Posts Tagged ‘ Fitness ’

Bike week 2010

25/02/2010
By extra
Bike week 2010

There had been some confusion about when the Bike Weeks when be in 2010. I think that bikeweek.org.uk have now set it in stone, 19-27 of June 2010. This year it is sponsored by EdF and they have set up a team called Team Green Britain. Get greener together You can only do so much on...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in Events, city cycling, commuting, green living | No Comments »

Cycle snacks

27/12/2009
By extra
Cycle snacks

The Spanish inventor Pep Torres invented a cycle vending machine. Where you have to cycle to get a treat, e.g. you have to burn some calories before you can eat your candy. Even the Times call this the The Human-Powered Vending Machine and put it in its top 50 best Inventions of 2009. Absolutely...
Read more »

Tags: , , ,
Posted in health | No Comments »

Beauty and the Bike

23/12/2009
By extra

Now this is a great project and a very uplifting short film, Beauty and the Bike. If they can get teenage girls to start to cycle again in Darlington, why not elsewhere here in the UK. They are right teenagers all over Europe use the bicycle to get around. When I grew up there was...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in city cycling, commuting, green living, health | No Comments »

Take the 2 mile bicycle challenge

19/12/2009
By extra
Take the 2 mile bicycle challenge

I fell over this article on Planet Green the other day, Take the 2 Mile Bicycle Challenge. Which states that 40 percent of everyday travel in the U.S. are trips of 2 miles or fewer, which got me thinking what about here in London. I live in SW6 and within a 5 miles radius I...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , ,
Posted in city cycling, commuting, green living | No Comments »

Start riding now

12/12/2009
By extra

Today I read this article over on the Telegraph, Copenhagen climate conference Danes launch campaign to get the world cycling. And it got me wondering why the UK has such a hard time in get on their bikes. The first thing people over here think is that it is dangerous and it is going to...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in commuting, cycle training, green living, health | No Comments »

Old boy racers get on their bikes

29/11/2009
By extra

So what is stopping you ? “Every week on the roads around Glasgow a group of men aged between 65 and 89 take to the saddle, armed with a makeshift kettle and a lust for life.” If these you lads can do it, you should be able to do the same or at least half...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in commuting, featured, health | No Comments »

How we as cyclist are seen

01/11/2009
By extra
How we as cyclist are seen

The fella on ibikelondon has a valid point in his article, Public face of cycling. We now have an image of cyclist which either scared others off the idea of riding a bicycle. Trying to get new people to start cycling is hard work, since the image of a cyclist is either a tree...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , ,
Posted in city cycling, commuting, green living, health | 1 Comment »

Creative cycling

22/10/2009
By extra
Creative cycling

Trying to follow a route on the London Cycle Network(LCN) or National Cycle Network(NCN) you have to put on your thinking hat. Because you have to be a bit creative with your cycling. Signs pointing the wrong way, signs not there at all and routes that just ends somewhere where you really have to...
Read more »

Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Posted in city cycling, commuting, featured | No Comments »

Cycling is healthy

04/09/2009
By extra

Cycling is healthy. It’s one of the best all round workouts. It’s also low impact, so therefore very good for your body. Lots of evidence suggests that cycling helps you look and feel 10 years younger. So, get on your bike! It is good for you and the environment. Just in case the idea of...
Read more »

Tags: , , ,
Posted in commuting, health | No Comments »

Cycling is good for you.

22/03/2008
By extra

I’m still shocked that by changing my diet (a little) and picking up my bicycle again, I have managed to shed 5 stones+ (30Kg +) over the last 2 years. But this man have me beat ‘Large Fella on a bike‘ by many miles. Scott Cutshall went out on his bike for a 3hr ride, he...
Read more »

Tags: , ,
Posted in health | No Comments »

Featured

Kick Ball Pedal Bike

By extra

I’m not a big fan of football but this does sound like fun and a long day. But you can join just part of...
Read more »

Coolclasp – the greatest strap in the world.

By extra

A mega-useful gizmo for cyclists and non-cyclists alike! Does your home lack essential bike storage space? Do you often wish for a handy strap...
Read more »

Fill that hole update

By extra

11 days ago I filled in a request to fill a hole on Hortensia Road, SW10. Today I cycled up the road and lo...
Read more »

Old boy racers get on their bikes

By extra

So what is stopping you ? “Every week on the roads around Glasgow a group of men aged between 65 and 89 take to...
Read more »

Creative cycling

By extra

Trying to follow a route on the London Cycle Network(LCN) or National Cycle Network(NCN) you have to put on your thinking hat. Because you...
Read more »

Blogroll