Archive for February, 2009

Show these two films to your friends who don’t ride bikes: a) The Plight of The American Biped (via Tom Vanderbilt & EcoVelo amongst others): Vs b) Happy Birthday, Velib! Ask which society they’d rather live in. On the assumption they answer b), ask when they’re going to and ride it to work / school...
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This today via Adrian Fitch’s Random Ramblings - a story about bicycle helmets, accidents and blame as reported in BikeRadar. Putting it simply: Involved in an accident on a bike? Hit by another vehicle, and suffer a head injury as a result? Weren’t you wearing a helmet? Then you’re partially to blame. Maybe. Or at least that’s one...
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So yesterday was meeting & talking about getting kids on their bikes with the Tony Blair Sports Foundation . . . and today was email chat with a business support agency in Tyneside about getting their employees on their bikes . . . and then a great meeting with Sustrans. (followed by having to...
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So Phillippa Curtis, the 21 year-old who sent 20 text messages and made a bunch of phone calls before hitting a stationary vehicle & killing it’s occupant, Victoria McBryde, has now jailed for 21 months. Despite the evidence of her own experience, when in court, she claimed that it was sometimes acceptable to use a...
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. . . and a busy day. Wife’s abandoned me for a week’s gallivanting in That London. She’s staying with VonSmallHaussen, and according to the detailed & extensive itinery I’ve been left (she claims it’s so I’ll know where she is in case of emergencies. I think it’s to rub in what a great...
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Not bad for a snappy title, huh? OK, so here’s my thing - just after I first graduated, I worked on Head Up Displays (HUDs) for fast jets. These are the things that pilots look through, and all sorts of useful data gets projected, focused so that it appears to be miles ahead of the...
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I’m on the LinkedIn Bike To Work Group, and last week the question raised was, Bicycle to a job interview? Good idea? Probably not, I’d guess, even assuming weather that would allow one to arrive comfortably in appropriate office attire. I recall once reading job interview tips that included renting an automobile in case one’s own...
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This is the parting of the ways . . . my blog has become increasingly focused on bike culture, the way we live in towns, and the future we could have . . . if only we weren’t so wed to four wheels, petroleum and the myth of needing to drive. But I’m also interested...
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