Cycling UK » oxford http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog Cycling info - advice and tips Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:15:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 Videos of Oxford Cycling 1951 and Present Day http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3760/oxford/videos-of-oxford-cycling-1951-and-present-day/ http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/3760/oxford/videos-of-oxford-cycling-1951-and-present-day/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:28:36 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=3760

A charming little video of Oxford cycling in 1951 from Pathe News. In those days cycles were even more numerous than now. It looks like cycles were the main means of transport. The video clip seems to pick up on the problem of finding sufficient places to park (reminiscent of Amsterdam today). It looks like people didn’t even bother to lock the bike. It seems bizarre to see all the bikes propped up by the pavement in the actual road itself. These days, they would soon get knocked over by a bus!

If only….

TOWN OF CYCLES


Video of Oxford Cycling Present Day

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little and large

Going about their business. A cyclists carries flowers and women pushes her child around.


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St Aldate’s

Broad Street

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Broad Street

Nice and upright.

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on the pedals

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Lollipop lady

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Magdalen Roundabout

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time for chat

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Cape of good hope

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Oxford has a high rate of cycling, but, it must have one of the highest rates of abandoned bikes in the country. I guess, in Oxford, there are many temporary students who lock a bike and then go back home. I think there is even a Flickr group dedicated to the abandoned bicycles of Oxford. (though t’internet and time wasting do spring to mind)

The bike at the top has been tagged as an abandoned bike. The council were very conservative in giving these tags, as many other bikes were obviously abandoned nearby.

A well stripped bike. Some thief must have been well equipped with tools.

Abandon a bike for a short space of time, and bits soon start going missing. Either that or someone has an incredibly uncomfortable choice of saddle.

seen better days

Abandoned bikes are a problem, because, like in many city centres, there is a real shortage of bike parking spots. The best locations tend to be filled with the same abandoned bikes everyday. This is a problem, because if the racks are full, you are tempted to leave bikes in any position.

A sea of bikes, but how many are actually used?

Recycling Abandoned bikes

The Oxford Cycle Workshop is very good at recycling abandoned bikes. They take a lot of abandoned bikes and use various parts to put them back on the street. I once gave them a lightweight Steve Goff Steel Time trial frame. So someone in Oxford, could well be commuting back and forth on a super aero, lightweight frame.

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