Youngster in Oxford are to be rewarded for cycling with a helmet on – they will receive a free goody bag from the local police. (Oxford Mail) It is hoped this will encourage responsible cycling from an early age. But, I wonder what will a teenager will get if he’s wearing a hoodie under his […]

  Hoodies on bicycles. ‘There’s a pavement to cycle on here.‘ Spiderman to the rescue. Youth of today, surprisingly skillful.

I was cycling along on Saturday, warming up for the cycle race on quiet roads around Gloucestershire. I was pretty close to one foot from the edge of the road (the width of a gutter). Earlier in the year I posted about cycling 1 metre from edge of road (as per DoT suggestion), but to […]

This year, twice in quick succession, I’ve broken two chains (both 10 speed). For 10 years, I had no broken chains, but like the proverbial bus, after waiting so long two have appeared together. The first chain to snap was a relatively cheap 10 speed chain (I can’t remember the brand). To replace it I […]

Cowley Road cycle path

I often cycle past the Cotswolds line during training rides. Because I cycle past the railway so frequently, I had a desire to go on a train and see the countryside from the perspective of the railway rather than bike. It’ surprising how little I recognised on the train ride. It’s a very different view […]

Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat congressman from Oregon wears a green bicycle lapel badge of the US congressional bike caucus pin. On an edition of Newsnight Jeremy Paxman asked “Can I just ask you, Mr Blumenauer, what is that extraordinary green bicycle on your lapel?” Blumenauer replied, “Well, I am aggressively ‘bike partisan’, and this is the congressional […]