Continuing the No Cycling theme. Sorry mate, you can’t park it here. That will be £60 please. Lots of double yellow lines under the Bridge of Sighs. Now that’s even better than my mum’s old Mini Cooper What a way to get to school. BTW: I wonder why people don’t like traffic wardens. I think […]
Urban Bike Survival Guide No.1
Urban Bike Survival Guide No.1 – Waking up the driver I was freewheeling down a hill in Oxford – perhaps 18mph. The road is quite narrow with parked cars on either side. A van was coming up the other way. Relatively quick for the road size – but probably close to legal limit of 20mph.
Integrated Cycling Network
These days councils are often making a good effort to provide cycle lanes. But, you wish they would sometimes finish the job and make a more integrated cycle network. This is a good example of two cycle routes that, for lack of a bit of effort, have an unsatisfactory connection. The cycle path runs parallel […]
100 Greatest Hill Climbs
100 Greatest cycling climbs is a book I very much enjoyed reading. It is a look at some of the hardest climbs in the UK from Constitution Hill to Kirstone Pass and Ditchling Beacon. Quite a few I have ridden myself. A few like the ‘Bealach-Na-Ba’ climb in Scotland make you want to travel […]
A Bob Jackson Bicycle (photos)
I always like to see a bit of Yorkshire in my adopted home town. This vintage Bob Jackson cycle from Leeds stands out from the crowd. Bob Jackson cycles have been hand building quality bikes for over 67 years. Based in Leeds they specialise in building Steel / Cromoly frames with the best Reynolds and […]
Bike Auction Site
A new bike auction site – Going Going Bike offers a dedicated bike auction site. It looks good and I like the efforts to deter thieves with the bike certificate of ownership initiative. There is no upfront fee only 5% of final selling price. I am often reluctant to sell bikes, because you can lose […]
Daily Mail Outrage
There was growing outrage today as a Daily Mail journalist was captured frequently flouting the rules of the law as he sped in his motor car at 35mph in a 30mph zone – flagrantly breaking the law with a breathtaking disregard for the lives of other road users. P.Duddy of The Daily Sanctimonious Drivel writes, […]
No Cycling Signs
No cycling into the sunset. Photo by Front Row – Brighton, UK No cycling, I think. Photo by Front Row – Brighton, UK Photo by GP Twisted No Cycling, even those with poor eyesight, we have made sign nice and big. Photo by Just A Hero Photo by Pond Spider – no cycling up these […]
The Cult of Fixed – 42*12
“I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailer. We are getting soft… As for me, give me a fixed gear!” – Henri Desgrange, Founder of the Tour de France, L’Equipe article of 1902 […]
Cycling Dangers – Perceived and Real
There are some days, when you can feel quite vulnerable pedalling a lonely furrow amidst the stream of passing cars and lorries. This week has been a salutatory reminder of the dangers on our road. Wednesday, I went for a 70 mile cycle ride to High Wycombe; where-ever I cycled I seemed to come across […]
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Cycling in Oxford Photos
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Classic Time Trial Photos
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Best Puncture Proof Tyres
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Hill Climbs
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Cycling Rates by Country
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I only post new blogs at cyclinguphill.com
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results from today
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Cycling uphill
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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3 days rest works quite well
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