A 66-year-old cyclist died when he was in collision with a car in Eastbourne on Tuesday afternoon (December 29). Emergency services were called to the scene in Victoria Drive at 2.55pm following the collision with a black BMW 525 D… Continue Reading
The Eastbourne Herald is reporting a serious accident between a car and bicycle on Victoria Drive today. Victoria Drive in Eastbourne has been closed in both directions after a serious accident involving a car and a bicycle this afternoon (December… Continue Reading
We have received a report of a child being knocked off their bike outside Cavendish School in Eastbourne. The following was in the Cavendish School newsletter this week. On Monday 11th May, a young person was knocked off their bike… Continue Reading
East Sussex County Council are currently consulting on introducing a 20mph speed limit outside Ratton School. This would help provide a safer environment for cycling to school and back again for many children, so we fully support this. Please take… Continue Reading
“Cyclists are pedestrians really, since they are leg-powered. They’ve just added a few levers and cogs to improve their own efficiency.” James May, BBC Top Gear Since it was formed six years ago by a group of parents concerned about… Continue Reading
CTC have released an interesting map of all reported cycling accidents in the UK for 2013. Here’s the map for Eastbourne, click on the markers for details of the accident. CTC have a disclaimer on the map. To get a… Continue Reading
The Eastbourne Gazette this week features another cycling letter from regular correspondent Andy Adams of Trossachs Close. Mr Adams is kindly drawing attention to our proposed Old Town Cycleway as he managed to miss the publicity around it over the… Continue Reading
The petition for the Old Town Cycleway may have been handed into East Sussex County Council, but Bespoke and our friends aren’t sitting back and taking anything for granted. Over the weekend, Felicity Goodson from Bespoke attended the Lammas Festival… Continue Reading
Councillor John Ungar delivered the 1300+ signature Old Town Cycleway petition to East Sussex County Council yesterday. The petition started on 27th June so that works out at around 80 signatures a day – pretty good going. The online petition… Continue Reading
Councillor Ungar will be handing in 1,155 signatures today! The petition has taken us all over Old Town and pretty much everyone we’ve met is supportive of a safe cycle route on the West of Eastbourne. We hope East Sussex… Continue Reading