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There’s something beautiful about a tandem. The way the captain & stoker’s legs are in sync… Heck - even politicians have to agree & work together to keep things moving forward… There have been some improvements in tandem technology over the years. This has led to increased power… … and miniaturisation: BUT. This particular rider is freaking...
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This via Treadly and Me: There are probably ageing mountainbikers out there who’d call this a piece of “gnarly single-track”. Just watching the video scares the Bejasus out of me. I look at it and I start to feel light-headed and sick, and my legs start to shake with fear. I may even have had...
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This via Amsterdamize’s Facebook - a classic scene from BBC’s Outnumbered that had me rolling on the floor when I first saw it: My new favourite phrase, which will be used at every opportunity: “Shrivel-cocked Jeremy Clarkson wannabe”
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Have a look at this - Jed Mildon doing a triple back-flip on a BMX: He claims this is the first time this has ever been achieved, but I do it every day on part of my commute to work, without falling off when the bike stops either. It’s just that no-one has ever bothered to film...
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So there’s a whole lot of to and fro about this: Richard at Cyclelicio.us pointed out that the obvious answer that was missing was "because it’s fun", which seemed to get the Good People Of Copenhagen all vexed - to the point of wanting to get off the metaphorical bus: I got off the...
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We were talking earlier in the week about how impatience & being a slave to the clock is the biggest danger on the road . Well maybe there’s a cure for that sort of thing - this video’s been around for a while, and I’m pretty sure it’s a spoof . . . but...
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This video caught my eye on Urban Velo today : There’s something strangely fascinating about the camera work on this - the way the focus areas seem so small, and the backgrounds almost unreal. It’s a bit like those pictures you see taken of model villages, or grown-men’s train sets. Really close focus on the...
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One of the guys in the office has a yacht. I’m not talking about a dinghy, but a proper, pucker yacht. The kind of thing that you could use for sailing across oceans in comfort and style. Anyway, he says that the most dangerous thing on a boat is the calendar . You...
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My friend Yves loves to go surfing - just down the road we have one of the best surfing beaches in the UK, Tynemouth Longsands. The thing is, there are only so many hours in the day, and to fit in his surfing, he’s often in the water at 5 a.m. But Yves also...
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Skylarks! The only trouble is, I can never see them!
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