enough room to fall off One of the biggest irritations when cycling is cars that pass too closely when overtaking. The danger of close passing is heightened when the car / van is travelling quickly. The Highway code states: “give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking […]

The relative safety of cycling is a crucial factor in determining how much people cycle. Factors That Influence Bike Safety Safety in Numbers The first factor is the number of cyclists in the city. Areas with a higher density of cyclists have a lower accident rate per KM. This is why countries with high rates […]

If only the whole of New York was like Central Park. I’m currently spending two weeks in New York. All I can say is New York is a city made for the automobile. Everywhere you see six lane highways, but no room for any meaningful cycle lane. If you go to Manhatten, there are quite […]

A reader mentioned that sometimes knee pain can be allieviated by  using inserts or wedges for cycle shoes. When I visited Bike Fit a few years ago, they suggested some wedge inserts in my pedal cleats to slightly change the angle of the knee. If a leg has a habit of bending inwards  or outwards, […]

“Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.” – Douglas Bader A few weeks back I was driving through Oxford around the train station. In this part of the town there are a preponderance of traffic lights. Almost every 100 yards there is another set of traffic lights. Due to […]

The good life I fear a report by an EU commissioner to phase out ‘petrol and diesel’ cars in city centres, could become as infamous as the EU’s plan to ban the bendy banana (never actually proposed) or ban the good old British sausage (because it only contained 20% of pigs brain rather than the […]

Interesting to read this at Karma Cycle. “When you’re cycling around 100 miles a week through London, you develop some strange notions. The one I can’t get out of my head is that you build up karma – good and bad – depending on how you cycle. So – if you stop at red lights, […]

Reader Question: why do athletes  chose to use these drugs, since they are so clearly very bad for your health? Winning at All Costs. An athlete can be very driven. Their only motive is winning. They are willing to sacrifice everything, time, effort e.t.c. In the bubble of intense focus on winning, sacrificing health may […]

A while back, I posted about my experiences of Cycling in Bradford. There is a much lower rate of cycling in Bradford to Oxford and Bradford has even been given label of ‘worst city for cycling in UK‘ However, I came to hear about a few people keen to encourage cycling in Bradford. One of […]

At the weekend I was staying in London near Hyde Park. I was quite surprised at the sheer volume of cycle hires I saw on the streets. It was a Sunday and perhaps the area around Hyde Park is one of the better areas for cycling, but, overall I was very impressed with the London […]