Bigfoot - is it out there? Er no, but here is a man in a monkey suit running...
As a lad I watched and read a hell of a lot of paranormal material. The ironic thing about this material is that it parallelled with my interest in science. Around my mid-teens I really wanted to be a...
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The Reflective Frame
We're all very used to seeing reflective materials being used on clothing these days. Builders, site operators for the council, white van man (or lady in fact), police, fire service and ambulance...
View Article"Why don't bikes come with lights fitted?"
This was a question posed to me yesterday via twitter (from the BBC's Jon Cuthill no less!). To those that don't know bikes this is a perfectly sensible question, to those that know bikes just sit back...
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Could Poundland mean an increase in lit cyclists?
Consider this another review of sorts. I previously had a look at the rear lights sold from such cheap outlets but here I've finally managed to get myself a couple of their front lights.Unfortunately...
View ArticleComplaining about something legal and then doing something illegal yourself...
I found the above video online today. It features a cyclist who is clearly out training on a timetrial bike along a dual carriageway. For some reason part of the road is sectioned off, perhaps for...
View ArticleReasons why cyclists can become unlit
Not all unlit cyclists are evil bastards. Not all are criminal chavs.... or immigrants... or ethnic minorities... or arrogant.... all of these things have been said about unlit riders but its so easy...
View ArticleDaddy, why is the man angry?
Looking but not seeing. That's what we have going on here. The strange text in the video's description suggests that this is a second party's in-car dashcam recording and not belonging to the account...
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If your first response to a cyclist's road safety concern is "but the nasty...
All of us want to get somewhere - in one piece - and relatively no fuss. However today I feel like my life has been put in danger once too often.Why should I follow all the rules when others seem to be...
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Sometimes you look parked
I've been using the bike for some small errands, not just for commuting to work and to keep active but also a few trips to the shops. As I often say to others - why waste expensive fuel for a couple of...
View ArticleCycling Oddity
I often think of songs and wonder if they could be twisted to represent cycling (or other situations to be fair). There are lyrics in this song that could be the internal voices of both a cyclist and a...
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Drivers - sometimes their own worst enemy
I filmed this back in April. I'd forgotten about it until this week when I serviced a camera ready for use later this week. On the video card I left a small text file of notes, mostly about the mess...
View ArticleFuture of Mobility? Or history repeating?
Oh so many companies have tried in the past to say "this new product is revolutionary!" And this new company seem to be making similar bold statements. So lets break things down...Electric motors are...
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Cycle jerseys I would like to see
A couple of my jerseys are now getting a little old so this week I began looking online for replacements. I could buy something similar... I tend to like the printed stuff with retro teams or cartoon...
View ArticleStrava and playing dodgems with parents
I'm not exactly the silent assassin, puffing and panting away plus the 15 stone of me in garish colours... yet some idiot decided to push a pram out on me today. So close to making someone childless...
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Early results of my Southampton Driver poll
Its a bit of a shame that I could only get 79 responses, however I can understand why people would be reluctant - unless they know the blogger it might look a little odd that an individual would run...
View ArticleSolar is an option to limit the need for fracking
It seems clear to me that unless Hampshire and Southampton adopt a more inventive approach to energy demand that fracking could very well happen in the New Forest. Campaigners are now frankly shitting...
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How long should you let a cycling poll run (or indeed cycle)?
I think I came up with a slightly unique cycling poll to run. Everyone asks the usual questions, and yes whilst I have asked a few I have noticed how many riders use the internet now.Whether you're...
View ArticleBecause nobody seems to be asking it - exactly what are the basics of local...
Its been a while. Too many distractions, too much stress at work, I just don't seem to get the time I'd like to dedicate to this blog or the other social media I use (eg twitter, flickr and cycle...
View ArticleSpace Debris - a risk to NASA but there may be solutions
We as a civilisation have put a lot of rubbish into space - from discarded rocket shells, broken satellites and things lost from space missions it all ends up whizzing around in the near Earth orbit....
View ArticleWeirdness of the week...
This week has been tough. I've had issues with my ventolin inhaler malfunctioning on me and have booked an appointment with my GPs asthma nurse due to something triggering me into attacks. As yet minor...
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