Archive for October, 2009

Friday Caption Contest - All Is Revealed

Friday Caption Contest - All Is Revealed

Congratulations to Andreas and Saprice02 , who both correctly guessed what the mystery bikehack was for. Fat Rob will be round to see you some time in the next week, wearing his rubber romper suit, a seductive grin, and carrying a tub of butt lube menthol canapé dip. Made from solvent-welded PVC piping, this bikehack...
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Posted in Bike Culture, BikeHack, Photographs, Weather, Whitley Bay | 2 Comments »

Friday Caption Competition: Identify the Bike Hack

Friday Caption Competition: Identify the Bike Hack

OK, simple competition for you today. All you have to do is correctly identify what the modification on this bike is for: In a return to our high-value prizes for the Friday Caption Competition, we’ve really pulled the stops out this week: One lucky winner will receive the tub of Fat Rob’s special menthol dip...
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Watch Out For Those Puppies!

Watch Out For Those Puppies!

Riding home along the path through the dunes south of Blyth today, a tiny sand-coloured dog charged straight at me. I stopped, as did the dog, facing me down. Which of us would blink first? The dog, which was only a puppy, and let out a terrified angry, barking yelp at the same time...
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Posted in Bike Culture, Whitley Bay | 3 Comments »

Hit & Run Driver In The Dock

This from the front page of today’s Whitley Bay News Guardian: Hit and rund driver held on remand A man charged in connection with a hit and run which left a Whitley Bay father fighting for his life has been remanded in custody. Peter Rowell is accused of driving the car which collided with cyclist Alistair Barnett...
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Posted in Assassination Attempts, Bike Culture, Ranting, Road Safety, Whitley Bay | 4 Comments »

You Can Keep Your Fixie Tricks . . .

. . . and your free-running, parkour high-jinks. Because this is the real deal - an amazing video via a comment by ‘BSO’ in today’s Yehuda Moon strip: Skip past the first few seconds of tricks (which I thought was going to be one of those "Oh look, my friend impaled himself on some railings, but...
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Posted in Bike Culture, Blogroll, Video | 3 Comments »

Never Turn Your Back On The Sea

Never Turn Your Back On The Sea

. . . ‘cos it’ll come to get you. We almost saw this happen today on our walk with Huge Dalmatian to St Mary’s Lighthouse and back. There was a family out on the rocks, watching the yatchs sailing past, and probably wondering what all that shouting was behind them. By the time they realised that...
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Posted in Photographs, Walk, Whitley Bay | 1 Comment »

Draft Cycling Strategy

Draft Cycling Strategy

Almost a year ago, I want to see our local councilor with responsibility for transport to talk about cycling. In my dealings with the Cycling Projects Officer, I’d got the feeling that there was more going on than the council were being entirely open about. I thought that perhaps there was some sort of...
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Posted in Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Politics, Ranting, Road Safety, Whitley Bay | 3 Comments »

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