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Alison Hill riding Brompton bike along residential street

I love my Brompton bicycle

October 18, 2022

By Alison Hill

I own a Brompton bike. It is a remarkable piece of engineering. Perfecting the design took years of tireless dedication. Not only is it the most compact of fold-up bikes but

Cyclist in red waterproof with hood up and helmet over the hood

Safe, legal and comfortable: how to cycle in winter

October 11, 2022

By Andy Chivers

Every autumn the shorter cooler days come as a bit of a surprise. After months of riding with little thought about bad weather I am now looking for my waterproofs and

Woodstock Car Share Open Evening at the Blenheim Estate Office

Car sharing for a better city

October 4, 2022

By Emily Kerr

A year ago, I set up a car-sharing scheme in my neighbourhood in East Oxford. Neighbours make their cars available to other verified local drivers via an app called Hiyacar,

Ghost bike at Oxford Parkway marks the death of a young woman cyclist

No more cycle deaths in Oxford

September 27, 2022

By Alison Hill

One year has passed since the death of cyclist Jenny Wong at the junction of Headley Way and London Road. It is six months since Ellen Moilanen died at Oxford Parkway and

Broad Street Oxford with car park coned off

A car-free Broad Street at last

September 20, 2022

By Jonny Ives

This feels like a radical moment in a city built for so many centuries in the interests and images of wealth and royalty. Broad Street is losing its car park.

Will the proposed traffic filters be good for cyclists?

September 13, 2022

By Alison Hill and Robin Tucker

Traffic blights our beautiful city of Oxford. And it’s getting worse, with traffic rising year by year (only interrupted by Covid). Doing nothing is not an

School Streets signs closing road to traffic with mother and child cycling

School Streets transform the school run

September 6, 2022

By Jamie Clarke

As the school year begins, the school-run traffic chaos will be missing from five Oxfordshire schools and nurseries. These schools have pioneered School Streets schemes for

Girl and boy posing on bikes on river bank

Sanctuary Wheels stories

August 23, 2022

By Kathryn McNicoll

Sanctuary Wheels, a project coordinated by Cyclox in partnership with Asylum Welcome and Active Oxfordshire, has been helping refugees throughout the county to gain

Cyclists riding along lane segregated from cars by posts

Cycling along Oxford’s Quickways

August 16, 2022

By Alison Hill

On Friday 12 August Morrell Avenue became a Quickway. Overnight, double yellow lines were painted on both sides of the road, removing on-road car parking, and a cycle lane

Male and female cyclist at highest point on their route, with hillside backdrop

Cycling the length of Britain

August 9, 2022

By Andy Chivers and Alison Hill

In June we achieved a long-held ambition and cycled from Land’s End to John O’Groats – a distance of 1,030 miles (1,658 km) over 18 days, carrying our

Two cyclists ahead of two horse riders on a country road in summer

What to do if you meet a horse rider

August 2, 2022

By John Magrath

What should you do if you meet a horse rider while out cycling? A couple of years ago I highlighted a very good educational campaign about this from Cycling UK and the

woman's bike with e-assist standing in house

An e-bike can take you places

July 26, 2022

By Nick Thorn

In the four years I have had it, my Cube e-bike has taken most of the burden of transporting me and my belongings around the city (and sometimes to meetings up to 25 miles

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