Photo by Will Cyclist (2009) It has been a great Tour de France. There are few moments watching sport, when you just want to admire the supreme physical effort, and as David Duffield would have as say – ‘Chapeau!’ It was gripping stuff as the diminished peleton hit the lower slopes of the Col de […]
Stolen Bikes
(A cunning anti theft device, as soon as it touches the ground, the alarm sounds.) Last year 23,000 bikes were reported stolen in London, an average of 63 per day — up 30 per cent on last year, with unreported thefts estimated to add another 40,000 to 60,000. A recent survey found that 1 in […]
Cycling for Change
Nice hat. Stagecoach Buses running on electric hybrid power now. Still don’t like so many buses. Why isn’t my bike going faster? The Tour de Oxford A serious commuting machine Mum’s Taxi Breakfast on the move. You can’t beat the banana. Except on the high street you can’t fling empty skin into a field to […]
Trek Madone 6.9 Project One – Review
Trek Madone Project One. Custom colour – an incentive to keep it clean! I wanted a new road bike to replace my current one. My old bike was from Ribble; the frame was made from scandium (close to light aluminium) with a 5 year old mix of Dura Ace and Ultegra. It was light, and […]
Green Slime Inner Tubes
After three quick punctures in succession, my mountain bike was hanging around the garage, looking pretty sorry for itself, my lodger lost all inspiration in putting another inner tube in. After a puncture rate of about 1 per 5 miles, he’d resorted to using the bus and running home. I had repaired the punctures so […]
Boom For Cycling
(Bonn Square, Queens Street Oxford. Cyclists allowed between 6pm – 1am. Buses allowed all the time. So Cycling made it even to the pages of the Economist this week. There I was falling asleep between reading about budget deficits and austerity packages, (I am an economist by trade) and the Economist has a short piece […]
Personal Bests in Time Trials
(Not a time trial course, I took it whilst cycling in Otley recently) Time trials are mostly about getting better times. Some riders become a bit obsessive about personal bests ‘pbs’ and spend a lot of their time travelling to ‘fast courses’ where they have a better chance of getting a personal best. I’ve never […]
Tour de France – English
Some Things the tour riders don’t have to cope with After watching the Tour de France I really get inspired to go out and ride my bike. The problem is I half expect to be able to replicate the tour on English roads. But, riding in England makes it very difficult to replicate a stage […]
10 Reasons to Commute By Bike
The joy of cycling to work. This photo says it all. Whilst in York, a cycling city, I saw an advert encouraging people to cycle to work. – ‘It only takes 15 minutes to cycle to work – give it a try.’ So inspired by York’s cycling campaign here are 10 good reasons to commute […]
Lance Armstrong Story
Sunday was a good day. First I suffered in the 100 mile race. Then I return home to watch others suffering on a much larger scale. It wasn’t just the usual suspects suffering on the mountain passes (the sprinters like Cavendish) but no less than the global phenomena of Lance Armstrong. Even the greatest champions […]
Cycling with Young Children
Readers Comment “I would love to cycle rather than drive to various places, but it would mean putting my 3 year old in a child seat on the back. I feel by doing this whilst cycling on the road I would actively be putting her life at risk. Countless cyclists get killed every year on […]
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