Archive for December, 2008

Will Electric Cars Save Your Future?

Well, car manufacturers don’t seem to be having a good time of it right now, do they (”Hey, Congressman, buddy, can you spare $35bn?”). This might seem good for the environment - after all, transportation accounts for a boatload of our carbon emissions, so fewer cars means less of that going up into the...
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Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Goals, Manufacturing, Marketing, Politics, Ranting | 1 Comment »

Riding On Thin Ice

Riding On Thin Ice

The weather here’s been properly wintry over the last few days. It started off with a cold & clear weekend of heavy frosts and bright skies, and then descended into freezing rain, hail, sleet and all that jazz from Monday lunch time. I was supposed to be on the BikeAbility instructors’ course from Monday to...
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Posted in Bike Culture, Bike Security, Bike to Work, Newcastle, Road Safety, Weather, Whitley Bay | 7 Comments »

How to Make Bagels

On the cycling instructors’ course today, we had to demonstrate our presentation skills with a short presentation (2-3 minutes) on the subject of our choice. One of the guys spoke for 150 seconds on belly button fluff. :-/  Go figure! I decided to teach the class how to bake the best bread they’ll ever taste....
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Posted in Bike Culture, Cooking, Recipes, Woo Wooo woooo! | 3 Comments »

All The Cool Kids Rode Choppers

All The Cool Kids Rode Choppers

Remember the ’70s? The original Starsky & Hutch, when skateboards had a front and a back end, and when Tom Baker was Dr Who? I only really remember half of it, because for the other half I was busy drooling, learning bladder control, and stuff like that. I’m still working on those now, actually. ANYWAY ....
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Posted in Bike Culture, Family, Silly Stuff | 1 Comment »

Cold Day At School **UPDATED**

I’m back at school again! Thanks to North Tyneside Council, I’m attending a four-day course on cycle instructor training. The aim is that at the end of it, I’ll be provisionally qualified to teach others to ride a bike safely on the road to the national BikAbility standards. To make it more of a challenge...
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Posted in Bike Culture, Cycle, Ranting, Road Safety, Weather, Whitley Bay, helmet | No Comments »

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