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Two Plus Two Equals Five

My comrade O’Brien would be proud of this. A first class piece of doublethink that encapsulates two apparently contradictory ideas. Yet by an act of will, you can see what you know to be the truth – irrespective of what’s

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Posted in Bike Culture, helmet

Friday Caption Contest – Three Bikes In Australia

This week’s caption contest features some Australian law-breaking – a guy using a bike without a helmet (Gasp!): See what you can make of this photo – it’s just begging to have a caption added. You can enter our competion

Posted in Bike Culture, Blegging, Friday Caption Competition, helmet, Macmillan Cancer Support, Photographs

There’s Never A Cameraman Around When You Need One

We’ve negotiated flexi-time at work! This means that as I work really very hard indeed (you just can’t do enough for a good boss*), I’m effectively getting an EXTRA 24 days holiday a year. Technically, that means I have enough

Posted in Bike Culture, Community, Cycle, Friends, helmet, Newcastle, Photographs, Stuff

The Case For Compulsory Helmets

This video via Imagine No Cars : Bicycles For Kids And Those Who Haven’t Grow Up The trouble would be trying to frame the legislation to take account of these sorts of antics. It would have to be something like…

Posted in Bike Culture, helmet, Video

Driver Helmets & Cycle Helmets. Now I Understand.

Cycling safety is a pretty emotive issue. If you want to start a bun fight though, you’ve got to use the H-word: Helmet People say that helmets are just another part of the Culture of Fear that’s used to dissuade

Posted in Bike Culture, helmet, Photographs, Ranting, Road Safety

The Highs and Lows of This Week – Wife’s Crash

I’ve had an unusual week. Full of highs and lows. On the plus side . . . My ride to work on Wednesday was just brilliant, despite the weather’s attempt to rain on that particular parade. And as I explained

Posted in Assassination Attempts, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Blegging, Cycle, helmet, Injury, Road Safety, Whitley Bay

Friday Caption Contest: Guest Photographer – @amsterdamized

This week saw spring doing it’s thing here. By that I mean it was cold, with lots of April showers. Anyway, this photo from Marc over at Amsterdamize seems particularly apt for the sort of weather I wish we were

Posted in Friday Caption Competition, helmet, Netherlands

I’m Considering a U-Turn

If you come here often, you’ll probably know that I’m far from pro-helmet, and absolutely 100% anti helmet compulsion. Basically, the protection offered by bicycle helmets is fairly marginal in situations other than static falls (which is how they’re tested),

Posted in Assassination Attempts, Bike Culture, Bummer, helmet, Ranting, Road Safety

The Prisoners’ Dilemma & Bicycle Helmets

OK, so here’s the Prisoners’ Dilemma: Two guys are arrested on suspicion of being the pair behind an armed bank robbery. The investigating officer is cunning though, and separates them, making each an identical offer: Confess to the robbery, and

Posted in 'A'-List Blogs, Assassination Attempts, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, Everyday People, helmet, Ranting, Road Safety

Bicycle Police

The hot spring news is that over in Copenhagen, they’ve just got their first bicycle police unit (I know – talk about ironic!) The photos of bicycle police posted on Copenhagenize.com got me wondering what bicycle police look like all

Posted in 'A'-List Blogs, Bike Culture, Bike to Work, helmet, Netherlands, Photographs, USA, Weather
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