Friends

Show these two films to your friends who don’t ride bikes: a) The Plight of The American Biped (via Tom Vanderbilt & EcoVelo amongst others): Vs b) Happy Birthday, Velib! Ask which society they’d rather live in. On the assumption they answer b), ask when they’re going to and ride it to work / school...
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. . . and a busy day. Wife’s abandoned me for a week’s gallivanting in That London. She’s staying with VonSmallHaussen, and according to the detailed & extensive itinery I’ve been left (she claims it’s so I’ll know where she is in case of emergencies. I think it’s to rub in what a great...
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I was working at a client’s on the Team Valley today, and over lunchtime, I put together a post that I immediately decided to embargo for just over a fortnight. My reasons may become clearer later. So on the way home, I was wondering what to write about, and surprisingly enough a couple of drivers...
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If you read Algernond’s blog, you’ll probably be familiar with how irresponsible he is. Running with a chest infection, getting badgered into off-piste skiing and walking up to closed peaks, and stuff like this: The problem is that having spent a week hanging around with a reprobate like this, some of it’s bound to rub...
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Today was Algernond’s and my last day to act like irresponsible juveniles - both our Daughters had extended skiing lessons, and were going to be busy until around 2pm, and then too tired to do anything at all. So we set ourselves a challenge - to ski the entire perimeter of Courchevel, taking in every...
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On Thursday, there was no ski school, so Daughter and I got to do some distance together on our skis. Like Algernond with his Petite, I found this exhausting, so I can only imagine how tiring it was for Daughter. She can ski - turns starting to parallel-up, and the ability to snow-plough to a...
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I had a busy day in the office today (reading blogs, twittering, oh, and doing a bunch of research for an article), which spilled over into the evening. The result of this was that I didn’t get to go out for my run ’till far later than I’d usually like to. As in, I’d prefer...
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Wow! Check out Yanek’s latest effort - a fantastic resuscitation job on a bike from the ’60s. From this: To this: Fantastic! There are more photos on Yanek’s Bicyclog pages. See - to get a new bike, you don’t need a shed load of money, just a keen eye for a classic, and a whole lot...
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So after yesterday’s post about how happy people on bikes are, here’s the flip side. Sometimes - often, it seems - something happens when you’re out cycling that just presses all the wrong buttons. These things can range to the irritating and inconsiderate, to the downright scary and dangerous. If you ride...
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This prompted by something I read on Twitter this morning. There is one thing that makes me see red. I mean, gets me steaming mad to the extent that I’ll mutter slightly more than “Gosh Darn It!” under my breath, and end up having to whistle until I calm down. Drivers using the phone. It’s one of...
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