Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Treecycling
Treecycling: Making Bikes from Locally Grown Timber - East Hampshire Cycling for All; Hmm, what's the date on this? Good idea though!
Tuesday, 25 March 2008
Sunday, 23 March 2008
shopping bike-catbasket
shopping bike-catbasket.
Aquachimp writes: Given all the media interest in banishing plastic carrier bags and generally encouraging us to go green, i thought I'd share a little tip i constructed a few years ago and has worked out very, very well.
I got a cat basket and mounted the base on to the back of the bike. To do so, I used 4 biggish round-headed bolts (& matching nuts), 4 wide washers, 4 off-cuts from a roll of perforated metal and several spring washers. And to maintain structural integrity, I also used a drill to make the holes in the plastic catbasket base, rather than trying to punch through.
We got one of those very large semi-ridged woven baskets. It, or one of the samller ones simply needs to be placed on the mounted catbasket and never falls off, no matter the wind, speed humps or cobbled roads. On arrival at the shop, just grab the bag, shop, fill bag and on return to bike, replace on catbasket base and leave.
I've uploaded some pics if anyone want to see. Note, a small hole is visible at the end of the basket. This was because I originally thought the catbasket's metal grid would be needed to stop things falling out through that lower section. It proofed unneccessary.
Also, the sprig washers are placed, jam packed between the metal stripes
The only point of difficulty turned out to be a recent new rear light.
Aquachimp writes: Given all the media interest in banishing plastic carrier bags and generally encouraging us to go green, i thought I'd share a little tip i constructed a few years ago and has worked out very, very well.
I got a cat basket and mounted the base on to the back of the bike. To do so, I used 4 biggish round-headed bolts (& matching nuts), 4 wide washers, 4 off-cuts from a roll of perforated metal and several spring washers. And to maintain structural integrity, I also used a drill to make the holes in the plastic catbasket base, rather than trying to punch through.
We got one of those very large semi-ridged woven baskets. It, or one of the samller ones simply needs to be placed on the mounted catbasket and never falls off, no matter the wind, speed humps or cobbled roads. On arrival at the shop, just grab the bag, shop, fill bag and on return to bike, replace on catbasket base and leave.
I've uploaded some pics if anyone want to see. Note, a small hole is visible at the end of the basket. This was because I originally thought the catbasket's metal grid would be needed to stop things falling out through that lower section. It proofed unneccessary.
Also, the sprig washers are placed, jam packed between the metal stripes
The only point of difficulty turned out to be a recent new rear light.
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
London Freewheel
London Freewheel: be part of an extraordinary day: the 2008 London Freewheel is on 21 September - register now!
Saturday, 15 March 2008
Cyclist stabbed to death
BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Cyclist stabbed to death in row: "A female cyclist has been stabbed to death in the Anfield area of Liverpool in a 'vicious and brutal' attack."
Thursday, 13 March 2008
The Sport Relief Super Cycle
The Sport Relief Super Cycle; The One Show presenter Adrian Chiles and Alan Shearer are cycling from Newcastle to London - via West Brom! - over two days.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Friday, 22 February 2008
Blast Theory | Rider Spoke
Blast Theory | Rider Spoke: there's an event in the Brighton Festival called Rider Spoke, where you are fitted out in a helmet, handlebar mounted video and headset and have to do things! Thurs 8 - Sunday 11 May, free, but you have to book in advance (doesn't say where!)
Another pointless cycle lane
Another pointless cycle lane on Flickr - Photo Sharing!: a bit like the jug handle on the Level - I suppose it's to help you cross the road - presumably there's another bit of cycle lane over there?
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Melita's Flickr photo
I have deep admiration for whoever did this: Melita's photo on Flickr has become a phenomenon with thousands of hits.
Friday, 4 January 2008
Cycling fury at beheading 'joke'
BBC NEWS | Wales | North East Wales | Cycling fury at beheading joke:
In his column on 27 December, Matthew Parris wrote: "A festive custom we could do worse than foster would be stringing piano wire across country lanes to decapitate cyclists".
Under the headline "What's smug and deserves to be decapitated?" he wrote of cyclists' "brutish disregard for all other road users".
He also said that "the lynching of a cyclist by a mob of mothers with pushchairs would be a joy to witness".
In his column on 27 December, Matthew Parris wrote: "A festive custom we could do worse than foster would be stringing piano wire across country lanes to decapitate cyclists".
Under the headline "What's smug and deserves to be decapitated?" he wrote of cyclists' "brutish disregard for all other road users".
He also said that "the lynching of a cyclist by a mob of mothers with pushchairs would be a joy to witness".
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Film Of British Cycling Club Outing (1955) (Resonance)
Film Of British Cycling Club Outing (1955) (Resonance): great 1955 film of a cyclists' excusion to Rugby. How things have changed!
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Crap Cycle Lanes
Amazingly, there are no Brighton cycle lanes included in the book by WarringtonCycleCampaign.co.uk!
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Bike sex man placed on probation
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Bike sex man placed on probation: how on earth can this be true!
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Crap Cycle Lanes
Looks like Eye Books have brought out a book called 'Crap Cycle Lanes' - wonder if I get a mention?
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Vote for moi!
You have until Wednesday 14 November to vote for my Clarion website in the SCIP Brighton Web Awards. If you're stuck for who else to vote for, Myf Nixon's Draw Anyway website (which deserves Best in show, in my opinion) and David O'Connor's Cavalaire Hotel website are both worthy contenders, done by friends of mine. It was way back in 2002 that I won a T-shirt in the same awards for my Weird Cycle Lanes website!!
Monday, 5 November 2007
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