Do The Right Thing

Riding in the rain. . . . I think I’m starting to enjoy it. Good job too.
Last Thursday, I went to work with a regular client in Newcastle. Lovely weather for the ride in, but during the day the skies darkened as a big Atlantic weather front swept over the country. The rain pretty much […]

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I was at a networking thing in Newcastle yesterday evening. Somehow, although I’m supposed to be talking Work at these things, the conversation always gets around to cycling. Talking with a small group, I was impressed that two of them actually brought up the subject of cycling without (much) prompting from me.
The first - a […]

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This via UltraRob on Twitter. One of New York’s ‘finest’ assaulting a cyclist during a Critical Mass thing:

Full story on the New York Times’ City Room blog.
Cyclists are a minority group (less than 5% of the population), and in other circumstances similar to this, the result’s been rioting. Maybe it’s a good job that we’re […]

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My photos are now on flickr, as are the ones that VonSmallHaussen took. However, the best picture, that really sums it up is from someone who I don’t even think was there. Check this out . . . and afterwards, I challenge you not to:

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Maybe I’m getting old, or it’s just an attempt to buck the system. But I have the urge to get a bike that’s seriously comfortable.
Inspired by sites like Copenhagenize.com (and it’s twin -  CopenhagenCycleChic.com), Amsterdamize.com, and even Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery, I’ve started looking at a more traditional, upright type of bike. For […]

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Cycling in to my client’s office this morning, I had two near misses - both situations that I could have almost certainly avoided by riding more assertively, and holding my line.
In the first, I was approaching roundabout, where the lane nearest the kerb splits into two - the left (3 in the picture) is for […]

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So I’m always reading in the papers that cyclists are a bunch of Holier-than-thou, greenwashed, smug gits, who have no respect for the law. Apparently we’re always riding through red lights, causing traffic mayhem in our wake.
Except that didn’t sound like any cyclists I know. And because I’m an engineer, with ice cold blood running […]

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Here’s another, much shorter video from the Dunwich Dynamo XVI - something that I only noticed when reviewing the film footage.

Not that I’ve never done this sort of thing myself . . .

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I had my little video camera strapped to my handlebars for the Dunwich Dynamo on Saturday night. Here’s a little montage of the journey:

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I got the idea for doing this back in 2007, when I read about it on Adrian Fitch’s blog. Seeing as VonSmallHaussen lives only a short distance from the start, we could combine a visit to see her with a little light cycling:

119 miles. Actually my first century ride ever. Actually, 50% further than I’ve […]

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