Posts Tagged ‘ photos ’

When I was 18, the woman who’s now Wife gave me one of those leather thong bracelet things. I wore it ’till it started to fall apart, and for the last few years its remains were used as my key ring. Unfortunately, it’s now completely disintegrating, so I’ve made a new key ring. Like the...
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This blog post starts out quite sensibly, but persevere - there’s some silliness at the end… Some people are still obsessed with the weight of their bikes. I reckon it costs between 50p and £1 per gramme to lighten a bike. For example, with road bikes… Giant Defy 4 ‘12 - £600, and 10.22kg Giant Defy 2 -...
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No - it’s not been stolen. This is just a little game for anyone around Tyneside. All you have to do is correctly identify these locations I visited yesterday. There’s a prize of course - you’ll get to feel smug about your local knowledge. We’ll start with an easy pair: Too easy for you? How about...
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… to accommodate the size of monster lorry that we have now, let alone the 44 tonne ones proposed. Apparently, “…in 1962, the maximum lorry weight allowed on our roads was 24 tonnes. Over the succeeding 40 years the size and weight has risen inexorably to 32 tonnes, 38 tonnes, 40 tonnes, and now 44...
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**5th December 2011 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** CITY BOSSES are keen to show that they’re in it with the rest of us. Senior bankers have joined forces with the leaders of Transport for London to show that they’re really in touch with things at ’street’ level. So they’re forgoing the comforts of luxury cars and taking...
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Icy conditions can make it treacherous for those on two wheels. In Copenhagen when it snows, they know that clearing up for cyclists has to take top priority: In the Netherlands, even when it’s cold enough to freeze the canals & rivers, they make sure that their cycle routes are clear and safe: Meanwhile on this side of the...
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This one isn’t mine, but I regularly see it being ridden around Tynemouth, Cullercoats & Whitley Bay: No, your eyes are not deceiving you - that’s a really short wheel-base recumbent with a riveted aluminium monocoque frame. Built by this bloke, who’s obviously got an eye for practicality - note the luggage box and the horn: Proof, if...
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So Cole Coachworks Ltd have done the official campaign bike for Boris’ re-election campaign: Yep - just goes to show that cycling really is a social leveller. Unless this is an enormous spoof, Boris will be riding a brakeless fixie road-bike conversion number. Doubtless he’ll also be striking some ironic poses, sporting facial hair, and...
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I was out walking Huge Dalmatian this morning, and happened to have my camera with me to snap a few of the people riding bikes in the autumn sun along the sea front: At first, I though this was just someone riding along on a small-wheeled folding bike. But then as she pulled level I...
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So yesterday in London another cyclist was killed. That makes fifteen so far this year, and it happened on the same roundabout, on the same Cycling Superhighway as the fourteenth - just three weeks ago. photo by Diamond Geezer The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) is calling for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson to immediately have this roundabout...
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