Macmillan Cancer Support

Some people seem to spend a lot of time & effort getting into the paper, purely so that they can say they were in the paper. It’s probably something to do with low self image, and a need for third-party approval. Or something like that. I, of course, am well-balanced, and completely above that sort...
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So this photo was on Fat Man On A Bike a while ago , but it seems kinda topical now: Looks to me like the bastard offspring of a bike & a vuvuzela created by the South African team’s supporters for the Tour De Pays De Galle. But I’m sure you can come up with...
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The organisers of Ironman France have been sending me sporadic emails over the last six months. In the last couple of weeks the volume’s picked up - daily messages about all sorts of things: how the starting positions are allocated for the swim; the locations of the feed stations; another reminder about the 1800m...
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This was in Copenhagenize earlier in the week - a bicycle orchestra from the Netherlands (where else?). I guess it puts the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain in its place: The thing is, a six-seater tandem, being ridden by men in uniform, who’re playing a variety of instruments is just begging for a caption...
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Today at the age of 40, I had a whole new experience - having my legs shaved. Like in the above picture, I had it done at a local barbers - The Barbers2, which one of my clients in Newbiggin-by-the Sea . Edwina (yes, she’s a lady barber) had agreed to help me out...
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OK, so my Friday Bicycle Caption Contest is just a bit of fun. This on the other hand is completely serious. As you may have gathered, I’m using the excuse of my impending Ironman to raise some cash for the brilliant Macmillan Cancer Support. You can make huge donations at my Justgiving page right...
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Thursday is a bike day. We won’t let the weather, the clients we have to see, or the errands we have to run put us off doing it all on two-wheels. And this week, I had all three - cold & drizzly first thing in the morning; a meeting with a client that required...
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This week I’ve had a good trawl through the Creative Commons images of bicycles on Flickr. I was going to treat you to a juxtaposition of the fashion industry’s view of bikes, and what I think it is that we the people would want to see. But then I came across this photo by...
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Running last night in the universally crappy weather, I was listening to my iPod (also keeps the cold out of my ears - I don’t like ear ache!). It was the usual selection of songs for training, and just perfect to help me visualise the Ironman race. For big, long races like this, having...
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This week’s caption contest features some Australian law-breaking - a guy using a bike without a helmet (Gasp!): See what you can make of this photo - it’s just begging to have a caption added. You can enter our competion by leaving a comment below. This week though, everyone’s a winner . Yes that’s right! Whether...
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