Ranting

No, it hasn’t happened to me for years . . . but it’s probably only a mater of time I came across this film on quickrelease.tv, which shows how easily most bike locks are defeated. It’s in Dutch, with English subtitles, but don’t let that put you off watching: For some reason I’m very...
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I found this via the excellent Bicycle Diaries produced by Da Square WheelMan. It’s got some great high-minded aims (in a good way), though is a little short on detail at the moment . . . so probably worth keeping an eye on.
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I’m a member of a local networking group (Service Network), and on Friday they held a seminar about climate change at Newcastle’s offices for the Environment Agency. The weather was pretty foul, but I could hardly drive, could I? Although it was sunny enough for shades as I was getting the bike out, within minutes...
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. . . didn’t get the joke. As I got into the car after today’s spin class, it was 11 O’clock. I turned the radio on, to hear silence. Two minutes’ silence for the dead who’ve had their lives laid down to keep us in the style to which we’ve now become accustomed. I’ll leave the...
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Workout: Type: Cycle Date: 11/04/2007 Time: 14:24:26 Total Time: 00:45:00.00 Distance: 3 miles Average Speed: 4 mph OK, so an average speed of 4mph on a bike is . . . well, maybe good enough to win a walking race against someone who’s running twice the distance, but on a bike, nothing to write home about. Tonight was North Tyneside’s annual...
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I’m doing some work with a local company this week, and have been cycling to their site. Today I took Trixie the Fixie, and as agreed with the client, left her parked up in the Stores department, with my helmet, glasses, track mits, water bottle, and cycle computer on the bike. Three hours later, when...
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So I’ve got my blog back from Von SmallHaussen, who’s been put back on the train to that London. I had a great weekend - not as much cycling as I could have done (more on that later), but enough to make my total for the year to date 2,524 miles - just 476 short...
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After my not-terribly-close-thing this morning, this from The Bicycle Diaries (The Slow Motion Revolution):  Biker (after narrowly avoiding being smacked by a car making a turn illegally): Use your f***ing signal! Cager : F*** you! I’m on the phone! So at least I’m not alone in this world.
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So here’s my cycling mileage plan for this week: 30 yesterday 15 today 15 tomorrow morning 30 tomorrow afternoon 15 in the Sunday morning spin class If I manage all of those, then I’ll be less than 500 miles from my goal mileage. I’m finding that as I get closer to the target, I’m accelerating my mileage - it’s almost...
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Today was a big cycling day for me. With one thing and another, I’d only got in just over 20 miles this week, and I’m still aiming for 150 miles a fortnight to make sure that the year’s goal is well and truly in the bag. I had two slots of two hours available, so...
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