Tuesday, June 16, 2009

World Naked Bike Ride 2009



Last Friday's naked bike ride was fun, even though the Police stopped us and claimed that no-one had told them that Naked meant we'd have no clothes on. More pictures in the Manchester World Naked Bike Ride set

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Friday, May 22, 2009

Manchester bike shops

Most of my bike blogging has now moved to the On Two Wheels blog for the Manchester Evening News. One set of posts I'd like to share here is my ongoing guide to Manchester's bike shops. There's been a lull in posts on the subject but I will get back to it when my routine allows it and the weather improves.

There's also a map of Manchester's bike shops to go with the posts. As you can see, at the moment everything mrked on it is in the city centre or close to a route south from it along Oxford/Wilmslow Road. Again, this is something I'll try to remedy when I can get back out there hunting for other bike shops.

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Now I'm On 2 Wheels too

Since just before Christmas I've been blogging for the Manchester Evening News at the On Two Wheels blog. My plan for the blog is to do a bit of outreach to pedestrians and drivers as well as reporting cycling news.

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Austerity Cycling

As credit has been crunched, so sales of bikes have risen, as more and more people catch up with those of us who realised years ago how much could be saved by switching to two wheels.

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Manchester's most dangerous cycle routes mapped

A map has been drawn up of the most dangerous roads in Manchester city centre for cycling. Unsurprisingly, Oxford/Wilmslow Roads are high up the list. Equally unsurprisingly the "blame the victim" mob of commenters are out, trying to say it's all the cyclists' fault because a few of them do dumb things.

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Thursday, October 02, 2008

I Bike Mcr mini festival next week

There's another I Bike Manchester mini festival next week. Check out the timetable here.

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The bike always wins

There was a bus-bike-car-train race from Heaton Chapel to Manchester Town Hall last week. As usual, the bike won.

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