By Keith Macfarlane, on November 30th, 2011
London Cycling Campaign held their AGM on Wednesday November 16. It was a well presented and well organised meeting with over 200 members attending. Thanks to Andrew Cornwell for providing this account.
1. The proposed name change to ‘London Cyclists’ was withdrawn by the Board after something of a mess regarding postal votes: it appears that postal votes for motions aren’t actually allowed under the company articles (although they are allowed for elections to the Board, approval of accounts etc). An apology has been issued. The motion from Hackney LCC to defer consideration of any name change until after the 2012 Mayoral elections was passed.
So it will be London Cycling Campaign for another year at least it seems.
2. The ‘Go Dutch’ campaign theme for the Mayoral elections was overwhelmingly agreed. There was quite a lot of discussion in the room about what …more →
By icag, on November 29th, 2011 
Dangers still exist for pedestrians and cyclists wishing to cross Holloway Road; by the end of the month, the present road works at Madras Place and Fieldway Crescent will be, we hope, an unalloyed success story for local campaigners working with Islington council officers and Transport for London (TfL). …more →
By john ackers, on November 27th, 2011 
Ward councillors have been invited to request that the speed limit be changed to 20MPH on their local principal roads. We hope they accept quickly. …more →
By john ackers, on November 20th, 2011
On Islington’s second most popular cycle route, cyclists pass an echelon parking bay on Drayton Park road outside shops which include a cafe and a plumbing supplies shop, opposite the large white Arsenal sign and Drayton Park railway station. Google Maps streetview.
Drivers routinely double park outside the shops. In addition, the echelon parking spaces are too short for the commercial vehicles that regularly use them. The back ends of long cars and the vans often overhang some or all of the cycle lane. There is, however dead space on the other side of the road.
The problem was first documented officially in the TfL funded CRISP study of the route in 2005, and ignored. ICAG has raised the issue many times with officers but nothing has happened. Most recently, local residents have emailed ICAG and pointed out the danger to cyclists.
It’s extraordinary …more →
By icag, on November 7th, 2011 
Islington Council’s cycling targets are dwarfed by Camden and Hackney. …more →
By Keith Macfarlane, on September 21st, 2011 
Can you park at Highbury Corner? Cycle parking is in such high demand that we found 4 bikes attached to one stand. …more →
By Keith Macfarlane, on September 20th, 2011 
As usual we had a stall at Gillespie Park Festival – it was the 25th.
Alison Dines and John Ackers were on the stall.
We were asking people to sign our 20mph petition.
Paul Standeven was one Bike Doctor…
assisted by Stephen Taylor – satisfied cyclist in the foreground
We always attract interest from…
people of all ages!
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By Keith Macfarlane, on September 19th, 2011
Sunday 4 September. First there was the 10.00am feeder ride from Highbury Fields for Skyride.
This ride was led by Jacques-Olivier Gaudron Other local cyclists also put on blue marshal bibs to guide cyclists into Central London. ICAG’s John Ackers, Paul Standeven and Keith Macfarlane were also marshalls. Numbers were down on last year – the weather wasn’t so good!
Then there was the 12 Noon ride led by Lucy Nandris
Lucy briefs the marshalls
and briefs the riders… Special treatment for little ones… Smallest at the front!
Meanwhile Alison Dines and Chris Ashby were at the Angel Festival.
Cyclists stopped
pedestrians too…
LCC T shirts made a good backdrop
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By Keith Macfarlane, on August 17th, 2011
We’d like to thank Chris Ashby for organising a tribute for the cyclist who was killed in Holloway Road on Saturday, 6 August. We were amazed by the number of people who attended, but this was possibly because it was put on our Facebook and Twitter pages. Tom’s father Keith spoke briefly and we observed a minute’s silence. The Islington Tribune published the following on line.
Father of cyclist Sam Harding, pleads for safer roads in the Islington Tribune
Published: 12 August 2011 by PETER GRUNER
A HEARTBROKEN father has called for improved safety on Islington roads after the death of the third cyclist this year.
Retired teacher Keith Harding said he did not blame anyone for the death of his son, Sam, 25, in a collision with a bus in Holloway Road on Saturday afternoon. But he added that as a society we are …more →
By john ackers, on July 16th, 2011
Trimetals protectacycle secondary lock
If you are using a Trimetals Protectacycle Bike Store watch out, make sure you use the main hasps! The shed is advertised as one of the safest but there have been a recent spate of thefts. In Highbury on one night, thieves broke into 4 different sheds. The lid was secured only by the handle. The handle locking point for the padlocks was just cut off which allows the thieves to lift the door.
The Protectacycle comes with two hasps on the front skirt that should be used with the padlocks supplied, to secure the bottom of the door. According to Mr Smith, Trimetals MD, these hasps are much harder to saw than the side brackets with holes, and were added to the original garden storage container when it was upgraded to make the Protectacycle. However people …more →
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