Photographs

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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Bikeportland.org yesterday featured a map showing their local accident blackspots for cyclists: What you’ll notice from this is that accidents seem to happen more on busier streets, and most frequently at junctions. (In other news, the sky is apparently blue, grass green, and dogs found to bark). You can see this even more clearly on...
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Yep. And then we can put all this silliness behind us. On the plus side, despite its best efforts to rain or snow on me, all I got while I was out were a few stray snowflakes. Is this actually my first dry ride of the year? Workout: Type: Cycle Date: 02/28/2010 Time: 09:28:16 Total Time: 3:55:00.00 Calories:...
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Bah. Howling gale from the North East. Raining cats & dogs. And just above freezing. The wind was such that the full set of waterproofs I was wearing gave up the fight within just over a mile. And after that there was another twelve miles of soaking slog. Highlights included my Sealskinz GoreTex...
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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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Turns out that I’m even more rubbish at swimming than I’d thought - the pool at Ashington Leisure centre is so old that it’s measurements are imperial. This includes the pool length, which is 25 yards, not 25 metres. Good thing I found this out now - otherwise I could have ended up training...
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I found this via Gwadzilla - an ingenious way to prevent punctures: Fill them with 2.5lbs of marijuana Yep. I reckon that’d prevent a puncture from slowing you down too much. Though there’d be other problems - the extra weight would be OK on the flat, but on a hilly / twisty ride? And...
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Did I get your attention with that title? OK, so there’s a lot of rubbish written about cycling - stuff about how all cyclists jump red lights, how it’s really, really dangerous, and if you believe the Daily Mail amongst others , it’s a sure-fire route to erectile dysfunction and significantly reduced sperm count. Apparently, …competitors...
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UK traffic engineers frequently seem to have a warped sense of perspective when it comes to bikes. The thinking seems to go along the lines of, Bikes huh? You mean those insanely dangerous things that people need protecting from using, by forcing them to stop and start their journeys as often as possible, while staying...
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We’ve negotiated flexi-time at work! This means that as I work really very hard indeed (you just can’t do enough for a good boss*), I’m effectively getting an EXTRA 24 days holiday a year. Technically, that means I have enough holiday to take 52 days a year off. Tempting . . . but not...
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