Posts Tagged ‘ photo ’

What on earth are these kids thinking? Surely this can’t be a safe way to ride, or is it just a new dance craze: If you can come up with a suitable explanation for what’s going on here, just leave your answer below. Who knows - you could even win this week’s prize...
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The thing with folding bikes is that each design has it’s own foibles - where the folds are, what angles the hinges are set at, what size the wheels are. Stuff like that, which should make them all easier to identify than their more formulaic non-folding cousins. So what’s this one then? I’m no expert...
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Last week I did a stint on the CoBi UK John O’Groats to Lands End record attempt . I did just one day, which was about as tough as it gets. The two organisers Ed and Jack are doing THIRTY days of this, and a couple of my fellow galley slaves did three (respect!)....
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Remember the German bear who tried to make good his escape from the zoo by stealing a bike ? Well it seems that they’re all at it. This time, it was a bear making off with a car - allegedly attracted by the peanut butter sandwich left on the seat by the car’s...
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Yes I know it’s Wednesday. But there’s something wrong with this picture from Guildford: Under it’s new Chief Executive, Moya Green, Royal Mail is still actively planning to scrap its 24,000 delivery bikes. Apparently "these bicycles pose the wider safety risk associated with busy street networks, where the rider is exposed to greater...
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Gulp! The day before the Ironman, and I woke up early. An ideal opportunity to cycle into Nice and have a look at the start of the swim course at its start time. The sea looked flat (which was good) and very, very big (which was less good). No marker buoys yet in position, so...
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This story was highlighted in the comments of today’s Yehuda Moon strip - a bear escaping from Berlin zoo a few years ago . . . and attempting to make his gettaway on a bike. No, this isn’t the bloke from the passing-basketballs-are-you-paying-attention video doing a bit of moonlighting (he also wears a rather...
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Some people seem to spend a lot of time & effort getting into the paper, purely so that they can say they were in the paper. It’s probably something to do with low self image, and a need for third-party approval. Or something like that. I, of course, am well-balanced, and completely above that sort...
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So this photo was on Fat Man On A Bike a while ago , but it seems kinda topical now: Looks to me like the bastard offspring of a bike & a vuvuzela created by the South African team’s supporters for the Tour De Pays De Galle. But I’m sure you can come up with...
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In a week where we’ve been looking at electric bikes, and the possible next doomsday to hit us, i came across this photo featured on the excellent Bike Hugger site: Yep - that’s some sort of electrically assisted cargo tricycle thing. And the photo is just begging for a...
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