Posts Tagged ‘ Boris Bikes ’

Does Your Boris Bike Seem To Be Soaked In Sweat?

There could be a reason for that: And if the wheels seem slightly less than round (really, really round), there could be a reason for that too: Hat-tip to Andy for these!
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Friday Caption Contest: TfL Safe Junctions Initiative Edition

Friday Caption Contest: TfL Safe Junctions Initiative Edition

As usual, we begin by announcing the winner from last week’s competition. Some great entries, but sadly we only had one vacancy for a crash test dummy to fill. So after literally seconds of deliberation we’ve decided to award the prize to Mikael for his too-close-to-reality entry: Fox News: The American auto industry, in association with Nutcase...
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Friday Caption Contest - Modfather Of British Utility Cycling Edition

Friday Caption Contest - Modfather Of British Utility Cycling Edition

OK - first up the prizes for last week’s competition. Some really smashing entries, but the winner had to be Primal Tuna, with “To all the shaved lycra racers on your 2kg bikes… HTFU!“. Will be arranging their extensive cycle caravan tour just as soon as the weather turns proper nasty in the autumn. For...
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Cycle Hire Schemes

Cycle Hire Schemes

The part of me that would shout at people cycling along the pavement when there’s a perfectly good road next to it, albeit a road with murderous levels of traffic and no provision whatsoever for bikes, used to feel somewhat underwhelmed when it comes to cycle hire schemes. The logic in my head would...
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