Archives for the 'cycle' Category
tall bike tour of britain
Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
Tour of Britain not interesting enough for you?
How about the Tall Bike Tour (of) Britain
?
cyclepods
Saturday, January 14th, 2006
i quite like the idea of cyclepods.
why not write to your local council and tell them to install some? www.cyclepods.co.uk.
riding on the edge
Sunday, October 16th, 2005
While living in Edinburgh, I am making myself explore the surrounding area. For some time, Berwick-upon-Tweed has been on my wishlist to visit - every time I have been through on the train, the area looks idyllic.
So yesterday, I took the train to Berwick, although I didn’t stay long because I had to get […]
cool not so cool
Wednesday, September 7th, 2005
GNER have announced that cyclists are now able to make reservations for their bicycles using their web site. The trainline removed this functionality some years ago, and so cycle reservations can only be made in person or by phone.
Excellent move by GNER, except for the implementation detail. A cyclist fills in an online form, only […]
bikes and balloons
Thursday, August 11th, 2005
Hope you weren’t thinking of going to see Chesney Hawkes on your bicycle this year at the Balloon Fiesta in Bristol..
Q) Is there any secure parking for my bicycle if I cycle to the event?
A) Unfortunately, there is no parking services offered for cyclists. Due to the high volumes of pedestrians we do not […]
2 inner tubes later
Thursday, July 28th, 2005
Today I was pumping up the tyres on my bicycle using a £3 mini pump from tchibo. This pump is not quite capable of obtaining anything like a high pressure without an extreme amount of effort.
I was therefore providing an extreme amount of effort, and in the process I managed to snap the metal […]
life without pizza
Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
can you imagine life without pizza? obviously some people can’t, or else they wouldn’t have invented the in-car pizza oven. pizza wherever you go (as long as you drive a car!).
could you generate 12V with a hub dynamo?
holiday of the absurd
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
and so i return from 2 weeks of cycling in norway with sarah (who, by the way, has a lot of pictures to illustrate).
perhaps my favourite holiday chore was absurdity spotting. we did a lot of it.
some examples:
My first road traffic accident, cycling under 10mph I killed a bird. It crunched.
Lone […]
burgers and bikes don’t mix
Tuesday, June 21st, 2005
from caroline lucas’ press office:
BURGER giant McDonald’s is under fire again after refusing to serve a cyclist for ‘not having an engine’.
Southsea former shopkeeper Charles Burns, 57, was turned away from the drive-through McDonald’s at Portsmouth’s Pompey Centre, despite the restaurant being situated next to a designated cycle path.
old bikes
Monday, June 13th, 2005
it was only last week that i was thinking about how all the bicycles in brighton, locked to railings, look like they have been abandoned.
people come and go in this city, and i think a lot of people, after discovering their bike has been worn by the sea air, just choose to leave their […]