Cycling festival

Two wheels, a frame, and two pedals. Nothing could be simpler than a bicycle. People start cycling for practical reasons or for fun but before they know it, it's become a passion, an obsession, a career, an instrument of self-torture.

It's an antiquated mode of transport, and yet hundreds of thousands take it up every year in Britain. Clean, green and cheap, it can turn your journey from A to B into a flight of inspiration, give you a sense of speed, grace and limitless potential, and add a frisson of danger to your otherwise humdrum existence.

Intelligence² are bringing together the most articulate amateurs and professionals from the world of cycling to celebrate the endeavour and endurance, the risk and reward of this extraordinary partnership between man and machine.

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Cycling & speaker videos

Geoff Dyer interview with IQ2

Recorded: 17 Jan 2011
David Eagleman in conversation with Will Self

1 hr 16 min

Cycling & speaker videos

Geoff Dyer interview with IQ2

Recorded: 17 Jan 2011
David Eagleman in conversation with Will Self

1 hr 16 min

Cycling tips

Profiles

Best articles & links on the web

The wheel thing: Will Self on the Brompton bike

Will Self, The Independent, 13 Sep 2008

When is a bicycle not a bicycle? When it's a foldable and fiendishly clever expression of British design genius. Will Self tells the story of the Brompton bike, and reveals how he lost his heart to an unlikely two-wheeled wonder.
Summer Cycling Guide
N/A, British Cycling, 05 Aug 2011
The summer holidays are with us and there's never been a better time to get out and about on two wheels. The days are long, the children are off school and you've got time off to enjoy your bike. Good news is that there is an unprecedented number of cycling options on our calendar this year.
12 cool urban bicycles ready to replace your car
Chris Baskind, Mother Nature Network, 20 Mar 2010
Bikes are tough to beat in terms of urban transportation: They're reliable, emissions-free, small, healthy, and cheap to operate. Check out our picks.
Bicycle polo is more than just horseplay
Laura L Benn, Ottowa Citizen, 06 Aug 2011
Instead of on horses, it's played on two wheels, while hard asphalt replaces grassy pitches. Bicycle polo may sound like a new gritty urban pastime sweeping area parks, but it was included in the London Olympics in 1908.