The Best Cycle Safety Scheme Ever? The GCN Show Ep. 195

Bike riders could be just about to get a whole lot safer...

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West Midlands Police in the UK have deployed plain clothes officers on bikes in order to crack down on motorists who fail to give cyclists the required 1.5 metres of passing distance. Is it working? We investigate...

Elsewhere, Arnold Schwarzenegger has hit the news for illegally cycling at Oktoberfest, there's been some bike 'termination' at the Red Hook Crit in Milan, and Esteban Chaves finishes the World Tour in style at Il Lombardia.

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Photos: © Bettiniphoto / http://www.bettiniphoto.net/ & ©Tim De Waele / http://www.tdwsport.com / © Jonathan Devich/Tour of Utah

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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER by Gage Skimore via Flickr Creative Commons [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode]

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Mikey Bruce, James Green - Fire It Up
Josh Kirsch/Media Right Productions - Morning Stroll
Marc Adamo, Tico Zamora - Hometown Throwdown
Israel Medina - Resonance
Marc Adamo, Tico Zamora - Crushing Customs
Israel Medina - Waves

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