Tag Archives: Cycling

Charlie Simpson, cycling and charity

Musing on Charlie Simpson’s sponsored bike ride for Haiti and what it says about UK society’s attitudes towards cycling. Continue reading

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Paris vs Bristol

Bristol, Britain’s first Cycling City, aims to introduce a Paris Velib-style cycle hire scheme, operated by Hourbike. My fear is that, by having a system that is too small, the scheme will fail. Some quotes from the Happy Birthday Velib … Continue reading

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“But I’ve got my hazard lights on!”

There are some great blogs there documenting the worst excesses of a car-supremacist culture (in which we in the UK live): both the behaviour of drivers and the panderings of local authorities to them, despite claims by certain extremist groups … Continue reading

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