Posts Tagged ‘ commuting by bike ’

1. Think about your route. This applies if you’re a complete novice, or a rider with tens of thousands of road miles on your pedals. I regularly ride into the centre of Newcastle, and part of the route is on a fast, three lane road with the national speed limit of 60mph. Yet just...
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I knew the ride to work today was going to be WET. But an unexpected tailwind made it surprisingly fun - at one point I passed Rich Rothwell going in the opposite direction. He was going downhill but tucked down and straining into the wind on some svelte road bike. Meanwhile I was sitting...
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Today’s Yehuda Moon strip - never a truer word: I remember the day well - a spring afternoon in 2005. I was in training for my first triathlon, but on this particular day, sitting in a mile long queue of traffic for the Tyne Tunnel. The windows were down, the sun shining, and I was...
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I was on the way into work today (driving - sunburn on my legs not up to facing the elements), when I saw a guy on one of those electric bike things. He looked sort of familiar, and when I eventually got to the office, waddya know - there was a shiny new bike...
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