Archive for October, 2008

Bike Lock - With Danish Design

Bike Lock - With Danish Design

I found this today over at Copenhagenize. It’s an innovative bike rack, but with built-in security measures: What you do is wheel your bike into the guides, and then drop the cover down onto the saddle, thereby securing it. You lock this in pl
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Old School Kryptonite

Old School Kryptonite

Yanek from over at Bicyclog sent me these pictures from a 1970’s cycling book he has - The New Complete Book of Bicycling, by Eugene A. Sloane. Take a look at this - it’s an early model Kryptonite lock! You can use your own padlock with it,
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Sunday Morning Photos

I took my camera out the other Sunday while I was taking Huge Dalmation for a walk along the promenade. I thought it would be fun to see what sort of people were out riding their bikes just half an hour after sunrise. It was no surprise to see a couple of roadies out,...
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No Camera - You’ll Have To Take My Word For These

Three beautiful things I saw while out running this morning: The sunrise over the North Sea The QE2 arriving in the Tyne Swans flying overhead, with their wing motion making that eerie whistling sound they do. Workout: Type: Run Date: 10/08/2008 Time: 14:22:55 Total Time: 00:40:00.00 Distance: 4 miles Average Pace: 10:00/mile
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What can you buy for £110 these days?

What can you buy for £110 these days?

Apart from a bank that is. I hear they pay you to take them off their hands. Well, you could get a little Nintendo thingumajig, like this: Or you could get yourself one of these handy two-seater bikes, which are MUCH MORE FUN: Here’s how my spend worked out: Purchase price: £50 New Tyres: £22 New mudguards: £24 New cables: £10 Bike...
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Cycling: It’s a Father & Daughter Thing

Cycling: It’s a Father & Daughter Thing

The old Pashley tandem I bought a few weeks back is nearly finished. Finished enough to ride at any rate. Which is precisely what we did a couple of times over the weekend. Just after Daughter got back from school on Friday, I finally picked up the extra-long tandem gear cable I needed, and fitted...
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Running: It’s ALSO a Father & Daughter Thing

Daughter was really disappointed when she came to cheer me on during the Boxing Day Pudding Run. It’s a 5k race / fun run held every year on the 26th December in Whitley Bay - proceeds to charity. The thing was that unlike other races she’s seen me in, this one had children taking part...
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Yet Another Bike Helmet Post

Yet Another Bike Helmet Post

I guess I’m just one of those guys who likes to jump on a bandwagon. I’d probably make a great political leader - see which way my people are headed, and then rush after them so that I can lead ‘em. Anyway. This thing about bike helmets. Everyone else is posting about it (like here, here,...
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Posted in Assassination Attempts, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Climate Change, Cycling, Environment, Family, Global Warming, No More Excuses, Politics, Ranting, Road Safety, Triathlon | 23 Comments »

Bike Theft Warning: Tel Aviv Style

Bike Theft Warning: Tel Aviv Style

These images are from the Bicyclog. When I first saw them, thought it was just a piece of street sculpture (seems to be a bit of a theme today). But no - it turns out that it’s a warning to bike thieves: There’s another sign on the back o
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Bike Racks in NYC

Bike Racks in NYC

This via the excellent Copenhagenize: As part of the efforts to get more people cycling in New York, the city’s having a competition to design their future bike racks. They’ve now got a shortlist of ten: Now I’m a HUGE fan of anythin
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