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Boom For Cycling

Boom For Cycling

By on July 20, 2010 in cycling

(Bonn Square, Queens Street Oxford. Cyclists allowed between 6pm – 1am. Buses allowed all the time. So Cycling made it even to the pages of the Economist this week. There I was falling asleep between reading about budget deficits and austerity packages, (I am an economist by trade) and the Economist has a short piece […]

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Personal Bests in Time Trials

Personal Bests in Time Trials

By on July 19, 2010 in tejvan, timetrials

(Not a time trial course, I took it whilst cycling in Otley recently) Time trials are mostly about getting better times. Some riders become a bit obsessive about personal bests ‘pbs’ and spend a lot of their time travelling to ‘fast courses’ where they have a better chance of getting a personal best. I’ve never […]

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Tour de France – English

Tour de France – English

By on July 15, 2010 in tour de france

Some Things the tour riders don’t have to cope with After watching the Tour de France I really get inspired to go out and ride my bike. The problem is I half expect to be able to replicate the tour on English roads. But, riding in England makes it very difficult to replicate a stage […]

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10 Reasons to Commute By Bike

10 Reasons to Commute By Bike

By on July 14, 2010 in commuting

The joy of cycling to work. This photo says it all. Whilst in York, a cycling city, I saw an advert encouraging people to cycle to work. – ‘It only takes 15 minutes to cycle to work – give it a try.’ So inspired by York’s cycling campaign here are 10 good reasons to commute […]

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Lance Armstrong Story

By on July 14, 2010 in procycling, tour de france

Sunday was a good day. First I suffered in the 100 mile race. Then I return home to watch others suffering on a much larger scale. It wasn’t just the usual suspects suffering on the mountain passes (the sprinters like Cavendish) but no less than the global phenomena of Lance Armstrong. Even the greatest champions […]

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Cycling with Young Children

Cycling with Young Children

By on July 13, 2010 in cycle lanes

Readers Comment “I would love to cycle rather than drive to various places, but it would mean putting my 3 year old in a child seat on the back.  I feel by doing this whilst cycling on the road I would actively be putting her life at risk.  Countless cyclists get killed every year on […]

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National 100 Mile Championship 2010

By on July 12, 2010 in tejvan, timetrials

July 11th 2010, East District CC. Getting up at 4am was not as bad as feared. I even made it to start of race with plenty of time. The start of the race was encouraging, I did the first 25 miles in 53.14 and the first 50 miles in 1.48.77. At that point I was […]

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Inner Tubes for Bikes

By on July 10, 2010 in bike maintenance

There are some things worth buying in your local bike shop – like bikes!, but inner tubes are not one of them. I am up in Yorkshire for two weeks. I always like to have two spare inner tubes on the bike for any long ride and for  bad luck with punctures. After one puncture […]

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Taking Bike on Train

Taking Bike on Train

By on July 9, 2010 in commuting

Taking a bike on a train is more difficult these days, with some commuter services not allowing full sized bikes. You will need to check with local operators to see whether you can take a bike on your service. National Rail says it does try to encourage bikes to be taken by train, but, there […]

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Preparing for 100 Mile Race

By on July 9, 2010 in tejvan, timetrials

The National 100 is this Sunday. After a few good weeks training a while back, these last two weeks have been lighter in terms of training volume. Last week, I felt a bit tired on the bike, so I took it relatively easy. I rode up a few hills quite quick but didn’t feel much […]

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Shared Use Paths

Shared Use Paths

By on July 8, 2010 in cycle lanes

Thanks to reader Peter (comment from White Van Driver) , for this link to some DFT guidelines for using cycle paths. From Dept of Transport: Annex D: Code of Conduct Notice for Cyclists using shared lane paths. The following key messages are suggested as the basis for a code of conduct notice for cyclists. The […]

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