News

Help - this is getting ridiculous! Our local TV news ran a piece based on my YouTube video about the 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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

 . . . 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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

The police visited the address I gave them last week and caught the burglars mostly red-handed with their booty. Confessions and convictions obtained more or less on the spot. Another crime cleared up by a wanna-be super hero! I just hope I’m not as annoying as Scrappy Smegging Doo.
Read more »

BBC NEWS | England | Hereford/Worcs | Police look for have-a-go women Just heard about this on the Jeremy Vine Show. It turns out that we live in a country where people will get involved, and stand up for what’s right. Three women - apparantly strangers to eachother - tackled a runaway criminal who was successfully...
Read more »