Last Friday, I traveled to Lake District to ride up some of the major Lake District hill climbs. After Kirkstone Pass, Red Hill Climb, and Langdale pass, I ended up at the bottom of Wrynose Pass, with this sufficiently ominous looking sign. Wrynose pass from Ambleside to the West is a long challenging climb, but […]
Tour de France – Will Bradley Wiggins Win?
The 2012 edition of the Tour de France starts with a unique situation. This year, for the first time ever, the overwhelming favourite is British. – Bradley Wiggins. Wiggins is the first to express surprise at finding himself in this spot as favourite. But, his early season form gives credence to those who think he […]
Greenhow Hill and Nidderdale
With no races at the weekend, I was free to cycle around the Yorkshire Dales without any concern of being fresh for the weekend. This generally means finding some hilly routes in the most scenic parts of the country. It’s good to be able to cycle around with no specific targets – for no better […]
Critical Mass Ride Budapest
City Of Joy from daniel fiantok on Vimeo. This is a fascinating video because: It’s great to see so many people on bicycles Why does this look like some kind of toy model, with little lego figures cycling around? A note on critical mass bike rides Critical mass bike rides seem a thing of the […]
How Would You Describe Yourself as a Cyclist?
Whilst looking at the Cycling Culture report, I came across an interesting blog post – where the researchers asked numerous cyclists: ‘How would you describe yourself as a cyclist?’. -link One striking thing is the sheer diversity of replies. Some reply: 100% cyclist 100% legal A cycling cyclist! Rapha glad, carbon frame, stylish, advocate Since […]
Legal Planning Regulations for Cycle Provision
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 […]
Road Design for Creating More Space
One of the most popular cycle campaigns is the simple message – Give Cyclists Room. The basic principle of ‘give cyclists more room‘ is: Cycling becomes safer. Less likely to be knocked off by passing motor vehicle misjudging how close you are. Cycling becomes more enjoyable (less stressful). When cars pass at 50mph with […]
Hinckley CRC 25 Mile TT + Newbury 10
This weekend was two races. Saturday was a 10 mile TT run by Newbury RC on the H10/17. This is my local course, being just 11 miles from Oxford. For a change it meant I could ride out to the course, rather than having to drive there. In the ‘old days’ of course very few […]
Standard v Compact Gears
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 […]
Electronic Bike Tags
As a follow up to the post on – Registering your bicycle, I bought an electronic ImmobiTag and fitted it to my commuting bike. It me cost £14.99 (from immobilse.com) and seems good value for what it promises to do. I later found out you can buy it for £10 from Wiggle Firstly, it only […]
GPS and the Joys of Cycling
Yesterday was the end of the academic year, so without any teaching commitments I was able to go for a long ride towards Princes Risborough. I wanted to do the several climbs around the Chiltern ridge such as Whiteleaf ridge, Kop Hill and others. I’ve rarely ridden this roads before, so they were all new […]
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Cycling uphill
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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