Cycle Infrastructure

Some of you may remember the video I made last year about The World’s Shortest Cycle Lane. This was in Gateshead, next to their shiny new college, and a mere ten metres long. At the time, several commenters, and Gateshead Council’s extremely friendly and approachable* Team Leader for Traffic Projects and Rights of Way said...
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Damn it was cold yesterday! The kind of cold where proper roughy-toughy Cyclists stuff a newspaper down the front of their jersey just to keep off the wind chill. Thank goodness for modern clothing materials, as I really don’t have the physique that would be made attractive by a reverse image transfer of the...
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Our car failed its annual MoT test. That means mandatory remedial work before it’s allowed on the road, we won’t get it back ’till Monday evening . . . and an unplanned bill of around £800. Bah! You could buy a great town bike for that sort of money. But on the bright side, it means...
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After embarrassing myself this morning, I was in no mood for an involuntary dismount again this evening - there’s only so much humiliation a man can take. When I set out from Walker Riverside, it was already pretty damned cold. As I pulled out from my client’s car park there was a sparkly shimmer on...
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I fell off again this morning - that’s TWICE this week. A bit of a bash on the shin, and the remains of my self-respect, dignity and pride in tatters. Here’s what happened . . . It wasn’t too cold last night, but just as I was leaving home, the heavens opened for one of...
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I’ve got to admit that I’ve had my mind changed over the last few months about cycle paths. It’s been through a combination of “Look how good it is on a broad, flat surface without any cars” articles from David Hembrow, Marc at Amsterdamize, and Mikael at Copenhagenize / Copenhagen Cycle Chic. Its also been...
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