It is said that it’s much easier to give advice than to take it. I thought after recent accident and blood clot, I should take it fairly easy. But, the leg seemed to have fully recovered, and you soon forget about the past and your own advice. I was out cycling towards Brill on my [...]
10 Irritating Types of Cyclists
Irritating types of cyclists, could include: Any cyclist with a better bike than you. Any cyclist who overtakes you on a hill and says ‘jolly nice day’ pretending not to be even out of breath. Any cyclist who is faster than you. Any cyclist who pretends to never do any training, but still manages to [...]
My Book on ‘Self-Improvement’
A year ago, I wrote and published a book “Happiness Will Follow You” It is a collection of articles on meditation and ‘self-improvement’ I guess I could have included an article on ‘How to cycle on British roads and without getting mad at inconsiderate motorists‘ But, essentially it has nothing to do with cycling. Anyway, [...]
Cycling is Usually Safe
Some interesting comments from recent post – People hitting cyclists However, I hope it doesn’t put people off cycling, e.g. comment I suppose I should not be reading these events prior to my cycling lesson tomorrow but one has to learn of the experiences. Hmm I think I would change my cycling route in the same [...]
Bicycle Sting Operations
Bike theft is one of the most demoralising aspects of cycling. There is a real epidemic of bike theft in the UK. It is estimated a bicycle is stolen every minute and less than 5% of those are returned to their owners. There is a total of around 500,000 bike thefts a year – a figure [...]
Cycling: A Question of Perspective
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Is the glass half full or half-empty? Is cycling a status symbol or old fashioned means of transport It all depends on the beholder. You can look at any situation, and come to so many different conclusions. I found this first picture on flickr, which got me [...]
Back on Bike
After four weeks off the bike, I finally got on the old lycra shorts and went out for a proper ride. Just 15 miles or so to start off with. It wasn’t too much fun, because the left leg is still weak – not painful, but doesn’t feel quite right. I will have to take [...]
Graeme Obree’s World Speed Record
Graeme Obree will be soon attempting to break the World human powered speed record on a home built bike. After a break from the sport where he become world champion (4Km pursuit), Obree talks about his motivation for coming back and attempting to go for this unique record and new challenge: “So I thought to [...]
People Hitting Cyclists
At some time or other, any cyclist will have experienced some abuse from passing motorists. This may take form of being shouted at, things thrown at or even worse, pushed off the bike. There’s not much to do about it, and unfortunately in the ‘happy slapping culture’, people feel it is something that is funny, [...]
The Bicycle Book – Bella Bathurst | Review
One challenge with writing a book on cycling, is finding something new to say. There really isn’t much mileage in writing a new guide to cycling in a straight line, wear a helmet and don’t forget to pump up your tyres. When I buy a new book on cycling, I’m always looking for a new [...]
