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. . . like a fish needs a bicycle . . . Get a bike instead:
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This story was on the front page of the Evening Chronicle yesterday. Basically I’m writing about it here to make a point . . . HE WAS lucky to survive after smashing into a car while riding his bike. But schoolboy Sam Scott was then threatened with legal action for the damage he caused...
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No, not me, but one of my clients - Michael Mitten. He’s making the first part of the journey north today, and by the end of the week will be walking over the ice, dragging a sledge behind him. Michael is aiming to raise £50,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. This is a charity that improves...
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or the beginning of a tidal wave? Via Andy in Germany, Earth Hour 2009: 8:30pm on Saturday 28th March, wherever you are. Doing this sort of thing routinely (like, every day) is probably an indication of the scale of change that’s needed. Business as usual isn’t an option any more.
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Reading a couple of pieces over the last few days by Magic Roundabouts and Padded Pants, and Treadly and Me, and even this piece in the New York Times, I’ve been struck at the way we see differences in our fellow human human beings rather than the similarities. There’s some switch inside our brains that...
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I started riding again because I realised that doing the same thing, but expecting different results is a pretty workable definition of insanity. It suddenly struck me about four years ago that sitting inside a tin box going no-where fast, and expecting everyone else to get out of my way wasn’t working. And that expecting...
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OK - a bit of a departure now from all that cycling in tweed I’ve been writing about of late. Fixed gear bikes. Yes I have one, and yes it’s lots and lots and lots of fun. I don’t know why. It. Just. Is. There’s just something about it that wires up my brain differently, and makes everything...
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No, I’m not talking about getting a second car, but wondering about the whole concept of a car at all. Here’s the problem. It’s time for us to part company with our current car. It’s a 2001 Renault Lagune (yes, I know) that’s done 108,000 miles or so, and is getting to an age where...
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OK, so say we’d set out to make it safe for every child of nine years and older to cycle to school unaccompanied. What sort of measures could we put in place to ensure that the public money spent on this project was being well spent? Ian Walker points out that the easy measure apparently...
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. . . not even once. And he’s had lots of opportunities. Thanks to Cycling in 4×4 Country for bringing my attention to this! I wonder if Mrs Algernond, or Goddess Anders can provide translation? I don’t think it’s strictly necessary though!
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