March 2010
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Beauty and the Bike Part 2
The Beauty and the Bike project reports what has happened since the film. Cycling is still considered uncool by most teenagers and the girls who are still cycling report a daily battle with poor infrastructure and inconsiderate drivers. However, one girl reports she gets more room from motorists on a sit-up dutch bike than she used to on her mountain bike, something that echoes my own...
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Breezing by
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Skateboarding down the bus lane
He was going faster than the cars!
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Keeping it level
I love it when I spot people transporting unusual objects on their bikes. This guy appears to be carrying a spirit level on his rear rack.
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Matching trainers and rims
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Mural - Sharrowvale
One side of the alley… and the other side
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Cycling Conversations
Two friends cycling and chatting a common site in some counties, but a rare site in Sheffield. These two were joking…
and laughing…
Shame the lack of suitable infrastructure meant they had to ride single file. Kind of compromises the conversation.
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Concentrating
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Stalking a Brompton
No, not really, it was only when I downloaded my photos that I discovered this guy kept popping up.
Off to do some shopping…
carrying the shopping…
carrying the shopping and the Brompton.
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Speed
There is an advert currently being run on TV here which takes as it’s premise that the British hate haggling, it is something road safety campaigners should take note of. Aim low and you are going to get no-where - your reasonable requests will be compromised to the point where nothing is left, cast your aspirations a bit higher and you stand a chance of making an impact.
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Cream and grey
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Blue and red
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Headwind
denim skirt and diamond fame
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Shy...?
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Beige shorts
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Red Trousers
I thought I was the only one with a pair of trousers this vivid…
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Keeping cool in red
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The Story of Modern Sheffield
A film made by two Sheffield lads in 2004/5 who are obviously very proud of their city. It is fascinating to watch for two reasons, firstly because so much has changed in Sheffield in the short time that has passed since they made this film and secondly, to see what is landmarks are considered important by children.
There is a particularly poignant moment when he explains why he has ridden his...
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Red pink and orange
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Why don't women cycle - again
Yet, again campaigners are baffled. Why don’t women cycle in Britain? This time it’s the turn of the British Cycling federation
“Although participation in Cycling has increased at an unprecedented level over the past 12 months (113,000 more weekly cyclists), female participation has decreased. This trend magnifies the escalating gap between male and female participation in...
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Spring has arrived
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Dvds and breadcakes or medals and meat?
We are living in hard times and shops have to diversify. How about a film when you go to get your lunch?
or a victoria cross with your steak?
Who needs a department store when you can find all this at your local shop?
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Cycling in Mary Jane's
Heels, skirt, long coat, the only thing missing is a basket - or some stylish panniers?
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Sitting up straight - in defence of Mike Rubbo
A lady at my yoga class commented to me the other day that she had seen me cycling past the day before. “You cut a very striking figure on your bike. I think it is because you are sat up so straight, not hunched and slumped like you normally see people.” I responded by telling her most bikes force people into that “hunched” position and that my bike was Dutch and designed...
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Mondrian Hat
“I believe it is possible that, through horizontal and vertical lines constructed with awareness, but not with calculation, led by high intuition, and brought to harmony and rhythm, these basic forms of beauty, supplemented if necessary by other direct lines or curves, can become a work of art, as strong as it is true.”
Piet Mondrian
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Flowing in black
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Red Bicycle
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Sheffield City on the Move
A bit of history - Sheffield, a tourist information film from the 1970’s made famous in the film The Full Monty
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Have mudguards...
…can wear cream trousers
obviously works - spotted a week later!
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Brown gloves
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Upright
classic walking posture…
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Spring must be in the air...
shorts are back
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Cycling in Heels
[If you are interested in footwear, you must check out the cycling in heels blog, for more posts on this subject :-) ]
Well I had to try it out…
Yes, cycling in proper heels, I don’t count my platforms as “proper” heels as I feel like they are cheating, because you forget that you have them on. So I was curious to try riding in my tallest heels at 10cm (4in) high they...
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Sheffield City Hall before and after
Sheffield City Hall 1955 - already cars are in the picture
photo Francis Frith
Sheffield City Hall 2010 a shared pedestrian and cycle space
a place for people
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Racing Red
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What did the Council ever do for me?
A great way to market cycling - is there a “and to find out more about learning to ride a bike go to this website/ring this number” ? No of course not - people might actually do it.
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Check mate
The artwork in the background is by Robert Casselton Clark at Persistence Works.
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Carrying the Shopping
photo by evissa
(I wish I’d spotted this, but as it’s such a great shot I couldn’t not show you now could I?)
No paniers, no xtracycle and who needs a bakfiets?
Sheffielders get creative!
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Sheffield's 'Great Snow Debate'
From The Star
Should Sheffield spend £8m to grit every road if ice returns?
TOWN Hall bosses have drawn up new proposals to keep Sheffield moving in a repeat of this year’s big freeze.Councillors now want residents to have their say on what is being labelled Sheffield’s ‘Great Snow Debate’. Sheffield Council put 28,000 tonnes of grit on the city roads, at a cost of £3...
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Green Bag
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The Wicker and Ladies Bridge
View from Ladies Bridge 1965
photo via Sheffield Villages
View from Ladies bridge 2010
take me with you when you go lady’s bridge is where we know how that our lives turned out so bad we lost the dreams that we once had we can watch e river flow and maybe make this city slow take me with you when you go down to the river, down to the river down to the river, oh i know down to the...
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More winter layers
I am rather concerned about this guy’s method of transporting his D-lock. I don’t know much about these matters, but from what I’m led to believe sudden braking may cause some serious injury.
The guy on the left looks a bit doubtful too…
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Winter layers and bike co-ordination
Go on… admit it, you thought co-ordinating your bike and outfit was something only the Danes do.
But again we find yet another Sheffield cyclist co-ordinating their outfit with their bike.
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You'll thank me one day
More street art from Kid Acne
Somehow apt - don’t you think for all us cyclists out there?
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Red Check Casual Asymmetry
A miserable lunchtime, heavy drizzle and a cold wind.
Down the hill…
then back up again.
look closely…
how to deal with the lack of a chainguard. Some people go for trouserclips, or trousers in socks, but this guy just opts for casually rolling up one trouserleg. A cool asymmetry.
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Junctions
A lot is made about how junctions are particularly hazardous for cyclists. So Sheffield Council has thoughtfully provided this small oasis of safety where cyclists can wait to cross two lanes of traffic travelling at 40mph and make a dash for it to join the well protected cycle lane on the other side. It’s clearly so safe it doesn’t need any traffic lights to allow the cyclist to...
