May 2010
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Bicycle Traffic Light
This is the second dedicated bicycle traffic light I’ve spotted in Sheffield (there is also one crossing the ring road at the junction with Shoreham Street). Both of these examples allow cyclists to use a more direct route than the rest of the traffic and do follow the golden rule of making cycling more convenient than driving, by avoiding tedious one way systems. Of course it would be...
May 31st
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Mysterious
Not quite the man in black, but almost
May 30th
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Red Top, Blue Stiletoes, Red top, Blue Rucksack
Blue top, Blue Coat…
May 30th
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Shades and Beanie
May 29th
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Greens
Green top, green bike, green background
May 29th
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Twosome
Some things are so much easier with two. Can’t find anywhere to lock your bike up while you go and buy some lunch? Get a friend to mind your bike…
May 28th
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View from the cycle lane...
three vintage minis
May 28th
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Gold Headphones
May 27th
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Blue Skirt and Diamond Frame
May 27th
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Stripy T-shirt
May 26th
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Denim Shorts
May 26th
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WatchWatch
What is cycle chic? StreetFilms discuss the growing movement of everyday cycling: “You can trace the term “cycle chic” back to 2006, when Mikael Colville-Andersen launched his Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog. It means different things to different people, but basically, “cycle chic” is about riding in everyday clothes instead of specialized gear like spandex or cycling...
May 25th
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Spot the cyclist
Of course a trick question, anyone in this shot is could be a cyclist. Only the guy on the right feels obliged to advertise the fact.
May 25th
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Friends chatting
May 24th
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Turning in Purple
May 24th
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Smiling Pair
May 23rd
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Blue Beanie
May 23rd
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Green Tartan Skirt
May 22nd
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Canvas bag
I was focussed on the bag
May 22nd
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Sweat
It is funny that Dottie from Let’s Go Ride A Bike should post this today, because I have been meaning to write this post for ages. Yesterday’s sudden burst of summer weather reminded me why. Woolley tights and a thick winter dress weren’t warm enough for our over air-conditioned office, but when I got out into the sun for my journey home, I was rather overdressed to put it mildly!  ...
May 21st
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Red and grey
Fantastically co-ordinated, hat, gloves, jacket, bag and bike even down to the logo on his trousers!
May 21st
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Roadworks
This street is marked as a “recommended cycle route”. So what special provisions for cyclists have been made when roadworks are in action? Well, you can leave a nice flat street.. and go down a steep hill, across and then back up a steep hill… Confused cyclist scoots down the pavement Another confused cyclist gets stuck in the traffic cones… whilst avoiding the...
May 20th
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Brown and mustard
May 20th
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The Art of Driving
Reading this post Tom Vanderbilt’s “How we Drive” blog today reminded me of another brilliant song by Black Box Recorder on “The Art of Driving” and the following I’m sure most cyclists would agree with… I wish you’d learn to slow down You might get there at the end Don’t think the accelerating pedal Is the man’s best friend You...
May 19th
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Bicycle Film Festival
Chesterfield Cycle Campaign are running a Bicycle Film Festival on June 19th in Chesterfield (South Yorkshire). The films will be concentrating on showing bike culture in places like Amsterdam and Copenhagen.  Saturday June 19th 2010 at Chesterfield Library. There will be cycling displays in two meeting rooms adjacent to the library cafe with stalls and cycles. These displays are open to the...
May 19th
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Pink for the girls
and blue for a boy…
May 18th
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Bicycle Portraits - everyday South Africans and...
A photographic book. Project by Stan Engelbrecht / Nic Grobler “My name is Stan Engelbrecht. A friend and fellow bicycle enthusiast, Nic Grobler, and I recently started a project investigating South African bicycle culture, and the lack of cyclist commuters out there on our roads. We want to raise the funds to turn this project into a self-published full-color hard-cover photographic...
May 18th
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Dark Blues
May 17th
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It could almost be summer
May 16th
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Taking Cycle Chic Seriously
Shoulder check Vintage Raleigh 20 with Mini Mouse bell
May 16th
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Navy check
May 15th
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Leather and Cream
An interesting way of transporting your lock - sling it over your shoulder
May 15th
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Two Stands
Eight bikes..
May 14th
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Green Cap
May 14th
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A ray of sunshine...
…from a panier
May 13th
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Shocking Pink
Trousers in purple socks with white Mary Jane’s
May 13th
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For the hell of it
If you want to ride around in circles, why not?
May 12th
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Purple Stripes
May 12th
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String
Always carry a ball of string with you on your bike, you never know when you might need it!
May 11th
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Batavus
Yet another Dutch bike in Sheffield
May 11th
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Vintage Raleigh Roadster
I’ve been spending far too much time reading Lovely Bicycle and the glowing write ups that Velouria has been giving her early seventies Vintage Raleigh Roadster. (Along with Cycler at Biking in Heels and Portlandize with their vintage Raleighs). It appears to be catching, for when I saw this bike, I had to have her. So here is my new (old) bike. I’ve decided a bike like this deserves...
May 10th
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Lonely Bicycles
There is, I think,  something quite melancholic about a single bicycle parked up… silently eavesdropping on people’s conversations
May 9th
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Lemon Yellow Baseball Boots
May 8th
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Cycling in a Suit
May 8th
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Sheffield Style
May 7th
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Sneeze!
May 7th
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Cornering in blue
May 6th
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The People's Republic
In case you hadn’t noticed Britain is holding a General Election today. Here in “The People’s Republic of South Yorkshire” the map has been almost entirely red for decades, the only exception being Nick Clegg’s (the leader of the Liberal Democrats) seat. Ironically, this was not long ago a safe Tory seat, but the media seem to have forgotten that. Clegg’s constituency, Sheffield Hallam, is...
May 6th
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Shirt and Combats
May 5th
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Electric Blue and Black
May 5th