Here are the two sides of the coin on this one: Mixing motorised vehicles and people on bikes makes no sense. The former weighs 20-50 times as much as the latter, and the driver is protected from the consequences of…
This video appeared on Cyclelicio.us a few days ago. It shows that you’re far, far "safer" to take the lane on a dual carriageway than to ride along the hard shoulder. In so doing, the overtaking traffic gives you a…
… of The Netherlands! No, really. Well, sort of – have a look at this video that came via EcoVelo and Amsterdamize : Compare the main interviewee’s attitude to the typical person where you live: "Perhaps you’ll need a cargo…
No, not the kind of French lesson that’s of questionable use . . . [audio:http://karlmccracken.sweat365.com/files/2009/11/frenchlesson.mp3%5D No, I’m assuming that you’ve got yourself off the quayside and on the ferry to France (or for that matter Quebec) and that you now…
No, I’m not talking about the kind of segregation that creates second-class citizens , and makes people sit at the back of the bus – that’s not a Good Thing at all. No, what I mean is having decent, direct…
This weekend, Robbie and I met up in Amsterdam – we were in town for the marathon on Sunday, and had each flown out on Saturday. It’s been a while (like 17 years) since I was last in Amsterdam, and…
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…
Confession time – I’m a bit of an anorak. I like playing with numbers to see what they’ll say. I mean, without numbers, what have you got? In God we trust, but everyone else had better bring data! So I…
My first car was a white 1962 Morris Minor. Actually, that’s not strictly true – before that I drove my mum’s 1966 one, and her 1972 van, which we took to the Reading Festival one year. All had ‘A Series’…
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…
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