Cycling

 . . . will get you all the way round the world - 18,000 miles, passing through 20 countries. And you’d be setting a new world record for the fastest circumnavigation by BIKE. This afternoon, Mike Beaumont from Fife is scheduled to ride into Paris, and into the record books after spending just over six...
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I found this picture on the truly excellent Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog. It’s just the sort of thing to make Daughter jump up & down and squeal with joy . . . so I had to have it here too: The original was uploaded to Flickr by M-Louis - thank you for putting it...
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Oh, joy of joys. To wake up at 6 a.m. and hear the rain battering against the windows, and to roll over & go back to sleep. Nope, not for me though. I was up & at ‘em, wondering around the house collecting extra layers, fretting about how waterproof my clothes were . ....
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No, it hasn’t happened to me for years . . . but it’s probably only a mater of time I came across this film on quickrelease.tv, which shows how easily most bike locks are defeated. It’s in Dutch, with English subtitles, but don’t let that put you off watching: For some reason I’m very...
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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 found this via the excellent Bicycle Diaries produced by Da Square WheelMan. It’s got some great high-minded aims (in a good way), though is a little short on detail at the moment . . . so probably worth keeping an eye on.
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I had a breakfast meeting today at the Copthorne Hotel in central Newcastle. But when I got up, it was blowing a gale and raining (the sort of weather where you can hear Norwegian voices on the wind), so I decided to go for the soft option and drive. Big mistake. I think everyone else must...
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. . . but this is just plain ridiculous: Man Falls In Love With Bike - Literally! I know a lot of cyclists lust after bikes, but this story — from tonight’s thelondonpaper — about a Scotsman, is simply ridiculous: A man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle was given three years’ probation . ....
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So MistahSinclair has a Noble Steed to ride. And she’s a pretty fine looking filly! Anyway, when Wife found out about this, she commented today that I seemed to be running a stud farm. Here’s my ‘breeding stock’ - mostly from the shallow end of the gene pool. Left to right, there’s my trusty Sturdy...
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I’ve had some more fun with my camera-attached-to-bike. Now, I can show you what plays in my head when I’m cycling:
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