Ride to school. I like the pink blanket to keep warm. Balloons were left around Oxford to celebrate or probably to mark some protest. The Gazelle has marvellous front mudguards, no danger of getting splashed from those.   enjoying ride into town.

The Foot Bike or the Big Man’s Skateboard Ever wanted a glorified skateboard to get around town when  you don’t have a bicycle? I can’t say I can think of an instance when I would want to use this foot bike, but I’m sure it could be useful in some circumstances. It works pretty well, […]

Sometimes readers send questions on cycling, I’m usually quite grateful for these as it makes a good blog post. If you want to ask any question on cycling you are free to leave comment on this post. Also, you can use this contact form. I can’t guarantee to answer but if it’s about cycling I’ll […]

The human body is very adaptable, but sitting on a three inch leather saddle for several hours on end is not exactly how the human body evolved. When cycling the odd ache and pain is an inevitable part of the experience, but to a large extent they can be mitigated. Aches and pains are often […]

You can carry a lot on a bike, but what is best way of carrying things? Backpack / Rucksacks I don’t really like using backpacks. Though because it is so convenient, I often find myself cycling to train station with a backpack. But, overall I find backpacks uncomfortable, bad for your back, sweaty and restricts […]

Cycling Turning down small street Not quite sure how this bike works.  

When I cycle into town on my commuting bike, my cadence falls to about 50-60. It is really low. But, often it is a faster cadence than other people cycling around time. It seems that people cycling shorter distances naturally veer towards a very low cadence. Sometimes you see someone pushing such a big gear […]

If you catch a glimpse of the Giro d’Italia you will see how fanatic the Italians are about their cycling. But, surprisingly the capital city is a tough experience if you want to visit the city by bike. rare to see so many cyclists on the roads. These look like a few tourists who hired […]

Maybe I shouldn’t mock National days (National Roundabout appreciation day) – I just found out that it is National Walk to Work Week (Dept of Transport) Other potential good news for road users is a government initiative to fine on the spot careless driving. The fixed penalty notices have been designed with a view to […]

Today, May 11th is National Roundabout Appreciation Day. Actually it isn’t National Roundabout Appreciation day (sorry to disappoint)  but it wouldn’t surprise me if we get one some time. After all we have an official National beanpole week, National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day (31 January), National Pie Week (7 to 13 March), National Cleavage Day […]