Bike to Work

People on bikes Speed limit signs Otters Otters? Yep. That’s what I saw on the way into work today. Riding along the footpath next to the Spine Road over the river Blyth, I looked down into the water and thought there was a strange looking bit of log drifting past. Then I realised that this “log” had eyes, a...
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Another day, and another ride to work. This time was heading across the top end of Cramlington and over to Morpeth - roads that I don’t generally ride on during the week. Having experienced first hand how people drive along these roads, I was surprised that anyone would want to ride them at all. But...
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Monday morning - early o’clock, and I was back on the road on two wheels. After the snow & ice we’d had for the previous two weeks, I was starting to go stir crazy. It’s strange how quickly you loose the edge for riding in traffic though. For the first couple of miles I...
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So there’s a whole lot of to and fro about this: Richard at Cyclelicio.us pointed out that the obvious answer that was missing was "because it’s fun", which seemed to get the Good People Of Copenhagen all vexed - to the point of wanting to get off the metaphorical bus: I got off the...
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Oh, the lies these people tell. Mind you, you can’t really blame them, can you? Put yourself in their position: You run a multi-billion dollar / euro / pound / yen business, employing thousands. For the last fifty years, governments have pandered to your every need - built infrastructure for your customers to use, gone...
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Thursday is bike day for work, and again I had a whole lot of time with clients scheduled - at their premises rather than mine, so that meant sensible, civilised cycling. I’m sure I could have planned this better, but I ended up doing nearly 40 miles . . . . . . and...
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Thursday is a bike day. We won’t let the weather, the clients we have to see, or the errands we have to run put us off doing it all on two-wheels. And this week, I had all three - cold & drizzly first thing in the morning; a meeting with a client that required...
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The car was at the menders today, and I had to get there to pick it up & take Daughter & friends to their Kung-Fu thing. As is normal in these circumstances, the wind had instantly changed direction and stiffened considerably as soon as I set off from work, so I had a real...
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It’s getting to the stage in my training where the hours I spend Assuming The Position will pay dividends on race day on 27th June. So for my cycling to work I’ve ditched sensible clothes, cycle chic and the Pashley in favour of my race bike. Head down, bum up riding in Lycra, working those...
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So my Decadent In-laws are here to stay and it’s the school holidays. Normally I’d do my long ride on a Sunday, but we’d hatched a plan for a picnic on Holy Island - the family would drive, and I’d cycle there before hitching a lift home. I plotted my route . . . ....
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