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And this is clearly why my employer doesn't need to send me on a...
"What..? What is that..?" She stuttered. A real look of concern came over her face as my work colleagues fell about laughing.I work for a large catering company. They shall remain nameless for an...
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Green energy?
Letter to my local paper, the Daily Echo:Green energy.It is actually moving on apace. However we do need to invest in the products before it improves to the next step - otherwise how will companies do...
View ArticleIs car travel TOO easy?
Today Peter Henley talked to councilors about parking charges on BBC Politics South. It reminded me of something I saw when riding home from work some years back. I had intended to stop off 5 miles in...
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Slight disappointment
I read today of another serious collision involving a cyclist and a lorry, and today I draw a little reflection upon recent issues involving cycling.For one thing I was really hoping the above video...
View Article"A third of motorists want cyclists to pay 'road tax' (and insurance)" - My...
So a 3rd of motorists want cyclists to pay "road tax"? Pretty sad that we as a society don't understand what we're paying and why. "Road tax" has not existed since the 1930s, motorists today pay...
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Gutted.
I'm not entirely happy at the moment.You see my beloved Kona Jake has been bitten by the viper that lays in our cruel and broken roads.This year alone a rear wheel on each of my bikes has been bust by...
View ArticleAny bike will do as far as I'm concerned, even if I do prefer a good racer or...
Every day last year I rode my bikes over the local bridge heading into work. Most of the time I rode my Kinesis TK2 with Aksium wheels. Its a proper racing bike as far as anyone will be concerned....
View ArticleNational Cycle to Work Day - Letter to the Daily Echo
Cycling doesn't have to end with the Sky Ride, and there is another opportunity on Thursday the 12th of September for mass cycling.This is National cycle to work day, and millions across the UK will be...
View ArticleIts no good pedestrians complaining about pavement cyclists when they act...
An old video but this behavior is still endemic This afternoon I finished my shift and set off home. It was a warm day, it had rained earlier but the sun re-emerged like a phoenix just before I put my...
View ArticleFulfill the demand for cycling! Letter to the Daily Echo...
Oxford Street's scheme hasn't failed yet, but some people are failing it.Everyone has had enough time to adjust to the new plans and it now appears that a new solution is needed - bollards. This is the...
View ArticleA precarious ride home for me today....
I'm usually quite injury free. If I push hard I might get a little stiff down there (oo-er) but with some gentle stretching (fnarr) I can work the knots out (wtf?).However for the past 3-4 weeks I've...
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Demand for cycling in Portsmouth! Big, big demand!
Absolutely every bike stand I saw was filled and mosthad two bikes, some even threeI know there is a lot of rivalry between my home city of Southampton and Portsmouth - personally I couldn't care less....
View ArticleEvolution and problem solving
A spider has to catch it's prey to survive. It, just as we do, it needs food to eat - to grow and to breed and to move. A spider doesn't think as we do, it doesn't sit down to fathom out where the fly...
View ArticleLetter to the Leicester Mercury
The fact Name and address supplied (NAAS) denounces logical and polite questioning of their wrongly held beliefs as "venomous" and a "mob attitude" shows how unwilling they are to listen to very real...
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Hatred. As much as it pains me to say it I don't think we're winning any...
Sometimes the internet frustrates me. Sometimes people frustrate me, to be more precise. The highlighted words above show search terms. One is common (cyclists) and the other is used by the commonly...
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Lets boycott the New Forest for a week or a month and let the NIMBYs realise...
Once again cycling is a target in the New Forest. At a local meeting several "concerns" were reported to be raised about cyclists and their access, even their rights to use the roads around and in the...
View ArticleCongested cycle lanes? Is this increased demand or down to the rise in petrol...
For the past week I have notice how many riders have appeared in Southampton. Usually when there is a risk of rain you notice a drop off, but not this time. In fact I've found it a little bit of a...
View ArticleThe Puncture Fairy always comes out to play close the Halloween! Here are...
The trees and foliage are dropping and there is a small risk of puncture at this time of year, so I thought I'd share a couple of great videos with you that can make life easier. Of course the BIGGEST...
View ArticleLights on helmets look like the Mickey Mouse ears of ambivalence sometimes
This is no real poke at anyone individual, but over recent years I've noticed two trends:1) for cycle lights to get super, super bright and2) for cyclists to attach said type of light to their...
View ArticleIf you're going to "discover" Bigfoot (or any other new species) you need to...
Am I the only one who sees this?Blurry video, shaky camera handling and a mess of pixels from a distance do not a sighting make. In these modern times is it not somewhat easier to capture evidence of...
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