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9 Jul 2025

A recent BBC Breakfast segment has sparked backlash from the cycling community over its portrayal of e-bikes, with critics accusing the broadcaster of conflating legal e-bikes with illegal,...

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7 Jul 2025

Sixteen illegally upgraded e-bikes capable of speeds up to 40mph have been seized and disposed of in a joint enforcement operation in Birmingham city centre.

7 Jul 2025

Bristol-based Cytech training provider and ACT member Life Cycle has launched its award-winning Bikes Beyond Bars programme at HMP Bullingdon, expanding a project that has already impacted lives...

4 Jul 2025

New data from Strava reveals a major surge in cycling across the UK, with Gen Z and Millennials leading the charge.

3 Jul 2025

Shimano has launched an urgent investigation into what it describes as a “critical” shortage of skilled bike mechanics across Europe, warning that the situation threatens to...

2 Jul 2025

MPs have called on Amazon and eBay to tighten controls after e-bikes and chargers flagged as serious fire risks were found for sale on their platforms.

25 Jun 2025

The E-Bike Positive campaign has seen major success in the first half of 2025, with its message reaching nearly 8 million people across the UK through high-profile media coverage and growing...

20 Jun 2025

The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee has asked the ACT, and its parent company Bira, to help them reach out to small business retailers across the country, for their quick input on...

20 Jun 2025

Activate Cycle Academy has reopened its Cytech training facility in Darlington, offering a full range of courses from Home Mechanic up to Cytech Technical Three.
 

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Better Bike Social is coming to Brighton this July.

Posted on in Business News , Cycles News , Outdoor News

Better Bike Social, a festival of cycling that will include a range of talks, workshops, and weekend rides, is coming to Brighton next month.

Better Bike Soocial

The festival, which ran for the first time in January in Hackney, North London, aims to celebrate the many ways in which ‘Bikes Make Life Better’. It provides an opportunity to bring a broad community of people together to exchange passions, interests, knowledge and experience across a spectrum of bicycle related themes.

There will be three evenings of talks from local bike-curious folk, covering topics ranging from ‘Kidical Mass’, cargo bikes, charity rides, art, activism, women of colour in cycling and the world naked bike ride. Then, at the weekend, there will be a series of group rides catering to a range of groups and abilities. There will be a 60km Business Leaders’ Ride, a 25km Women’s Picnic and a 70km Mental Health Ride, with two more yet to be announced.

The talks will be 10th, 11th, and 12th July from 6.30PM, and will be hosted at Propellernet, Castle Square House Brighton BN1 1EG. The group rides are on 13th and 14th July, with various start times, and meeting places.

Food at events will be sponsored by three local sustainable food businesses, Purezza Pizzas, Happy Maki Sushi and Smorl’s houmous and falafel cafe and catering.

Tickets are free, and you can register via the Better Bike Instagram profile or via their website here.

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