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| 15 January 2012  |  | category: architecture, cycling, gravity life, transport, travel  | comments are closed  …and a number of other shots looked familiar (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Combing my hair…. I spotted Encliffe Park…: .) Cambridge, Massachusetts has come up with a creative way to support its increasingly bike-loving populace and to encourage people to opt for green transport. The city has installed three bicycle repair stations around town. Cyclists can drop by the spots in Harvard Square and make minor repairs or inflate their tires. Cambridge’s transportation manager says the city was inspired by MIT, which already had bike repair stations. Cambridge, MA Installs DIY Bike Repair Stations | Geekosystem. Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 453: Venn Bikes. Rosscott, Inc. » Archive » The System 433: Cycling Terrains. In other parts of the world that aren’t San Francisco (what? There are other places?) it is not unusual to come out to find someone has left you a little present. Seat covers as leaflets area common objects. photo by Lüca Pradella This is a phenomenon that is beginning to be seen here in San Francisco. After seeing a few of these in the Mission the other morning, I was surprised to see them all over the waterfront. Any bicycle that was stationary when the crew came through was given the treatment. The red, nylon covers were produced and [ continue reading It’s All Covered ] Here’s a slice of life in Montreal. The mournful sight of bikes rusting away in the snowbank. There’s lots of reasons to bike in Montreal. The bike lanes pretty much go everywhere, and there’s nowhere to park a car anyway. Plus it’s greener, and saves money. So lots of people bike. Some ride all winter. Snow and sleet be dammed. Here on the Plateau, people live in these 100 year old buildings with precarious external staircases. There’s no place in your tiny apartment for a bike even if you didn’t fall to your death trying to take it [ continue reading Wintering Bikes ] 21 March 2011 | | category: cycling, energy, film, Sport? what sport?, weather | comments are closed VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo. Thanks Gareth 8 March 2011 | | category: can't make it up!, cycling, film, gravity life, transport, travel | comments are closed SEE ME SAVE ME It’s nearly two years since Eilidh was run over by a truck that failed to see her. Her mum Heather has been working with their local Member of European Parliament to try and get an EU declaration signed to get HGVs fitted with sensors and cameras to remove their blind spot. 4000 people, mostly unprotected road users such as cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians are killed each year in Europe because of HGV blind spots. This declaration needs to be signed to be signed by half of the 736 MEPs before it lapses on [ continue reading Eilidh Cairns – Campaign – See Me Save Me ] 4 February 2011 | | category: cycling, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, transport, travel | comments are closed Copenhagen – City of Cyclists from Copenhagenize on Vimeo. A report commissioned by the RAC Foundation has stated that the cost of switching off all speed cameras in the UK would be up to 800 additional people killed or seriously injured every year, the BBC reports. The report’s author Professor Richard Allsop, emeritus professor of transport studies at University College London, also suggested that the popular perception of the cameras being there primarily to raise money is a myth with just £4 from every £60 fine going to the Treasury. RAC report also gives the lie to the revenue-raising "myth" read more (CLICK HERE [ continue reading UK-wide camera switch-off would mean 800 more people killed or seriously injured ] Red Bull handle the production of film documenting journey across Scotland and the Isle of Skye The long awaited sequel to Danny MacAskill’s debut Inspried Bicycle’s video is now online and this time around has big budget Red Bull cinematography behind the production. MacAskill’s debut web edit has now been viewed over 21 million times on [ continue reading Danny MacAskill ‘Way Back Home’ – cycling but not as we know it ] I dislike conflict. This is a questionable characteristic for a barrister. As a result there’s a sombre tone in this week’s post, as I’m tiptoeing precariously close to a shouting match. The Guardian recently posted this article asking whether the law does enough to protect cyclists. As expected, the comments express some fruity road-related read rage. At the same time there’s a strong debate in the cycle blogosphere on what can be done to increase the numbers of people cycling (see ibikelondon vs Carlton Reid, for example). Lots of people talk about ‘strict liability’ as one possible solution, and [ continue reading ‘Strict liability’ and legal protection for cyclists « UKcyclerules ] 16 November 2010 | | category: cycling, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the state we're in, transport, travel | comments are closed Aptly posed against a Waltham Forest Council ‘quality environment’ litter bin and a car in a pavement parking bay, this intriguing ‘demon’ machine belongs to a member of that tiny weird fringe group known as ‘Waltham Forest cyclists’. It shows that Walthamstow High Street is a place where you can safely leave your cycling gloves tucked behind your saddle without any danger of them being stolen. Because if you interfere with this bicycle Satan will steal your soul. You will then be transported by devils to a hellish underworld known as ‘forty miles of prize-winning cycle lanes and quiet [ continue reading Walthamstow bicycle chic ] I decided I would report this morning’s incident (see my immediately preceding blog post). Since it has required, and no doubt will require, a substantial investment of my time I thought I would spend the further time to report here how I get on. I reported this morning to a central number, gave very outline details and was told the matter could be taken further only if I reported to a Metropolitan Police Station and filled in the form applicable to road rage. I was also asked to take in the video evidence. I have just returned from visiting [ continue reading The Metropolitan Police. Do they take cyclists seriously? ] On the whole, though, it’s almost a brilliant idea. But there are two obvious problems. The first is that, by being yoked to the rack system, the bicycle, this ultimate symbol of mobility and freedom for the masses, effectively becomes public transport: it doesn’t leave from precisely where you are and doesn’t arrive at exactly where you want to be. Unless you work as a bicycle rack attendant, the very point of the bicycle is somewhat defeated. More worrying, though, is this. The whole scheme is sponsored by Barclays Bank and it wants you to know about it. That’s [ continue reading Cycling proficiency with James May – May makes some good points about cycling ] It seems to me that British people are on average rather more interested in cars than is good for them. In one sense this is understandable. On hearing that I normally drive rather infrequently, more than one person responded by saying that they “couldn’t manage without a car”. It’s easy to see why people believe this, given the way the country’s transport infrastructure is arranged. For many people it is genuinely difficult to imagine living without a car in the UK. Given the ubiquity of the car as the only way of getting about, it’s perhaps also not surprising [ continue reading Reflections on England ] 17 October 2010 | | category: advice, cycling, the state we're in, transport, travel | comments are closed The battle lines have been drawn in Kent over, well, a line, the Herne Bay Times reports. The offending yellow stripe runs for miles along the promenade in Herne Bay, apparently in order to stop cyclists who use this section Oyster Bay Trail cycle route from riding off the edge of the prom and onto the beach. In what’s looks like a classic “health and safety gone mad” versus “never underestimate the public’s stupidity” style disagreement, objectors are equating the painted line to an act of vandalism while council bosses insist it is a legitimate safety measure. Herne Bay [ continue reading “Brainless” warning line “an insult to cyclists” (well anyone actually) ] 15 October 2010 | | category: advice, can't make it up!, cycling, the state we're in | comments are closed I’d imagine that hardly anyone outside the cycling World knows that Cycling England even exists and cares even less what it stands for. Cycling England, like CTC are great for the already converted but utterly crap at projecting out to the non-cycling public who couldn’t give a hoot what a Cycling Demonstration Town is, or indeed how cycling would benefit them. Cycling England was never going to set the World alight on a meagre budget of £60m per annum (Honda’s ‘Impossible Dream’ advert cost £4.5m alone for perspective). Above all, if Cycling England is a Quango then its foundations [ continue reading so long, and thanks for all the Cycling England pish ] Just in time for Christmas …. Is the white people’s SUV and golfing Church of the saints of Groundwork UK still going? Just wondering Watch out for transport spending levels in next week’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Transport Secretary Philip Hammond is expected to be one of the ministers with the biggest axe – chopping nearly 40 percent from the DfT budget – but if he announces any road building funding whatsoever, critics will call foul. He has been pressed and pressed that cycling offers a good return on investment. Good for local economies; good for health; good for people; good [ continue reading bonfire of the quangos set for Thursday ] Long ago I came to the decision that to fight for ‘cycling infrastructure’ was fun but often a pleasant, chatty, waste of time. Congestion, squalid public-transport, rising health-care costs due to overwhelming levels of morbid-obesity, pragmatic convenience, and lack of space are always going to be the true legislators. There is only one reason people don’t cycle; because they are lazy – no other reason. Don’t listen to the whinging excuses about, lack of cycle-lanes, danger, weather, or anything else, they are lazy, and why not? Being whisked around in a heated armchair with piped music while you get obese [ continue reading enough about bicycles already ] Saw this post by a blogger I enjoy and respect and find that I am troubled by the action of the post here. I am told that in Switzerland every registration number is searchable to owner and that this results in more polite and considerate driving. Any cyclist, or driver for that matter, must be aware of the number of drivers phoning, texting, smoking, eating and whatever else while their children roam the car unrestrained and wonder at why it is so difficult to photograph and prosecute by tech with an equal approach to all offenders. It’s easy [ continue reading Identifying scofflaw drivers – how far is far? ] 3 October 2010 | | category: cycling, scofflaws, tolerated crime and hypocrites, the state we're in, transport, travel | comments are closed Eleven years ago, French rollerblading and boardsports enthusiast Jean‐Marc Gobillard decided that the small wheels of rollerblades weren’t quite speedy enough. He experimented with a few different ideas, which ultimately led him to design the Dreamslide. This unique device combines the standing stance of things like skateboards and roller blades with the efficient locomotion and larger, faster wheels of a bicycle. It even has its own special pedaling system, designed for a standing rider. (CLICK HERE FOR MORE »» Dreamslide takes a new stance on pedaling: .) [ continue reading Dreamslide takes a new stance on pedaling ] |  
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