Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
This via UltraRob on Twitter. One of New York’s ‘finest’ assaulting a cyclist during a Critical Mass thing:
Full story on the New York Times’ City Room blog.
Cyclists are a minority group (less than 5% of the population), and in other circumstances similar to this, the result’s been rioting. Maybe it’s a good job that we’re […]
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Yesterday the weather was forecast to be mostly good, and I had a meeting scheduled with a client that my SatNav said was only 36 miles away by bike. Hmmm . . . with fuel prices now at £1.30 a litre (that’s $9.60 for a US gallon) (So all you in the USA moaning […]
Filed under: News, Global Warming, Cycle, Environment, Newcastle, Whitley Bay, Road Safety, Gateshead | 3 Comments »
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Help - this is getting ridiculous!
Our local TV news ran a piece based on my YouTube video about the [not quite, or in fact even near to] shortest bike lane in the country. Apparently I’m now “cycling groups in Gateshead”, and to protect me from being mobbed / rising up like an angry mob on […]
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Posted on April 2nd, 2008 by Karl On Sea
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 ‘help’ […]
Filed under: Cycling, News, Environment, Ranting, Silly Stuff, Road Safety, Gateshead, Blegging | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
I get a bit peeved at the way some drivers treat cyclists on the roads. But of course, it’s not all one-sided. Occasionally cyclists do some pretty stoopid things, that put themselves in danger. And I do include myself in that, though very rarely.
So when Adrian Fitch posted this photo of a lorry on his […]
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Posted on March 25th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
Not too much to say about the North Tyneside Easter Sunday 10K, except that it was the toughest race I’ve ever completed!
The weather from Saturday had only slightly abated, and by the start of the race, the temperature on the sea front was a balmy 0ºC, with a pleasant 22-25mph headwind. My race went pretty […]
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Posted on March 17th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
There are several roads near here which would be just great for cycling when you’re in a hurry to get somewhere. Roads like the A1058 Coast Road, which takes you in pretty much an arrow-straight line from the coast (the clue’s in the name) to the centre of Newcastle. The problem is that this is […]
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Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Karl On Sea
. . . 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 months […]
Filed under: Cycling, News, Motivation | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 12th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
I give blood. In the UK, it’s not about getting paid for it (’cos you don’t), but because someone might need your blood. It might save the life of someone you love, or a complete stranger, who’s just as loved by their own family. You can read more about this on the National Health Service’s […]
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Posted on March 16th, 2007 by Karl On Sea
I found this on Dvorak.org/blog - a roller coaster for cyclists (with details on treehugger.com). Surely this looks like the scariest roller coaster in the world. You can see the thte ‘bikes’ have been designed with practicality in mind - they even have shopping baskets.
I just hope that the ‘bikes’ have a freewheel, rather than […]
Filed under: Cycling, News, Photographs | 4 Comments »
