April, 2007

April 30th, 2007

What Are The Chances Of That?

Footpath 24?[Image from MARIO]
Did folk riding horses from Hurst Green over to Chipping on what is now known as Bridleway 8 really have to continue on foot, carrying their steed, on Footpath 24 before joining Bridleway 25?
Somehow I doubt it.
Evidence more of a powerful man denying passage over his land when the rights of way […]

April 30th, 2007

Cycling Advocacy From Unexpected Quarters

“The truth is I’ve always loved cycling, ever since I was a kid.”
Richard Hammond, Top Gear.
update
Spot the difference….
Original:
“I’ve lost count of the times I’ve pulled up to the lights on my shiny specialised bicycle and heard someone yell, ‘Hey, mate, where’s your Ferrari?’”
Now:
“I’ve lost count of the times I’ve pulled up to the lights on […]

April 28th, 2007

Cycle Lanes Can Kill - Report Suppressed by Transport for London

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1695668.ece

April 28th, 2007

A Fairy Dies Every 71 Seconds

Strike one on my account[Flickr Photo by knautia]
Story.

April 27th, 2007

Atttempted Murder?

Spot the wire slung across the trail.
I didn’t.

April 26th, 2007

Trespass

24 April was the 75th anniversyary of the Kinder Scout Mass Trespass.
I would have gone out and ridden cheeky on the day but my plans for a day off work were scuppered by, well, work. And we don’t talk about work here so we’ll say no more.
Anyway, two days late I rode out to the […]

April 24th, 2007

Cycling Isn’t Cool

While we’re more than happy to publicise the new urban cyclist ‘zine I can’t get Morrisey out of my head…
“it says nothing to me about my life”
Morrisey, Panic
I just can’t relate to the urban cycling chic of the fanzine that Jeff and Brad are starting.
This city doesn’t have any courier culture, real or fake. […]

April 23rd, 2007

Word on the street

http://www.urbancyclist.org/
Anything related to cycling in the city has a home in Urban Cycling. A ‘zine about the cycling lifestyle. Words, art, culture.
Edited and published by Brad Quartuccio and Jeff Guerrero, late of Dirt Rag.
Join in

April 19th, 2007

Photography?

If you are at all interested in improving your mountain bike photography I can recommend Seb Rogers latest photography course, to be held somewhere in the South, sometime in the Autumn.
I’ve been on the receiving end of Sebs lens in the past, and his “that was great… can you do it again?” is up there […]

April 13th, 2007

Harsh


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