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Take a look at this film from Andyb0000 on YouTube - pause it and note down the time in the film at which you’d identified what was going to happen: Thankfully, Andy is on the mend, but his footage raises some interesting questions about the degree of vigilance that’s needed to ride on the roads...
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With less than a week to go ’till the UK’s General Election, this week’s competition is simple: What’s wrong with this photo, allegedly depicting a bike made for the Republican Convention in the US? Elephants can’t assume that position. Ever. Wearing a helmet to ride an elephant bike? I tell ya’, it’s elephant safety gone mad. Wearing...
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The papers today are full of this - a bike lane that takes up half the road: I was particularly impressed by the Daily Express’ title for the story: BIKE LANE WIDER THAN THE ROAD THIS must be Britain’s craziest cycle lane – wider than the rest of the main road. The new super-size lane...
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So my Decadent In-laws are here to stay and it’s the school holidays. Normally I’d do my long ride on a Sunday, but we’d hatched a plan for a picnic on Holy Island - the family would drive, and I’d cycle there before hitching a lift home. I plotted my route . . . ....
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Here are the two sides of the coin on this one: Mixing motorised vehicles and people on bikes makes no sense. The former weighs 20-50 times as much as the latter, and the driver is protected from the consequences of their actions by a steel exoskeleton. We need to keep these away from people on...
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I’m reading the book of the film ‘Beauty and The Bike ‘ at the moment - it’s jam-packed with all sort of good stuff, and next up, I’ll be treating Daughter to a screening of the film. The makers have also done a follow-up, asking what happened next - it was posted on the...
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Actually, I had quite a thing about them - especially the heroin peanut butter ones. The Von Smallhaussen pointed out that they were made by Neslé - a company that some would say has a problem with ethics. So I stopped eating them, and all other Neslé products. And now this from Greenpeace : Lovely.
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Pick a high crime area, and use a single mini U-lock to tether two bikes, while you head off for dinner. (via Cyclelicious ) When you return, the chances are that the front wheels of both bikes will be missing, though with any luck you’ll still have the rear ones. So if you can somehow manage...
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Not! OK - we’re off-topic here (there aren’t even any bikes in the background of the animation), but watch it anyway. It’ll only take just over eight minutes of your life, which is pretty short for a slice of education! (Brought to you via the eternally productive gwadzilla - so there’s your link to bikes.)
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This via Tom Vanderbilt : According to the BBC , Mrs Williams’ Renault Clio was clipped by the lorry and twisted sideways, trapping it under the front bumper. The vet, who works at a practice in Garforth, was not injured in the incident …. A police spokesperson said an investigation into the incident had ...
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