Politics

David Hembrow's talking about Critical Mass today - a subject that's been picked up by Andy Cline over at Carbon Trace. Neither of these two are big fans of Critical Mass, and I've got to agree. I've never seen a critical mass demo here, but what I have seen online doesn't fill me with a...
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I guess I’m just one of those guys who likes to jump on a bandwagon. I’d probably make a great political leader - see which way my people are headed, and then rush after them so that I can lead ‘em. Anyway. This thing about bike helmets. Everyone else is posting about it (like here, here,...
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Our local council has tried to do the right thing for cyclists. They spent some money & put in quite a lot of effort to uncover & re-surface the old railway lines (”Waggonways”) that crisscross the area. These make for excellent cycling surfaces, being as they’re all pretty flat. BUT The council also fell into the...
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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...
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Oh, please forgive me - too much time behind the wheel this week. I’ve had too much to do, and too little time. It’s included two days in my role as a stand-up rabble rouser (7 1/2 hours of briefing a company’s staff in groups of 5-9 on a new initiative kicking off in January),...
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I need your help & feedback. I’ve entered quickreleast.tv’s competition to create a short video to get Joe & Joanna Public out there cycling. Watch my two-minute entry, below, and if you think it’s funny AND does what quickrelease.tv wanted (”. . . to make Joe and Joanna Public get out there and ride…for the...
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So every time I go over to The Bicycle Diaries I find something new. Or old. Whatever - I find something that I like. In this case, it’s a video clip from YouTube of the Bicycle Repair Man sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. There’s also a great photo from the Brighton Naked Bike ride...
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The Amazing Group is a local company that does  . . .  er . . . amazing things, all based around creating innovative on-line products and services. It’s CEO is Paul Campbell (no - not the Canadian actor) - one of the nicest and most focused people I’ve ever met. Their latest thing is Amazing...
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When one of my favourite bloggers (/grumpy old men) mentioned a Dilbert posting, I just had to read more. Especially in the context of Bill Gates running for President!? Scot Adams has noticed that atheists, with Richard Dawkins leading the charge are coming out. In the wake of 9/11, it’s acceptable to not believe in...
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