Event: Merton Cycling Campaign Barbecue
88 Aylward Road Merton Park Our Annual Bike Week Barbecue Please bring your bikes into the back garden. Hosts are Jenny and Paul
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Event: Merton Solstice Ride
Wimbledon Station Forecourt A lovely ride across the Common and Richmond Park to the Terrace Gardens on Richmond Hill, overlooking the Thames. Oh, and there's the Roebuck pub. Meet loads of LCC people from the South West of London and beyond; ...
Article: RITCHEY Pro Biomax bar, £72, www.rictheylogic.com
Getting your set-up ‘just so’ on a road bike is crucial due to the prolonged periods you spend in limited positions. If you've experimented with stems of different length and rise, and seatposts of varying layback, in a quest to find...
Article: CROOZER KID for 2, £395, www.croozer.co.uk
The Croozer’s quality engineering and finish is apparent. It has a roomy cabin with all-weather rollaway cover and ample boot space for ‘kiddie clobber’. It’s suitable for children from about 12 months up to 45kgs, with s...
Article: Bobike Mini+, £70.95, www.greyville.com
Front seats are common-place on the Continent but less so over here. An advantage is that the child can see where they’re going and it’s easier for you to talk to them than when in a rear seat or trailer. Steering isn’t really ...
Article: Scoot Beginner, £99.99, www.madison.co.uk
The Scoot Beginner balance bike does exactly what it suggests by helping children from 18-months-old learn to balance a bike by walking astride the low standover frame. Children then quickly progress to sitting on the saddle and scooting along, ...
Article: AT1 trailer, £249.99, www.madison.co.uk
The single-seater aluminium AT1 is a top of the range adventure trailer — there’s also the AT3 alloy two-seater for £219 or the ST3 steel two-seater for £169. It hitches onto the rear axle of any mtb or road bike an...
Article: Adams Trail-A-Bike, £134.99, www.fisheroutdoor.co.uk
Even if your child can cycle their own bike they may not have the distance in their legs for a longer family ride. The Trail-a-Bike is suitable for children from 4-6 (up to 38.5kg) and with its singlespeed freewheel it gives them the option to d...
Article: Ridgeback MX14, £119.99, www.ridgeback.co.uk
The MX, available in both 14in or 16in (£129) wheel sizes for over-3s, provides the next step up from a balance bike or trike. It’s singlespeed and can be used with or without stabilisers. The bike has alloy V-brakes with short reach...
Article: PINNACLE Dolomite 1.0, £550, www.evanscycles.com
Pinnacle is Evans Cycles’ own brand and the 1.0 is the cheapest in the three-bike Dolomite range, sharing the same double-butted aluminium frame with its £1k, top-of-the-range sibling. The Shimano compact chainset is finished in bru...
Article: KHS Flite 500, £849, www.khsbikes.co.uk
Beauty might well be in the eye of the beholder but with striking silver livery and sporty poise the Flite 500 drew appreciate glances from fellow commuters. And it’s not just a superficial lipstick job, for the Flite has pedigree and qual...
Article: DAWES Sportif, £650, www.dawescycles.com
Out of the box, the Dawes is an eye-catcher; its aluminium frame has a fetchingly curved top-tube and it’s decked out in suitably sporty red and black attire. The frame’s complemented by a carbon-bladed fork (which means it has a sli...
Article: BOARDMAN Team, £999.99, www.boardmanbikes.com
Like other Boardman road bikes we’ve tested, the 2011 Team defies logic: the sum of the parts adds up to considerably more than the retail price, while the technology and finishing is usually only found on bikes twice as expensive. Not tha...
Article: Pinnacle Willow Two, £449.99, www.evanscycles.com
Recently reduced by a hundred quid to the price shown, the Willow Two is the higher-specced of two women’s-specific bikes in Pinnacle’s expanding mtb line-up. Like its stablemate it is built around a very nicely finished double-butte...
Article: Halcyon Talos, £660, www.halcyonbikes.com
This is an exclusive first look at the Talos, a well-featured and good-looking bike from new manufacturer Halcyon. The £600-£700 mtb price point is one where you’ll also find strong products from established brands such as GT, ...