Mum’s taxi by Sheldonian Theatre
Cycling rush hour, over Magdalen Bridge in May.
High Street
Magdalen Bridge on High Street.
Busy Crossing by Kings Arms
Magdalen College and High Street.
No argument, the best way to travel to school.
It’s cold
Admiring the architecture. Bodleian library and Sheldonian Theatre.
Cycling can be a social form of transport
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Traffic Light Conversation.
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Time for a chat.
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I’m not convinced about eating Squid.
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On the High Street and going to last exam. Last Exam. The red Carnation indicates it’s her last exam.
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Cyclist on High Street
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On the River Thames
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By High Street.
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Christ Church
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Queens Street in April / May
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On the high street
A faster cyclist
Turning right at Magdalen College
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Magdalen Roundabout in the snow.
Rush hour at Iffley Road
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Nice Hat
Cycle Path by River Isis (Thames)
Room for Two – A Taxi service by bike
This is more fun than being in a car!
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Professors of Cycling – Oxford Dons, cycling through town to lectures.
It can be hard work cycling!
I was cycling 60 years ago as well.
Family Cycling
Stabilisers
At traffic lights
Passing by lights
It’s hard work with a flat tyre
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Flattish rear tyre.
Cycle Paths
Cycle path by University Parks
The joy of a good cycle path. It is quicker to cycle into town, especially at Rush Hour. (Donnington Bridge)
Nice Tie
Bikes
Outside New College
Snow Bike
All Soul’s and Radcliffe Camera. Parts of Oxford are prohibited for through traffic.
An attractive Bike rack by the unattractive Westgate centre. It’s not all cycling Utopia though. Cyclists have to battle with the almost incessant stream of buses.
Style of Cycling
The Grand Cafe
Well dressed for cycling.
Red Bike
High Street
Joy of Cycling
Laughing on way to exams.
Cheers!
Cycling is a social form of exercise.
Happy in the snow
Enjoying Cycling
Unusual Cycling
Unicycle through Queens Street
A flooded cycle path by University parks – cycling through floods
Don’t sit down
Don’t forget your deckchair.
Classic Shots of Oxford
There’s a cyclist down there!
By Exeter College
Bikes outside the Radcliffe Camera. People used to picnic on the lawn outside this great library. But, it became too noisy for the students. Therefore black railings were put up; these railings have become an unofficial bike rack.
Overlooking City. (more Oxford Skyline Photos at my Oxford Photo blog)
Cycling past Sheldonian Theatre
Broad Street
The Challenges of Cycling in Oxford
This road is only big enough for three cars
Don’t breath
Cycling through the snow.
Disappearing cycle paths at junctions
Cycle paths disappearing when you need them most
A grassy cycle path – comfort for when you fall off.
Buses! – no room for cyclists
A narrow cycle lane on the high street
Notes
It is fascinating to see the diversity of people who ride around town on bikes. I took these photos over a period of three years. Initially, I was using a compact camera. I now have a Canon 500D with faster shutter speed.
Photos by Tejvan Pettinger. Between 2008 and 2012
- More recent Cycling Photos
- Oxford Photo Blog
- Waiting at Lights
- Cycling in style
- Cycling Sunny weather
*psst* the river Thames doesn’t run through Oxford. The Isis, on the other hand…
Anent Oxford cycling–the pictures of ladies cycling in skirts and dons cycling in their gowns–how to they keep the fabric from getting caught in the spokes of the back wheels?
I love this collection of cycling photos. They really show the diversity of cycling in Oxford. I loved the detail of the red flower and its explanation.
Brilliant pictures. If only all towns were like Oxford, sadly, they aren’t.
If there were more bikes on the road, traffic would be more aware of us cyclists, but untill politicians want to make towns and cities cycling safe, people will stay in their cars.
Errr looking at the bikes… the ladies in Oxford are hot!
The lane you call Catte Street is really called Brasenose Lane. Catte Street is on the other side of the Radcliffe Camera.
Ah the diversity of Oxford Cyclists…..
We’ve got more of the random cyclists of Oxford at http://www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordcycleworkshop
and upload your own at http://www.flickr.com/groups/cycleoxford
I knew Alan Deadman and also worked in Oxford, Cowley and Wheatley as a copper. The link is of me on my bike.
Car drivers in Oxford must be very considerate towards cyclists judging by the number of cyclists not wearing crash helmets!
Its so good to see so many different types of people enjoying cycling in Oxford. The ones in the gowns made me laugh. Great pics.
I spent approx 25 years fighting bike crime in Oxford and having retired from the Thames Valley Police, I am now enjoying my retirement on the Isle of Wight.I know John Woodburn and Ken Lansbury well and the article on age related cycling is excellent.The photo’s are also excellent and I would certainly recommended this site
I am a member of the Kenilworth Society, a voluntary civic group. Can we include your picture, Posting a letter, in our website. We want to use it to illustrate our “contact us” page
Brilliant pictures, it’s made me very wistful. I used to live in Oxford, and loved it but was too scared to cycle! Ironically, I now live and cycle around central London which clearly has many more obstacles to negotiate!
Oxford is a fabulous city, and I’m so please to see so many enjoying it by bike!
Hi,
Can you please tell me whether there are any kids cycling clubs in Oxford (same as football clubs and the like)?
Many thanks