The highway code

01/09/2010 The highway code does also apply to you as a cyclist, after all your are a road user on a vehicle. So do spend some time and have a good old read of the highway code. It will open your eyes and see how many people disregard it. It is after all made to make it easier and safer for you and others to move around in the traffic. The Lo ... read more ...

SillyDriver III

31/08/2010 I have just got back from my holidays. Cycled 260 miles north on our touring bicycles and only had two incidents, where only one of them was outside London. An overtaking taxi who was very close to me on way back from the station, a nice welcome back. Anywho, there I was cycling in front of my partner who is 2-3 metres behind me. We are coming to a hill where ... read more ...

A good idea, there Bryony.

17/08/2010 I'm not going to gloat but I did think about this a few years back, but Bryony was first to put it on paper so to speak. Make full Bikeability cycle training compulsory before anyone can pass their driving test. It would need to be current, like the drivers’ theory test, which must be passed up to 3 years before the licence can be granted, so a school playground session aged ... read more ...

Velo-City and Streetfilms

17/07/2010 I totally forgot and missed out on something great. As you can see on this StreetFilms film from Velo-City 2010 in Copenhagen, see below. This film is Copenhagen seen through North American eyes, as they say it took a long time in CPH to get there but they did. And we (yes even London) can do it but we do not have 30-40 years to get to the same place ... read more ...

Children should be encouraged to ride to school

08/07/2010 You must have read the article about the family in south London who, shockingly, let their children cycle to school. Good on them, I say. Now Sustrans says that children should be encouraged to ride to school not prohibited, which is also something I totally agree with. Half of all children want to cycle to school but just two per cent do. A third of children are now driven to ... read more ...

Have Bike

23/06/2010 The other day I met a fella working for www.havebike.co.uk. We ride to work and we love it. We reckon the best way to help people get the same joy from riding to work is by supporting the companies they work for. Check out our services for how we can support (or start!) your company's cycle campaign: Free consultancy to help companies become more cycle friendly. We advise on cycle storage ... read more ...

Ealing bike hub

31/05/2010 Heads up for you folks in Ealing or there about. A friend of mine have set up Ealing Bike Hup, a simply top idea. We’re a completely voluntary group with a passion for bicycles. Part of the Ealing Cycling Campaign who run social rides, campaign for better facilities for cyclists and run a host of events around the borough. Rather than clutter the main website we spun off the Bike ... read more ...

SillyCyclist XI + XII

02/04/2010 Went out on a pootle today with my partner, while we were stopped at a red light we met SillyCyclist number XI. Just as we were setting off from the light she came up on my inside. There were not enough room for either her or me to manoeuvre a little bit. So told her "please not on the inside, it is dangerous" and as she was clearly gunning ahead and ... read more ...

Plea to parent part II

29/03/2010 Today a trainee at one of the schools I’m working at at the moment came up and said that she'd got a new bicycle over the weekend. Lucky girl, I said. Let's go down and check it out before we go out on the road. No need, she said, they checked it down the shop. Anyway I had a quick look over and found … - The head set was very loose. - ... read more ...

SillyCyclist vs SillyCycleLanes

24/03/2010 TfL have started to build, or rather paint, the new cycle super highways around London. The first pictures I have seen are, in one word, crap. Not thought-out or well-planned. Simply a dash of blue paint randomly added at a junction. Just like the green paint we have already seen on the roads, which is clearly ignored by other road users or puts us cyclists in danger. I will no ... read more ...