This via John The Monkey (that’s his real name. Probably): See? Don’t think you know what the other person is thinking until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. You can say what you want about them then, as you’ll...
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Yes I know it’s Wednesday. But there’s something wrong with this picture from Guildford: Under it’s new Chief Executive, Moya Green, Royal Mail is still actively planning to scrap its 24,000 delivery bikes. Apparently "these bicycles pose the wider...
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So how about this via Bike Portland ? A 60km stretch of the Autobahn between Duisburg and Dortmund has been closed for a party. Over 20,000 tables were provided by the organisers to create the world’s longest banquet table. This...
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Daughter loves to ride her bike, and she’s also always been obsessed with dalmatians. So when I got her a new old bike (the second Raleigh Shopper in the house), it seemed a good idea to combine her two...
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Next weekend is the Dunwich Dynamo - 120 or so miles overnight from That London to Dunwich on the Suffolk coast. This year, one of our friends from university, Dr Strangelove is coming for the first time. He’s been asking...
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You’re doing WHAT? Taking your kids on a tow-along trailer thing on the public highway? Where there are CARS for Chrissake? Are you either totally mental, or just don’t give a damn about your kids’ health? OK...
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I have a goal in mind - one that I’ve had for some time in fact. I’d love to be able to run 10k in 40 minutes. The first race of this year’s North Shields Poly Grand Prix series...
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So I’m back in the pool again, for the start of 3-4 months just working on technique (must dig out my Total Imersion book to put some structure to this though.) There have been some changes to how things are...
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Do you trust the occupants of a parked car to look before they fling a door open? And How wide does a car door open? But it’s not all one sided - sometimes I see riders doing things that are...
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I was away from home for a meeting last week, and took the opportunity to explore (& find out where the meeting was the next day) on foot. First run after the Ironman, and my knees felt a little...
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So before China got capitalism, we all know they had slave labour - or so it was alleged. Come to think of it, the same allegations are made about the wages paid in modern China, but that’s a completely...
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So you remember the publicity stunt I did for my Macmillan fundraising ? (what?! you mean you haven’t already made a donation? Don’t worry - the page is still open! Just get your credit card out and go to...
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I couldn’t believe it - I’d got to the end of the bike, 20 minutes ahead of schedule! The Family were waiting to see me coming into the paddock and then into the transition tent to ditch the bike...
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After the swim, the relief of getting out of the water and onto the bike. I’d anticipated that I’d have swallowed a bit of sea water and that I’d also be somewhat dehydrated, so in my transition bag there...
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Race Day. Breakfast was at 02:30 - four hours before the off to allow time for my guts to settle. Then after reading the good-luck cards left out for me, it was back to bed for an hour or so’s...
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I’m not entirely sure that I got my bike racked in the right slot for the Ironman . . . OK - joking aside, this is one of the pickup points for Nice’s Velobleu cycle hire scheme . It’s...
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Gulp! The day before the Ironman, and I woke up early. An ideal opportunity to cycle into Nice and have a look at the start of the swim course at its start time. The sea looked flat (which was good)...
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After picking up my race pack from the Ironman registration on Thursday, we headed up into the hills above Nice for a look at the final descents of the race’s bike route. After putting the bike back together, I...
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