{"id":132132,"date":"2015-11-23T14:35:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T14:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=132132"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:04:40","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:04:40","slug":"london-cyclists-love-the-new-superhighway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2015\/11\/23\/london-cyclists-love-the-new-superhighway\/","title":{"rendered":"London cyclists love the new superhighway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! So what do you need to know?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>2016 Cyclepassion calendar is here<\/strong><\/h2>\n<lite-youtube videoid=Pz2aL5tVNPM params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/Pz2aL5tVNPM\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>\u201cIt is hard work to keep up a high level for this kind of photography. Sexy without looking cheap. Innovative and not like all the other girl calendars. We managed to do our best and we\u2019ve always got the feedback that we do a great job. Times are changing, so we\u2019ve stroked a new path and strengthened the art part of our work,\u201d said Cyclepassion about the 2016 edition and one thing is for sure, their calendar definitely looks different this year.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not so sure if they have always achieved the \u201esexy without being cheap\u201c look as they say they did, but the next year&#8217;s edition is really tasteful. Photographer Kai Stuht saw to that and apart from beautiful models you can also admire some exquisite bikes from BASF, Cannondale, vanRafael and many other cool companies.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Meanwhile in Colorado<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-132141\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2015\/11\/bicycletouring1-600x398.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: Darren Alff, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/-W6FxopsTW\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Darren Alff has been travelling the world by bicycle for more than 15 years and inspiring thousands to do the same in the process. He is in Maroon Bells, Colorado, at the moment and managed to capture the beauty of autumn in just one single photograph.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>True inspiration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"Portrait of my grandfather : 80 and still cycling\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/74715441?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This video was uploaded to Vimeo almost two years ago, but has gone viral on Facebook in the last few days. It shows incredible determination of Benjamin Piovesan who is over 80 years old and still cycles regularly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eI will always remember the first time I rode a bike. I was about 14 and it was in the Veneto region. I did 30-35 kilometres. I thought it was good for the first time and I have very nice memories of it,\u201c says Benjamin of the first spark for his lifelong passion.<\/p>\n<p>Florent Piovesan made this short documentary to celebrate his grandfather&#8217;s 80<sup>th<\/sup> birthday (or his 4<sup>th<\/sup> 20<sup>th<\/sup> birthday, as he likes to say). Amazingly, age is no nuisance for Benjamin and he still does approximately 6000 \u2013 9000 kilometres every year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201eIt brings me joy,\u201c says our hero and we have to admit, we would consider ourselves lucky to be half as fit as he is at that age.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Always a gentleman, Boris!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cyclist gives Boris the finger on new segregated cycleway | <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Va0JfDEiF\">https:\/\/t.co\/2Va0JfDEiF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4KmdwQgwNx\">pic.twitter.com\/4KmdwQgwNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cycling Weekly (@cyclingweekly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cyclingweekly\/status\/667311741135552512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>London mayor Boris Johnson opened the first bike superhighway (lane that is segregated from the car traffic) in his city. You think cyclists would be pleased? Well, some of them weren&#8217;t happy to see mayor&#8217;s face there. More than a few had an opinion about it and expressed it in a way that made the whole world laugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people I met on the cycleway seemed to love it,\u201d said Johnson.\u00a0Oh, of course they did. Nobody can deny that. But still we have to ask. What moment in particular are you referring to, Mr. Mayor?<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=9mVHs5uanFk params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/9mVHs5uanFk\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it! 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