Following on a recent post about road design and space for cyclists, I came across this video where John Snow articulates the case for making cycle provision a legal requirement. John Snow makes a very strong, articulate and common sense case for enforcing road designers to incorporate cycle provision when planning roads. (this makes much […]

  Readers question: Which is better standard or compact cranks? This was an interesting question because I’ve just bought a rear cassette with a 28 cog on the back, as I was worried cycling in the Lake District with 39*25 would be insufficient. Traditionally, gears on a road bike have a double chain ring of […]

Whilst in hospital with blood clot, I snapped this well meaning poster about cycling in the hospital waiting room (with 4 hour wait, there wasn’t much to do apart from look at this sign.) It’s not the best quality iPhone photo, but it kind of epitomizes the ‘health and safety approach’ to cycling. It was […]

This video from the Netherlands was made because some cyclists were not happy at this rather awkward obstacle placed on a cycle path. It was implemented because local residents were fed up with scooters speeding on this cycle path. Some Observations from Video. I wish my biggest concern about cycling in Oxford was a few […]