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Don't forget your lights! 🔆 You must use cycle lights when riding on a public road, cycle path or public place between sunset and sunrise. Take a look at our cycle poster camcycle.org.uk/lights and get in touch if you would like copies for your employer or community space: contact@camcycle.org.uk

💡 Know the rules on cycling lights and reflectors? Our first Big Bike Revival winter webinar has you covered! 📅 Mon 2 Nov, 6.30pm 💻 Free for all! 👀 Sign up for a webinar or find an in-person event in selected areas at cyclinguk.org/bbr-events

Meet Will, the Cambridge plumber who gets to many of his jobs by e-cargo bike. Will founded Veloplumb in 2023, with a simple idea: many plumbing jobs don’t need a van full of equipment. 'I really believe in it, it boosts mental health to be outdoors, exercising and of course doing some plumbing!

We love seeing how people adapt bikes to their lives around the world! A bike attachment for your surfboard, anyone? 🌊 Spotted in Ventura, on California’s Pacific coast, just north of Los Angeles. 📸 Have you spotted any ingenious bike adaptations on your travels?

Have your say on the future of Mill Road! Mill Road works best when it’s safe, welcoming, and easy to get around. Has the bus gate trial made your day-to-day trips safer, smoother, or more pleasant? 📩 Email to pm.delivery@cambridgeshire.gov.uk with your experience. Image: Mill Road Lives

The Autumn 2026 Camcycle magazine is out now! 🍂 🚴‍♀️ Meet the people and discover the passion behind pedal-powered businesses across Cambridgeshire. Read more in the online magazine: tinyurl.com/AutumnMag2026 Sign up to receive our printed magazine as a member: www.camcycle.org.uk/membership/

Last chance: Have your say on Sidgwick Avenue! The baseline survey closes today, so this is your final opportunity to share your experiences and help shape future developments. 📝 Complete the survey today: www.greatercambridge.org.uk/sidgwick-ETRO

82% of respondents to the Riverside consultation supported the Greater Cambridge Partnership proposals, developed after engagement with residents. Today at the GCP Joint Assembly, we supported the increased investment to deliver the scheme. Funding is due to be approved at the GCP Board next month.

What is your experience of cycling Sidgwick Avenue? Sidgwick Avenue forms a vital connection into Cambridge city centre as part of the Comberton Greenway project. Please take 10 minutes to complete the feedback survey. yourvoice.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/gcp/sidgwick...

“I was in a wheelchair and I would sit outside in my driveway and people would go by and I felt trapped,” he says. “I can’t walk,” he thought, “but if I can get on my bike, I bet I could ride.” Arthur, you are an inspiration! 🚲❤️ www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

@BritishCycling is calling on the Government to formally recognise tandems as adaptive bicycles for certified visually impaired riders and make them VAT-exempt (as other cycles such as handcycles and trikes can be). Take a look: www.britishcycling.org.uk/article/2026...

A community centre and new café, there is lots happening in North Cambridge. Meadows Community Centre in Arbury will hosting events looking at the future of North Cambridge starting Wednesday 7 October. Find out more the events, and share your views: www.cambridge.gov.uk/shaping-nort...

A bike which is also a floral masterpiece! 💐 Can you guess where this one is? 👀

New walking and cycling routes proposed for Girton College! Have you seen the new proposals for Girton College’s 'New Courts' development? 🗓️ Have your say before the consultation closes on 13 October: newcourtsconsultation.co.uk/proposals (Image credit: New Courts Consultation)

‘I am not a cyclist. I am a person who rides a bike. I am by no means super-fit and I am a pensioner. I am getting exercise without hassle and doing a little to reduce pollution.’ Meet Jane, who is pedalling through her seventies. Take a look at her story: www.camcycle.org.uk/magazine/mag...

The Big Bike Film Night is on a mission to bring the best short cycling films from around the world to you. It looks really exciting. Hope to see some of you there! 📅 Friday 16 October ⏰️ 7pm - 9.30pm www.storeysfieldcentre.org.uk/event/big-bi...

Spotted a bike showing off a Cambridge business? 🚲👀 From bookshops to local businesses, bikes around Cambridge are getting creative! Here are a few of our favourites… (@Waterstones is from a few years back, but it’s still a classic! 📚) Have you seen any recently?

Put Cambridge Citizens Founding Assembly in your diary! It’s a growing local alliance bringing together schools, universities, faith groups and many others to campaign for positive change across Cambridge. 📍 Cambridge Guildhall 🗓️ 25 November 2026 ⏰ 6 - 7.30pm 🔗 actionnetwork.org/events/cambr...

Have your say on cycling parking in The Local Plan - an important document that sets out how our region will grow. 💡 Our consultation guide: tinyurl.com/lp-consultat... ✍️ Feedback: tinyurl.com/localplan2026 Deadline - 5pm Friday 25 Sept. Image credit: Greater Cambridge Shared Planning

We love the new Cyclopunt, dinky door, combining two of the most famous things about Cambridge! Have you found the packages nearby as well?

Have you seen @evanedinger.bsky.social video on cycling in Cambridge and Hackney? He talks potholes, bicycle parking and dutch-style infrastructure (Cambridge starts at 10.32). Let us know what you think! 👀 youtu.be/BqvKPhIRAq4?...

We’re in Manchester this week for the Making Active Places conference. Speaking this morning, the Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander announced £104 million to improve the National Cycle Network. Read more at: www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/ps104-m...

A fantastic response for the recent Kidical Mass with over 200 people attending 🎉 "What an inspiring morning! The support for School Streets came through loud and clear - we want safer streets, cleaner air and space for more families to appreciate the joy of cycling." #KidicalMass #SchoolStreets

We love seeing how the bicycle is woven into art in and around Cambridge. Any local knowledge guesses of where this is? #CambridgeArt #CambridgeLife #BicycleMural

Wow, what a way to get to work! We love these photos of Utrecht, The Netherlands. The first photo shows the busiest cycleway in the Netherlands. The second shows a route leading to the largest cycle park in the world, with space for 13,500 bikes. Imagine starting your morning like this!

Don't forget to have your say on the Waterbeach greenway through Milton. The online survey closes on Saturday 19 September: tinyurl.com/MiltonGW26 Read Camcycle's suggested responses to inform your views: tinyurl.com/Milton-Water...

Our staff team for 2026 is complete! 👋 Please give a warm welcome to our seventh team member, Sambor, who joins us as Graduate Infrastructure Campaigner. Sambor will focus on scrutinising local authority schemes and growing our community-led projects. www.tinyurl.com/gradcampaigner

Take a look at this beautiful mural on the Carter Bridge which crosses the railway between Devonshire Road and Rustat Road and celebrates the four seasons. The mural was painted by strret artist ATMA and local artists, thanks to support of @camcitco.bsky.social & Art Streets. Have you seen it yet?

This is how the school run should be.

Progress for safer streets 🎉 It's great to see 63% of respondents supported more 20mph zones in Cambridge in the recent consultation - thanks to everyone who supported our campaign: tinyurl.com/Cambridge20m... Let’s work together to create even more safe streets for our region.

Spotted in Glasgow! This lovely new segregated cycleway and footway on Cowcaddens Road. Have you seen any inspiring cycle infrastructure in other cities recently?

Free bike marking event is happening Tuesday 8 September at the Cambridge Science Park at 4.30pm - 6.30pm. Bike marking can help deter thieves and make recovery easier if a bike is stolen. It takes approximately 5 minutes! Take a look for more details: cambridgesciencepark.co.uk/calendar-eve...

Do you live in Milton? Have your say on new designs for a cycle route through the village. @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social is hosting two drop-ins at the community centre: 🗓️ Wednesday 9 September, 3-6pm 🗓️ Saturday 12 September, 1-4pm Or share your views via the online survey: tinyurl.com/MiltonGW26

Camcycle is delighted to introduce Lee Wynd as our new Infrastructure Campaigner. His technical skills will be vital in progressing our work for more and better cycle infrastructure in the Cambridge region: please give him a big community welcome! Read more at www.camcycle.org.uk/blog/2026/09...

Cambridge: famous for academia, science, history, bicycles… and cows! They’ve been grazing on the commons for hundreds of years and are one of the more surprising things to navigate by bike in the city! #Mindthecows

Could you be an Active Travel Officer for the region? Are you passionate about creating healthier, greener and more connected communities? Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is looking for an Active Travel Officer and Micromobility and Accessibility Officer. tinyurl.com/5ydtdn87

Don’t forget Kidical Mass is coming up! Meet on Parker's Piece, outside University Arms hotel 🗓️ Sunday, September 6 ⏰️ 10:30 AM - 12 PM No need to book - just bring yourselves, your bikes, and your enthusiasm. Apparently there will likely be some home baked goods on offer afterwards too!

Are you a disabled cyclist? @ategov.bsky.social and the Department for Transport are looking for people to join a Disability Advisory Group exploring the safety and accessibility of floating bus stops. Apply by Wednesday 9 September 2026: tinyurl.com/44jxaa6r Please share.

Come and say hello! We’ll be at Stourbridge Medieval Fair on Saturday 5 September 2026, 12 noon - 4.30pm. This wonderful, popular event for all the family is a re-enactment of the famous medieval Stourbridge Fair at Cambridge’s oldest building cambridgeppf.org/stourbridge-...

We love to see bikes as a canvas for arts and crafts! Look at this amazing crochet-covered bike spotted in Weymouth! Have you thought about making something arty for your bike? We’d love to see! 👇️

Our amazing Campaigns Intern Julen is leaving us this week to go onto new adventures in Bristol. We’re so thankful for all he’s contributed to our work and that of the Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance. Here he picks his three highlights of the past two months.

"If authorities truly want to see growing levels of safe active travel journeys, they must widen the path at narrow points, separate people walking & cycling where possible; address ongoing flooding problems; and provide links to the path from surrounding villages.” zagdaily.com/urban/no-mor...

A safe, high-quality cycle route is urgently needed through Milton and onto Waterbeach and surrounding villages as part of the @greatercambs.bsky.social Greenway network. Please get involved in this engagement through the in-person events & online survey and let us know your views on the proposals.

We are part of a much bigger cycling picture! It’s estimated that 4.2 million people made 588 million trips on the National Cycle Network (2022-2023). Cambridgeshire is home to route 11 which travels 61 miles through beautiful fen countryside. Have you tried part of it?

🚴‍♀️ A good reminder to move… and relax! 🌿 All exercise is good exercise, but there’s something special about cycling outdoors. Fresh air, movement and a change of scenery can leave you feeling revitalised, energised and optimistic. What difference does cycling make to you?

What does good cycle parking look like to you? We’d love to hear about good and bad cycle parking in Cambridgeshire to help inform our responses to planning applications. Can you give us some examples? 👀

🎪 🚲️ The London Cycling Festival, in partnership with Lime and Voi, is back! 🙌 Taking place on Sunday 20th of September, it's already shaping up to be bigger and better than ever, with rides and events taking place across the capital... 👨‍💻 Book your FREE tickets today: buff.ly/I6KLeBX