by women, for women

August 10, 2021

By Annette Pattinson

JoyRiders organises free, volunteer-led bike rides by women, for women, that start in the heart of communities around Oxford, as well as rides from Park & Rides that

Celebration of Cycling 2021

August 3, 2021

By Alison Hill

To mark this renaissance in cycling and to help get more people onto their bikes, we are hosting a Celebration of Cycling in Oxford and market towns across the county in

Holidays and bicycles

July 27, 2021

By Andy Chivers

It’s holiday time, and though our travel options are more restricted than we might like, many of us are choosing British destinations for a holiday. A bicycle is a

Me and my bike: Sourovi De

July 20, 2021

By Kathryn McNicoll

Sourovi has been living in Oxford for 11 years but it is only recently that she has decided to take up cycling.

One more bollard

July 13, 2021

By Andy Chivers

What is the most fun you can have on three wheels? Answer: Riding round Oxford in the sun on the electric assist tricycle rickshaw (or trishaw) owned by the charity

Seeing the world differently through cycling

July 6, 2021

By Henry Smith

Seeing Mark Cavendish back to winning ways at the Tour de France this month takes me back to the summer of 2012 where my love of cycling was really ignited. The image of

In search of the perfect bike

June 29, 2021

By Jonny Ives

With summer here, Cyclox Trustee Jonny Ives, tunes into the Tour de France and wonders whether in the race for perfection the latest light-weight racing machine might come

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