LCAG Shirt badges

LCAG is pleased to announce the availability of custom made badges (illustrated right, on a cycling shirt and close up). 

The new LCAG badges are on sale to members at £3 each.  Please send a cheque for £3 per badge made payable to Leeds Cycling Action Group, plus an SAE, to:

Andy Beck
50 Sandmead Close
Morley
Leeds LS27 9JL

Are you legal?

LCAG's guide to bicycle lighting has been updated (thanks to Eric Wright).  If you're confused about whether you can legally use flashing lights, or how bright they need to be, click here.

Headingley Cycling Provision

There is a possibility that LCAG will apply for grant funding to commission a study into improving cycling provision in Headingley. If you have experience of, or a special interest in, such a project please contact Sue Clark, LCAG Secretary susan.clark_@_ukgateway.net (remove the underscores).

Consultation by Department for Transport

Subject: Draft Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3 consultation Chapter 3 of the Traffic Signs Manual (TSM) deals with regulatory signs.

This will replace the current edition, published in 1986. The purpose of TSM is to explain to professional users such as local authority traffic engineers and their consultants the correct application of the signs prescribed by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), currently the 2002 Regulations, SI 2002 No. 3113.

The complete consultation can be found by following this link: http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/open/trafficsigns2/

The consultation period began on 10 September 2007 and runs until 3 December 2007.

Leeds City Council Cycling Team - plans for 2007/8

The LCC Cycling Team has released a list of projects that they hope to implement during 2007/8.

Click here for details.

LCAG Forum launched

LCAG has launched a web based forum for members, to enable the easy exchange of information and opinions between members.

For the time being, the forum is only open to members, and all members should have received an invitation to join.  If you are a member, but have not received an invitation yet, please visit http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/leedscyclists/ and click on the "Sign up" link at the top of the page.

Cycling Map of Leeds

Leeds City Council's cycling map of Leeds is available FREE to all.

Click HERE for more details.

Cyc-O-Vision

Take a look at Greg Lee's great new website at www.cyc-o-vision.com.  Greg has attached a cheap video camera to his handlebars to record the antics of other road users.  He's also inviting others to submit their own videos.

Leeds Cycling Map

It's been seven years since the first Leeds Cycling Map was published.  A new map is now available free to LCAG members - just send an e-mail your postal address to Mark Robinson at mark.x.robinson @ leeds.gov.uk. 

Non members can get a map free by sending a stamped self-addressed A5 size SAE to Mark Robinson at Transport Policy, The Leonardo Building, 2 Rossington Street, Leeds LS2 8HD