The Love to Ride Blog

Creating a more bike friendly world

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Dr Dave On Why Riding to Work Makes You Lucky

Dave Lehane, a Love to Ride Champion at Page Hall Medical Centre in Sheffield, tells us why riding to work has made him lucky

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University of Worcester launches innovative bike share scheme

One of the Country’s largest city-wide electric bike (e-bike) share schemes will launch in Worcester today (February 12), thanks to a partnership between local organisations.

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A Dad's Tale

We're delighted to welcome to the Love to Ride CityConnect team a brand new cycling ambassador. Since engaging with Love to Ride CityConnect when we launched in 2016, Rich 'Wozzy' Warren has been one ...

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'Lapsed cyclist' Becky sets sights on Hopetech Women’s Enduro

Becky Cumberworth still remembers the magical moment when she learned to ride a bike. “I was furious with my mother for letting go!” she said. “But then I realised I was riding on my own… it was a won...

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Love to Riders Reminisce about Transcontinental Triumph

As registrations opened recently for the 2018 Transcontinental Race, two Love to Ride South Yorkshire members from Sheffield reflected on becoming the first ever women’s pair to finish the 2,500 mile ...

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Taking cycling seriously at the University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield won Cycle September in 2017 and they're aiming to replicate their staff's success with students this year through the DfT-funded Love to Ride/NUS Sustainability project, Un...

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How to be a Champion for Cycling

This post gives some advice about how to be an effective Cycling Champion at your workplace and shares some insights from one of our successful Champions in 2017, Ross from the Open University in Milt...

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West Yorkshire businesses pedal to victory in national cycling awards

Here's a great post from our friends over at CityConnect about a hugely successful Cycle September in West Yorkshire.

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Nightriders > Get ready for Winter Wheelers

It’s that time of year again: the nights have been drawing in gradually, then the clocks go back and all of a sudden it’s pitch dark at home time. Being prepared to ride in the dark and/or poor weathe...

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Super successful #CycleSeptember

THANK YOU to everyone who got on a bike to make this year's Cycle September such a huge success! It’s the third national workplace cycling competition we’ve run and it was the biggest and best so far.

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Biketober is coming!

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Love to Ride UniCycle – The Genius of Two Wheels

We’re really excited to be launching a new Department for Transport-funded pilot project with NUS and the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges (EAUC). We’re working with eight univer...

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