September 2010
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Fill That Hole!
The CTC has launched a free Iphone app to report potholes.
“CTC, in collaboration with construction company Aggregate Industries, has produced a downloadable free software app for the Apple iPhone which dramatically improves the usefulness of Fill That Hole. By using the iPhone’s built-in camera and GPS locator, together with the large display screen, you can now report potholes...
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Bicycle Chic Gains Speed →
“Roadways are the new runways for these style-obsessed cyclists, their bikes no mere conveyance but a racy adjunct to their look. More than a few are infusing what used to be an athletic, or purely practical, pursuit with eye-catching glamour and sex appeal. Their style, a modish amalgam of fashion and function, is documented on blogs and emulated by like-minded sisters on wheels. Their...
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Raleigh 18
Eldest daughter’s Vintage Raleigh 18, which I think was produced from the late 1960’s to the early 1970’s. It is the forerunner of the Raleigh Denim, which was on my Christmas list, but never came, instead I got my mother’s RSW ;-(
A smaller version of the classic Raleigh 20 this is the children’s version for 7 to 11 year olds. Eldest daughter is only 5 and can...
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Sitting up straight - ergonomics in bicycle design
Open publication - Free publishing - More eurobike
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As the weather turns autumnal...
memories of an all to brief summer.
Autumn leaves now cover the pavements and soon it will be time to dig out the winter clothes.
Already as the nights draw in, hi-viz vests are increasingly out in force and the influence of cycle chic is waining…
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Scale
I keep meaning to take a tape measure with me just to see how wide (or narrow) Sheffield’s cycle lanes really are. However, the detritus (btw I moved the bottle it was actually in the middle of the lane, ready to throw an unsuspecting cyclist off, or at the very least make them swerve into the adjacent lane) usually found in such lanes provides a handy frame of reference!
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The Highway Code for Cyclists
Apologies to the Lo Fidelity Bicycle Club for posting this is in full, but it is a brilliant send up of how farcical the original version is!
”Please find below the ‘Rules for Cyclists’ as outlined in The Highway Code adapted by me to give more accuracy (in my humble opinion).
59 Clothing.
You should wear
• a cycle helmet which conforms to current regulations, is the correct size and...
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Lego Cycle Chic 2010
Lego Cycle Chic is to be found all over at the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark.
Mikael from Copenhagen Cycle Chic (although for some reason he is not in Copenhagen, but by the quayside at Ribe, where I went on holiday last year.
Ribe - if you look carefully you can see a cyclist in the picture.
According to my son, this is me on my Vintage Raleigh!
and how cool is...
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Murder Most Foul
If you are any way interested in cycle infrastructure, cycling advocacy, or just plain frustrated with having to share the road with so may vehicles, I suggest you read this book - Murder Most Foul from 1947. In it the author J S Dean quite clearly points out where it all began to go wrong!
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Aarhus Cycle Chic
As you might have noticed I have rather a backlog of blogs!
Here is some more (well lots more actually) cycle chic from Aarhus. Cycling in style in a hilly city in amazing numbers. You might be forgiven for thinking that I spent most of my holiday in Aarhus, but I only visited for a couple of afternoons and spent most of the time in museums (making sock puppets with my daughters at ARoS on one...
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Sheffield Cycling Bloggers Eat Cake
On Monday I met up with fellow Sheffield Bike Blogger Caroline from “iaintnotomato” fame and get some geeky bike photos of “Ziggy” for all of you who are desperate to see - as I’m sure you are ;-P Those of you who follow Caroline’s blog will know she hasn’t had much luck with photos!
For those who don’t, a little bit of background. Caroline was...
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The ones that got away!
Sometimes when it all goes wrong the result is more interesting than what you actually intended!
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Opticians: cycles, saddles...
Viva Juliet Bike
Brooks saddles
Paul Frank Cruiser
and erm ice-cream cones!
All spotted in Aarhus, Denmark.
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Orange Pannier
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Stripy Shirt and Black and White
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Mummy Bike
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Looking
You see much more of the world when you ride a bike!
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One hand
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Leaning on a Lampost
Well sort of.
Anyway, finally someone has found a good use for those pathetic puffin crossing devices (just read the wikipedia entry it is total b***lks - it is nothing to do with helping pedestrians, but a classic piece of car centric design). These crossings should be renamed crossings for cheapskate councils who can’t be bothered paying for proper traffic lights which you can actually...
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Relaxed on Red Bike
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Leather Bag
sometimes it’s the details that catch your eye
