The Bike podcast

With the toll of cycling casualties growing, Hugh Muir asks what needs to happen for roads to become a safer place for bikes

Tips from the 'world's best bike mechanic', a four-restaurant tandem ride with Tom Keville-Davies and a high-speed chat with the fastest man on two wheels

Do podium girls belong in modern cycling? How can you control bike rage? And the secrets of the Brompton folding bicycle

This month's dose of pedal-powered audio action takes us to the nearly completed Olympic velodrome and up the hilly cobbled streets of Edinburgh in a rickshaw

Our monthly podcast team takes a detailed look at the capital's new hire scheme, reviewing the bikes, the cost and the practicalities

Helen Pidd's pedal-powered weekly round-up of cycling news

Helen Pidd brings you the latest tips and tales from her bicycle saddle

Helen Pidd's monthly spin through the world of bike news and views

We talk to the all-women bike team determined to win races without dressing down, and designer Wayne Hemingway tells us about making bikes for less than £50

This month's show spins from stories from the frontline with Channel 4's Jon Snow to top tips from Toni and Guy plus indoor rolla racing and coffee slurping while on the move

Peter Walker braces the cold in a cyclocross race, while Claire Armistead and Richard Wiliams look at a selection of bike books

We discover why the Danish capital is world's best cycling city

Top tips to make winter cycling bearable, cycling jackets put to the test plus Cardiff's bike hire scheme Read our review of the top 5 cycling jackets for winter

The unlikely fusion of cinema and cycling, why the police are patrolling on bikes and planning a national cycle route with Sustrans

Cycling lessons, bike tubes and dealing with those lorries

Listen to the second edition of our podcast from the wide world of cycling

We speak to the triple Olympic champion about fitness tips and mountain biking. Plus: fixed-wheel bikes, CTC's new vision for cycling, an adventure holiday in Skye and a road-bike review

Expect to hear reviews of newly released bikes, exploring the cycling issues that matter, advice on where to go on biking holidays and interviews with professional cyclists