Sunday, April 13, 2008
Cycle sidecar
Spotted in town earlier this week. I'm not so sure about its ability to turn left or just how useful it would be in traffic.
posted by Ian at 11:17 AM
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Raleigh Chopper info
ALL YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLASSIC RALEIGH CHOPPERS BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO ASK.ANd there's a lot to know, with the various models, special editions and foreign variants. The site's owner would probably cry if I told him the tale of how my friends and I sheared the frame of a Chopper by doing stunts off a home made ramp.
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Labels: Chopper, Nostalgia, Raleigh
posted by Ian at 7:31 PM
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Friday, April 11, 2008
Mancunian bike news
Oscar hands out 3000 bikes. Every council should have an official bike (and other stuff) recycling program similar to the one run by Oscar.Flat boosts cyclist's medal hopes.
Man charged after cyclist injured. It's not all good news, sadly.
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Labels: Manchester, news
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Monday, April 07, 2008
Sex and the single Olympian
Victoria Pendleton is one of Britain's many potential medal winners in the Beijing games. She talked to The Mail on Sunday about her prospects and dropped the headline friendly tidbit that sex helps the performance of female athletes but hinders that of males. For this and other reasons she has a casual relationship with someone outside the sport.Technorati tag: Cycling
Labels: Daily Mail, sex, sport
posted by Ian at 10:44 AM
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Friday, April 04, 2008
MP hits cyclist
Undoing all his party leader's positive work on two wheels Tory MP Simon Burns hit a cyclist outside Parliament whilst driving his Range Rover. This sounds like the sort of accident that happens every day- driver pulls into traffic without looking and hits a cyclist, it's happened to me though thankfully less painfully- and only made the news because of where it happened and who the driver was.Let's see "Dave" Cameron come out and make a statement about always looking out for two wheelers at junctions.
Technorati tag: Cycling
Labels: Accident, Daily Mail, David Cameron, Drivers, London, Road Safety
posted by Ian at 10:50 AM
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Daily Mirror goes cycling with David Cameron
No matter what you think of David Cameron politically, at least he's raising the profile of cyclists amongst tabloid readers. Unfortunately, last week it was because The Daily Mirror followed his commute and caught him running red lights and going the wrong way up one way streets. When the paper sent a reporter on a bike to shadow him he seemed to have learnt his lesson and didn't break any rules.Technorati tag: Cycling
Labels: David Cameron
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Friday, March 14, 2008
I [bike] Manchester 2008
This year's festival celebrating two wheeling in the rainy city starts later this month. Find out more at the I [bike] Manchester website.Technorati tag: Cycling
Labels: activism, Festival, Manchester
posted by Ian at 11:39 AM
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