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At that cycling conference I went to a couple of weeks ago (the one I keep going on about, as if I don’t get out much . . .), Philip Darnton, Chair of Cycle England laid down a challenge to everyone attending: YOU have to recruit two non-cyclists, and get ‘em on their bikes by...
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So there are a bunch of people doing amazing stuff today - Brad & Big Dave & a few others from sweat365.com are doing the Steelman Triathlon somewhere in and around Las Vegas. 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and then a full marathon. Any race with those kinds of distances is tough, but for...
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David Hembrow's talking about Critical Mass today - a subject that's been picked up by Andy Cline over at Carbon Trace. Neither of these two are big fans of Critical Mass, and I've got to agree. I've never seen a critical mass demo here, but what I have seen online doesn't fill me with a...
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I was at a cycling conference last week, thanks to the generousity of that Nice Carlton Reid - he was one of the speakers, and had a free guest’s ticket, which I grabbed at when offered. The theme was “Cycling and the Sustainable Door to Door Journey”. Not very exciting-sounding, and with speakers on the...
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So yesterday, Brad insinutated that I might be one of those people who would be up for some “crazy bike love“. Now, while it’s true that I DO love to ride, and have given each of my bikes a name (Daisy, Christine, Trixie, and  . . . um . . . Wilf), I’m really...
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Apart from a bank that is. I hear they pay you to take them off their hands. Well, you could get a little Nintendo thingumajig, like this: Or you could get yourself one of these handy two-seater bikes, which are MUCH MORE FUN: Here’s how my spend worked out: Purchase price: £50 New Tyres: £22 New mudguards: £24 New cables: £10 Bike...
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This is just a short post to wish Bill Anders (who also blogs his photos here) a happy 40th birthday. He’s on ‘holiday’ at the moment, courtesy of the US Army Air Force in Sunny Iraq. And to celebrate his birthday, he’s going for a little run: Forty miles. In a country where the weather can...
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No, that’s not a misquote from some French royalty. It’s the motto of 617 Squadron, whose story was told by Paul Brickhill in The Dam Busters - one of my Thrilling Yarns that I read over the summer. It was Daughter’s first swimming lesson after the summer break. And although the weather forecast was for...
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No, not a bike for training. A bike train: To build this, you’ll need as many steel-framed bikes as you’ve got friends who’re daft enough to want to ride the bike train. You could do it with aluminium bikes, but you’re going to be welding, which is easy-ish with steel, but the work of...
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So Brad’s looking for a tandem to do the STP on next year with his kids. Hmmmm . . . I’m sure there’s more than one junior member of Team Brad. Perhaps what they need is a trandem: Of course, this could get silly (it hasn’t already?), with a four-, five- or six-seater version, although...
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