“1.1 Cycle paths should be restricted in width to the distance between the two parallel yellow parking lines. This will ensure a higher standard of bike handling skills from all those pesky, untaxed, undisciplined and most importantly uninsured leaches on two wheels (- UK Ignorant Party) When not training on my bike, I am looking [...]
Archive | articles RSS feed for this section
Why Cycle?
To Commute to work To Save Money on Petrol To Avoid Traffic Jams To Carry shopping To Race To Get Fit To Lose Weight Cycling is fun To be Healthier and live longer So you can tell Your Friends you cycled 100km in a day To have an excuse to shave your legs There are [...]
Cycling in the Heat
Fortunately, when the temperature rises, cycling is one of the better activities to be doing. When it is 30 degrees I find it more uncomfortable walking around a city centre than I would out on my bike. The faster you cycle the more wind resistance you create to give a natural cooling mechanism. Nevertheless, when [...]
How To Encourage More Cycling
I’m a great believer in cycling. Quite often I cycle through Oxford and think how great it would be to have 50% more cyclists, 50% less buses and 50% less cars. Many who get into cycling say how much they enjoy it. My former landlord used to drive the 2 miles to work for 20 [...]
Bad Habits of Cyclists (People who ride Bikes)
Most people at some time in their life have ridden a bike, so it is not surprising that there are inconsiderate cyclists, just as there are inconsiderate motorists and pedestrians. These are some bad habits that cyclists do. Riding through Red Lights. If there is a pedestrian crossing, with no one there, I do not [...]
Matthew Parris on Cycling
If you’ve had a nice Christmas holidays and don’t want it spoiling, I would avoid reading this article by Matthew Paris on why cyclists are deserving of a bit of decapitation article here. – note link is nofollow – which means the Times don’t get any benefit from the link
Bad Cyclists and Bad Motorists – Which Are Worse?
When a motorists breaks the speed limit and causes a severe accident, I never hear people come up to me and say “you motorists are so irresponsible putting people’s lives at risk” Yet, other people will frequently say to be: “You cyclists, are so irresponsible cycling through red lights.” The fact is there are responsible [...]
Stupid Things People Say about Cyclists
Any cyclist will, at some stage, have suffered being labelled pejoratively as one of ‘those irresponsible lycra lights’ Why is it assumed by many, that somehow people who ride bikes are one uniform group. If one cyclists behaves irresponsibly why is it assumed all people who ride bikes must behave the same? Yet, if a [...]
-
Best Place to Buy a Bike
-
Organising a Cycle Race
-
Red Lights and the Lemming Effect
-
Mavic Ksyrium SL Review
-
Stats on Cycling Through Red Lights
- Cycling in Oxford Photos
-
Classic Time Trial Photos
-
Best Puncture Proof Tyres
-
Hill Climbs
-
Single Speed Bicycles
-
James - Claud Butler: Some great advice here. It's important to get a q...
-
steve: Interesting essay there, though I'd disagree with...
-
Tim: At a couple of traffic-light-controlled-junctions ...
-
Danny A: The lemming effect is an interesting one. However ...
-
Hortoris: Fascinating photos. Why do cyclists always move ...
