The Bramble Brush - or the problem with converting a pavement into a "cycle...
This is the problem with changing pavements into "cycle paths". Too narrow, obstructed by crap like broken glass, wet leaves and thorns, overgrown bushes, certainly not enough space to pass another...
View ArticleThe workmate who accused me of pavement riding on Freaky Friday
Halloween Friday this week, technically the 1st of November but it still ascribes to my definition of Freaky Friday (and Friday that has a month end on or right before it; with a change in the weather...
View ArticleThe spirit of Youtube is dead, the idiots have won, the self-interested...
This week I found myself in a position where I could no longer see any use in Youtube. I've been an avid and loyal user of the site since the beginning of 2008, many know me through the site from my...
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Review of Strada and Blaze lights by Exposure
When you choose a light (or a set of lights) for cycling there are many things to take into consideration. Battery life, ruggedness, brightness, price.Exposure have been making lights for donkey's...
View ArticleHere is an idea for a show: Motorists do the funniest things
Today has been a bad day. In fact the whole week has been shit. That is because work pressures are upon myself and colleagues, and now we've learned that many of our friends are to lose their jobs. As...
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Poundshop lights - are they any good?
Before Christmas I had been wandering around a city center looking for presents for the family. Many toys and other gifts required batteries so we went into the 99p Store and Poundland to get some....
View ArticleLetter sent to Daily Echo over David Irving death and trial.
I feel so sorry for David Irving's family. The outcome of the trial was probably not what they expected, but is sadly what many of us in the cycling community now know is common.Cyclists increasingly...
View ArticleHow to deal with a low sun and glare!
Much has been made in recent weeks (in part thanks to local criminal proceedings) about the vulnerability of cyclists riding into the low sun. Having ridden for many years I thought I would share my...
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Taking the lane
There has been much in the cycling press and online about riding practice.. from the ASA's ridiculous and dangerous ruling on a road safety advert, to Clarkson yet again whinging about a perfectly...
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This weather is starting to piss me off now...
Looking out of my front window now there is a "barometer" for the wind - the little tree in our front garden which is currently bending over at near 90 degree angles. In fact I am surprised that this...
View ArticleGLC Cycling for London
A few people have been sharing this short film on twitter. Made in 1984 it shows the changes made at the time to try and encourage cycling in the Greater London Council area (now under the Mayor's...
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"The ALL-NEW, improved Itchen Bridge!" ..but is it?
We were lead to believe this would be a Dutch design and would improve safety for cyclists using what is most likely the most traveled road in Southampton by bike. However I have read people like David...
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The things you see when you cycle
Through the recent chaotic weather some people have managed to keep their humour. Trees have been broken and uprooted all over Southampton, and from what to many will be something sad to see, another...
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The Myth of Free Time
The following is based upon mine and others experiences of travel throughout Southampton. The names are an amalgamation of several people and changed so as not to single out anyone.January. Its cold...
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Another ride, another broken spoke - when will Southampton fix the roads?
The damage to my wheel today, thanks to rough roads!I've never been to the moon, but I can imagine walking on it would be much like crossing any road here in Southampton. Potholes, rough surfacing,...
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The "You broke my wing mirror" defence
I keep a tab on an awful lot of youtube videos relating to cycling, especially cycle "cammers" (people like myself who ride regularly with a camera attached to the bike or body). These camera systems...
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How fast I go I do not know
If you're into racing bikes you tend to have a special love for speed. Its not like speed in a car, there is a biological relationship. A symbiosis between bicycle and human.Any fool can press hard on...
View ArticleAverage speed - 20mph on the Kinesis... and that's with Asthma problems
This weekend I have mostly been knackered from wheezing. I've said before that I'm pretty sure this is pollution related. If I go somewhere where there is no traffic, in fact a good example is in an...
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...
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....
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