Photographs

There’s a definite link between bikes and power stations. First of all there was that programme on BBC with its bicycle power station and an unwitting bloke undressing on national TV. Then there are these pictures from the Maslauf blog (a Slovenian fixed gear site) , that I found via Urban Velo . Basically these...
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This week’s contest is in two parts. Obviously you have to come up with a caption for this photo, but there’s also a multiple-choice question in case you can’t be bothered to think of anything creative but still want a chance of winning. Our prize this time is a week’s stay in the convent...
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Yes indeed, green IS the new black. Whether you’re painting your nails with Chanel (or fake Chanel - the real stuff is rumoured to be going for around £80 a bottle), trying to put some clear green water between your political party and the next, or just trying to ease your conscience after a career...
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I guess when you work in an industrial equipment store, there are just so many alternatives for the regular cork & synthetics / cloth / leather options. And seeing as the availability of these alternatives could be seen as one of the perks of the job (i.e. free , provided that the boss doesn’t...
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Remember this classic photograph from Amsterdamize ? It’s an example of the art of city cycling at its best. The thing is, with climate change and stuff like that, there’s the potential for this sort of scene to be dramatically altered in the not-too-distant future: So for this week’s caption contest, all you have...
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If you’re my kind of age, the chances are that you might have spent many a happy Saturday afternoon playing with computers on display in shops. I had hours of fun with this simple BASIC programme: 10 Print "This shop really sucks" 20 Goto 10 The computer screen would fill up with the words "This shop really...
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One of those bizarre coincidence things again this morning. I was looking for a Christmas prezzie for (well, I’m not going to tell you who, in case they’re reading this. Let’s just say that they DO ride a bike) over on threadless.com where I found this: I was thinking of ordering and mulling it...
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Von Smallhaussen and I did the Dunwich Dynamo this year on a late-70s Pashley tandem that I’d rebuilt It was great fun (rose-tinted glasses now very much in place…), and we had an amazing time - especially as we were decked out as the most fairy-light covered tendem in the whole event The ride was pretty...
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What goes around comes around. It seems that when male drivers act like complete gimps, it’s not their fault - it’s a matter of poor breeding. According to Tom Vanderbilt’s reporting, it’s something to do with relative testosterone & estrogen levels that they experienced in the womb . Those with longer ring fingers than...
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Remember that fabulous story about the old blokes going for rides in the country around Glasgow ? Oh, the delights of heading out of town for a ride in the country - I hope that sort of thing is what old age has in store for me! Of course, this sort of exercise isn’t completely...
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