Bicycle lawn mower

16/07/2010 I can remember years ago where I was cutting grass for my folks, neighbours etc to get some pocket money. I enjoyed doing it at my grandparents since granddad always kept the lawn mower sharp and well oiled and my grandmother would always "pay" me well in cake and food :) Where else where I really had to work hard, to earn my keep, and push erm struggle the mower ... read more ...

Skyrides dates

01/06/2010 The dates are out, ok I'm a bit slow to post them. While Team Sky's professional road-racing team aims to take on the world, Sky Ride aims to get more people of all ages and abilities out on their bikes - and that means you! :: Ealing, west London (July 18). :: Bath and Southampton (July 25). :: Manchester (August 1). :: Middlesbrough and Redbridge, north-east London (August 15). :: Glasgow (August 22). :: Leicester and Bradford(August ... read more ...

Beauty and the Bike : update

19/04/2010 I blogged about the Beauty and the Bike last year, now there is a little update about this fantastic project in Darlington. Beauty and the Bike Related posts:Beauty and the Bike Bike week 2010 Fill that hole update read more ...

Bike week 2010

25/02/2010 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 your own. Working together as a team, we could help Britain reduce its carbon footprint by ... read more ...

Cycle snacks

27/12/2009 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 a great idea though the only problem I have with it is that if I wanted ... read more ...

Beauty and the Bike

23/12/2009 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 no chance in hell of getting a lift from my folks, on your bike son, was ... read more ...

Take the 2 mile bicycle challenge

19/12/2009 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 got, to name but a few, Hammersmith, Hyde Park, Paddington, Gunnersbury Park, Clapham Common, Westminster, Kew ... read more ...

Start riding now

12/12/2009 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 get you killed. I'm sorry but you are wrong it is not, there I have said ... read more ...

Old boy racers get on their bikes

29/11/2009 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 their distance. Reading stuff like this, puts a smile on my face and a bit of ... read more ...

How we as cyclist are seen

01/11/2009 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 hugger or lycra lout. No matter what the magazines tells you down your local newsagent, you ... read more ...