Archive for June, 2009

I’ve just found this picture by Richard Masoner on Flickr, and had to share it with you: The picture I have in my head is of Mr T riding up on a tiny little BMX, which he then locks with one of the chains from round his neck. Made me laugh, anywa
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This is a brilliant idea – via Bike Hacks. It’s a bunch of ‘rust’ stickers that you can apply to your swish and fast ride to make it look like a pile of junk that’s not worth stealing. Given the intelligence of the average
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Remember the story about the cobbler’s son always going unshod? Yeah, well last night I had a discussion with Von SmallHaussen about tapering and not over-cooking things a week before our Big Ride together (ooo-er!) So in the spirit of do as I say, not as I do . . . . I’d been out running...
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I mean, really. Just WTF? I’m hardly an expert when it comes to ‘long’ rides, but in this year’s Dunwich Dynamo I’ll be accompanied by some genuine novices. For one of these, the practicalities of 120 miles overnight, unsupported, with just one actual lavatory (at about 65 miles, and with a queue of ~200) might...
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I’ve never been to Glastonbury for The Festival - Wife doesn’t really ‘do’ camping, unless it involves the inside of a five star hotel. And that’s all the excuse I need. Anyway. Glastonbury in case you didn’t know, is a haunt of hippies, drop-outs, and the disaffected of the counter culture. In short, the sort of...
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This photo is likely to cause some offence, not least of all in the tone of the captions it’s likely to attract. But I make no apology whatsoever - the World Wide Naked Bike Ride is a serious movement, promoting freedom and love and something that I’m sure is related to the climate. Probably. It...
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The UK isn’t actually the most dangerous place in the world to ride your bike, and some local councils do make efforts to create a better cycling environment. But in general, what we have is tokenism, where the facilities are created with the money left once the "real" work’s been done by the transport...
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Notice anything odd about this sculpture, that’s adjacent to the cycle route between Whitley Bay and Blyth? Remember that cunning trick they did when filming the Lord of The Rings, that made the 6′8" Sir Ian McKellan look taller than the 5′3" Elijah Wood? Lots of really smart jiggery-pokery with camera angles to fool...
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Sometimes I can’t figure out if I’m poor, have an eye for a bargain, or am just plain tight. And not in the sense that Cameron from the Sarah Connor Chronicles would use to describe someone who’s cool either. So when I noticed that Evans Cycles were having an early summer sale, I was intrigued....
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Old bikes are good bikes. Not the fastest, quickest, best handling machines, but still good bikes. They feel like old friends, and like old friends, they’re just so much easier and comfortable to get along with. Take this one, that we saw in Cullercoats on Friday evening: When this beauty came past us, I just...
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