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Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes

Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes

Number Five - The Retro Bicycle Birthday Girl: Rod brakes? Check! Hub dynamo? Check! Basket tied up with a ribbon? Check! Regular clothes for a warm summer’s evening? Check! Glasses perched on top of head? Check! Chain guard? Check! Old bike in lovely condition, which was a birthday present from Boyfriend, inducing a big grin? Check! “Really comfortable to ride, especially the...
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Leslie Phillips Clothing

Leslie Phillips Clothing

Leslie Phillips - the archetypal cad from the early Carry On films is still an inspiration for many cyclists. What’s not to love - superb tailoring, tweed, and a catch phrase that says it all: Which brings me onto these, which arrived in the post at the end of last week: They just arrived in the post -...
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Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes

Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes

Number Four - The Busy Mum: Extremely sensible, big-grin inducing bike? Check! Sensible luggage capacity? Check! Sensible, every-day clothes? Check! Cotton-bag-over-shoulder-flower-in-hair? Check! Sleeve of child’s raincoat poking out of that bag? Check! Handlebar mounted child seat? Check! Child? Fail! Actually, the child was just out of camera shot on his / her (what do I know?) own bike. Probably less than...
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Friday Caption Contest

Friday Caption Contest

Ordinarily, I’d ask you to keep it clean. But this photo is just begging for some Carry On innuendo. Best caption this week wins your choice of either Kelly Brook or Boris Johnson for a night of unbridled passion. In your dreams. Innit.
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Cycle Chic Failure

Cycle Chic Failure

OK, so here’s the scenario. Ride to work on a nice, warm day. Ride to work on a nice, warm, humid day. Ride to work on a nice, warm, humid day, and set off late . Late for the ride to work AND the ride home. Oh, and ride a nice sensible bike. Kinda heavy...
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