Wearing helmets ‘more dangerous’ – BBC “The study found drivers tend to pass closer when overtaking cyclists wearing helmets than those who are bare-headed.” Image by Hugo. Now, that is when you need helmets. Possibly.

Critical Mass on Friday evening AND ON MONDAY MORNING, to strike at a Capital systempunkt that can turn into London’s Tahrir Square. Read why, where and when at Mark’s site. And some words of wisdom by I Am Not A Cyclist: The plans that LCC proposed were far from visionary. Why is it that the campaigns want to reinvent the wheel and not follow the tried and tested template. Since they are resurfacing the whole bridge anyway why not put a raised cycle lane of [...]

KarKulture in Bangladesh via Kuro5hin (warning: shocking material). I have been in India only three weeks but I witnessed the same jungle-culture: motorists assaulting cyclists after knocking them off their bikes. Maybe those Chinese execution vans could be handy: a quick lethal injection to any motorist who crashes into a cyclist or a pedestrian. On the spot.