Environment

It turns out that here in the UK we really are world class. After seeing my short bike lane film, DaveP suggested on quickrelease.TV that I look up the Warrington Cycle Campaign’s pages. They have a feature called Cycle Facility of the Month, pouring ridicule on the daft things our town planners do to...
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My little video about the cycle lane in Gateshead has gone mainstream. The Newcastle Journal ran it today as their front cover story, with the main details taking up most of page 3! Naturally they wanted pictures to go with the story (my good looks sell papers? Something like that, I’m sure), and naturally I...
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I found this video today on The Bicycle Diaries, and I just had to post it here. Not least of all because I figure it’s the kind of thing to get some of the sweat365 team excited - no need to mention any names - just check out the photo below the video!
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I’m a member of a local networking group (Service Network), and on Friday they held a seminar about climate change at Newcastle’s offices for the Environment Agency. The weather was pretty foul, but I could hardly drive, could I? Although it was sunny enough for shades as I was getting the bike out, within minutes...
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Winter is definitely here now. I had a meeting with a new prospective client in Newcastle yesterday. Generally people are OK about a business consultant who cycles, but some still expect someone wearing a suit & carrying a briefcase - though they seem to be in the minority now. I spoke to my prospect on...
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I need your help & feedback. I’ve entered quickreleast.tv’s competition to create a short video to get Joe & Joanna Public out there cycling. Watch my two-minute entry, below, and if you think it’s funny AND does what quickrelease.tv wanted (”. . . to make Joe and Joanna Public get out there and ride…for the...
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I’m pretty mechanically minded - I’ve taken apart my fair share of A-series engines, rebuilt bikes, and don’t mind generally tinkering with stuff. Sometimes it even works after I’ve finished with it. Today I was over at the Bicycle Diaries, and I came across a link to someone doing some wierd stuff to retro /...
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OK, so Whitley Bay is hardly The Big City, but while I was out today, I had several of those moments of clarity that only come from either monetary sobriety in a drunk, or every darned day on a bike for the rest of us. Seeing the flowers growing right next to the road that...
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