Archive for August, 2009

This weekend I was supposed to be doing the Coast to Coast. But unfortunately my training buddy had to go to Luxembourg for the week. So Tall Robbie and I did the Great North Bike Ride instead. I was really impressed that he was allowed out to play for this, as it was...
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Ever been at the shops on your bike, got carried away with the whole consumerist experience, and then ended up wondering how you’re going to get all this stuff home? If you have, then you’re in good company. If not, I recommend it - how we laughed when we realised that I’d bought a...
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This is a road safety video, showing the impacts of driving while distracted. In this case it’s texting, but it could just as easily be driving while talking on the phone - hand-held or hads-free - don’t kid yourself that there’s a difference: I came across the video via Andy Cline’s Carbon Trace , and...
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I’ve been flat out busy, with hardly any time to do anything useful like ride a bike just for fun, or write much here. But I do have this little film to show - made from clips and bits and bobs from when I was on holiday oh so long ago: So is this a...
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I’ve not been posting much of late - still lots to say, but so little time at the moment that it’s all getting a little backed up. But we will get through this. In the meantime, I’m trying to continue with the Friday Caption Contest (the only fixed point in an otherwise giddy, mad, exciting...
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This via Carbon Trace - a video that appeared on the Commute Orlando Blog , that shows in clear terms how far from a parked car is safe for overtaking. This was a real eye-opener for me, because I think that I generally overtake parked cars somewhere between the first and second position shown, and...
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Yeah, I know it’s Thursday, but I’ll be driving the length of France tomorrow, and writing blog posts while driving isn’t so smart. Anyway, following on from the introduction of a new character (Sister Sprocket: “Shave those legs and saddle up!”) in the Yehuda Moon comic strip, there seems to have been a whole lot...
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We picked up a copy of the Sunday Times today (printed in Marseilles - it’s the ‘international’ or ’speyed’ edition), which featured this unfortunately very copyrighted photo of a policeman chastising a trio of cycling anarchists. So we won’t be using that picture for today’s Friday Caption Contest. Instead, we have this photo from www.guy-sports.com: As...
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Sometimes I dispair. I was working late in the office last week, when the only other guy left with me answered his phone: Hi. Yeah. I’m just leaving. I’ll call you from the car. Maybe I live in a particularly sheltered La-La Land, but I was actually shocked at this. So I asked if he was REALLY...
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