As we mentioned in a previous post – losing your bike, a depressingly large number of bikes get stolen every day in the UK. What are the most important things to prevent a bike getting stolen? 1. Avoid Public Places, except when necessary. Over 90% of stolen bikes are stolen from public places away from […]

Sometimes you can’t win whatever you do. I was cycling fairly slowly around Oxford, overtaking a couple of girls on their town bikes. The pedestrian light turned red, so I stopped at the lights (there was actually no pedestrians using the crossing. but, I like to follow all the rules of the road) Because I […]

Longwall Street Off to play Rugby Nice clear roads And good weather Caption contest

A Great way to cycle to work. A rather thin bike lane. Maybe works if the car is an old fashioned mini. At least it reminds motorists cyclists have a right to be on road. Don’t drink and cycle – you may spill your coffee. Car parking and bike parking. cycle path by river Some […]

Flavio Zappi in his cafe Flavio Zappi has launched a new cycling club based from his cafe in Walton Street, Oxford. The club is open to all cyclists from triathletes to sportive riders and road racers. Flavio is also planning  to be entering a team for riding in the Premier Calender Road series in 2010. […]

This weekend I was ‘up north’ for the hill climb season. Three hills in two day. It was an interesting experience. Otley CC Hill Climb Guise Cliff, Pateley Bridge On Saturday, the wind was upto 30-40mph. On the top of the Nidderdale Moors it felt nearer to 40-50mph. Defending National Champion Matt Clinton, got blown […]

In previous posts, I examined how much space cars give bikes. I came across a couple of links which made me go back to the issue. The first is a study by Dr Walker, whose research was published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention [link] Using an electronic measuring device, he found that when […]