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Tag Archives: Cycling
Ullapool and Beyond by Bike or on Foot
In July we travelled to Ullapool by train and bus with our backpacks, ready to walk the local hills and do some sightseeing. There are numerous bus+walk combos, but some are difficult to discover until already there. The local tourist … Continue reading
Formula 1 Alonso on his bike to keep fit
Didn’t realise F1 drivers were into cycling, but apparently Fernando Alonso is. Robin Scott-Elliot’s 23rd July 2011 feature in the Independent quotes Alonso: “I love cycling. I am really passionate about it, so training with the professionals is a real … Continue reading
Cheshire West & Chester is pothole-filling ace
Potholes are hazardous, posing risk to life and limb for cyclists and motorcyclists, so well done Cheshire West & Chester for winning the 2011 award for best response to the online pothole reporting hotline. In fact they received 47 reports … Continue reading
Texting Times
When did you last see a teenager not holding/checking/using their mobile phone? How will they control this nervous tic once they become drivers? It doesn’t bode well for any of us, on the pavement or the road. So far we’ve … Continue reading
Bikeability will continue for a while
So, Bikeability will last for the life of the parliament (does that mean until the next general election?), and Cycling England duties will continue until April 2011, before being absorbed into a broader transport organisation. Meanwhile, the government will throw … Continue reading
Cycling England and Bikeability under threat
Contact your MP if you want to add your voice to the many anxious to keep the Bikeability scheme for training children to cycle, and Cycling England’s other valuable work to get more people fit and healthy by cycling. There’s … Continue reading
Cycle/cycling insurance review
We’ve ploughed through policies and squinted at small print to compare cycle and cycling cover for ourselves, so we thought we’d share the information in an insurance review. There’s info for you to compare specialist cycle and cyclist policies for … Continue reading
Shoppers aren’t all motorists
There’s a lot of fuss in Congleton about car park charges being introduced that will ‘kill the town centre’, but a study of some local shopping areas in Bristol showed that traders overestimated how many shoppers arrived by car. They … Continue reading
Warm hands for cycling?
Just come across a possible solution – actually one for keeping hands dry but that’s half the battle. Washing up gloves. I’d forgotten that my 3-layer approach to fending of frostbite in
Cold cyclists read this
Further to my research into warm toes etc, I found a couple of useful sites yesterday. One is the Guardian’s Bike Blog for 5th and 6th Jan, where a lot of people have contributed ideas. The other is about
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