What One Old Lady Can Teach You About Cycling

What One Old Lady Can Teach You About Cycling

Betty was our next-door neighbour. She was the archetypal elderly spinster: she was feisty, she was fiercely independent, and she…

Updated: Ipley Cross | Why This Type Of Road Junction Will Keep Killing Cyclists

Updated: Ipley Cross | Why This Type Of Road Junction Will Keep Killing Cyclists

Bez suggests that sometimes a steady driver can be the most dangerous driver - now with added content responding to…

The Law Will Be Fixed

The Law Will Be Fixed

As the Government announces a review of cycle safety law, Bez fears where we're heading

The Law Must Be Fixed…Mustn’t It?

The Law Must Be Fixed…Mustn’t It?

Bez examines the laws currently available to prosecute cyclists - do we want new ones?

Flaunting The Laws Of The Highway

Flaunting The Laws Of The Highway

Bez argues that biased media reporting is affecting our safety on the roads

Flaw on The Floor?

Flaw on The Floor?

'That close pass mat' - designed wrong, or just needs implementing right?

A Tale of Two Forces

A Tale of Two Forces

West Mids Police gets official congratulations for its campaign to prosecute close-passes. Meanwhile in Hampshire, not much is happening

Review: Cycliq Fly 12 Front Light and Camera

Review: Cycliq Fly 12 Front Light and Camera

Bez tests out this front light and camera combo

How To Calculate A Passing Distance – Was That A Close Pass?

How To Calculate A Passing Distance – Was That A Close Pass?

How close was that? Bez explains how to use camera footage to figure it out

The Lion’s Share

The Lion’s Share

Bez argues, in some detail, that it's not always good to share (the road)

How To Design A Death

How To Design A Death

Bez thinks some UK cycling infrastructure is so dangerous it should be illegal

Bugs in The Code

Bugs in The Code

Bez steps into the crossfire of the new Automobile Association's cyclists' guide to the Highway Code.

Boom and Bust – Breaking The Cycle

Boom and Bust – Breaking The Cycle

Bez laments the funding models which exist to 'encourage' cycling in the UK

Passing Laws Bad For Cyclists

Passing Laws Bad For Cyclists

A law to force drivers to give cyclists more room when passing would make life for cyclists worse, argues Bez.

Bez: Some Blue Signs

Bez: Some Blue Signs

It's high time we stopped pretending we've got a National Cycle Network and started admitting that what we've got is…

Bez: The Anatomy of Excuses

Bez: The Anatomy of Excuses

Bez dissects the range of excuses trotted out by the Twitterati each time a cyclist comes a cropper.

The Rise of The Idiots

The Rise of The Idiots

Bradley Wiggins is an idiot, as are many, many other cyclists and car drivers - But that's just human nature,…

Bez: The Identity Transplant

Bez: The Identity Transplant

Bez undertakes yet another deconstruction of the latest media driven cycle hating frenzy

Bez: No Further Action

Bez: No Further Action

What can we learn from the death of James Stephenson?

Bez: Channeling the Flow

Bez: Channeling the Flow

Corbridge adopts a Dutch approach, Bez talks about it

Bez: What’s Wrong With Stickers Anyway?

Bez: What’s Wrong With Stickers Anyway?

Just what is all the fuss about with these 'cyclists stay back' stickers and the like? Bez explains in much…

Bez: Selling a Dream at the Cost of Reality

Bez: Selling a Dream at the Cost of Reality

Presumed liability is good for cyclists, says Bez, but beware the 'snake oil' in the sales pitch

HSS Hire removes Corsa cyclist warning stickers

HSS Hire removes Corsa cyclist warning stickers

Twitter can be a force for swift change after all

Bez: UK Cycling Infrastructure Guidelines

Bez: UK Cycling Infrastructure Guidelines

Ever wondered what guidelines were being followed when your local cycle infrastructure was designed? Bez has.

Bez: We Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists

Bez: We Do Not Negotiate With Terrorists

Roads. Are you scared? Well, you should be. Your children probably are

Kickstarter project: the Brightside side light

Kickstarter project: the Brightside side light

It's a light, it's on Kickstarter. But this time it's amber.

Catapulting Boulders: Bez

Catapulting Boulders: Bez

Bez illustrates that to get the police on our side when things go wrong cyclists on the road need to…

The Value of Unenforceable Laws

The Value of Unenforceable Laws

What has a new French law prohibiting headphones in cars got to do with us cyclists? Bez goes deep into…

Win Stuff with Le Jour de France 2015!

Win Stuff with Le Jour de France 2015!

Have you heard of Mont Ventoux? Seen it? Climbed it? Climbed it three times in a day? Four? Six?

Bez: “Karr’s Choice”

Bez: “Karr’s Choice”

Bez highlights more cases of driver errors that cause death failing to be dealt with by the courts.

Bez: “Them and Theirs”

Bez: “Them and Theirs”

Bez goes after the BBC's You and Yours representation of cyclists and tears a strip off them through the medium…

Bez: “Receding Hare Lines”

Bez: “Receding Hare Lines”

A countryside lament.

Back Sack Craic?

Back Sack Craic?

Kickstarter Cycle Knackers! Burnished Bike Bollocks. Shiny Saddle Scrotum? Pendulous Perambulatory Privates? Oh, you get the idea

Bez: “Erasure”

Bez: “Erasure”

Bez tries to discover, a little something to make us sweeter, but finds the courts are blinded by the sun

Bez: “Game Theory”

Bez: “Game Theory”

On mainstream coverage of cycling – and why it needs to change.

Bez: “The Sounds of Science”

Bez: “The Sounds of Science”

Like music while you ride, or do you prefer nature's song? Bez examines the whys and wherefores of the headphone…

Bez: “The Wedge”

Bez: “The Wedge”

Here's the latest installment from Bez for your Friday morning reading pleasure. This time it's about 'safety' devices

Bez: “I Fought The Law and The Law Lost”

Bez: “I Fought The Law and The Law Lost”

Speed cameras are in the news again, so what better time to gather by the roadside to watch the glorious…

Bez: “Just Some Guy.”

Bez: “Just Some Guy.”

Brand new Singletrack Columnist Bez brings news of something for all UK cyclists to celebrate

An Open Letter To The British Judicial System – By Stewart Pratt

An Open Letter To The British Judicial System – By Stewart Pratt

Blogger Stewart (Bez) Pratt writes an open letter to the Judiciary about their seeming lack of appreciation for what it…

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