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 ...

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 ...

Sleeping police men

14/07/2010 Is it just me that is annoyed by the the so called sleeping police men, that are scattered all around our fine city to calm down the traffic. 1/ They do invite you as a cyclist to move into the door zone. Please don't as when you do so you invite other road users to over take you. Not a safe or comfortable place to be, squeezed in between a parked ... 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 ...

Sustrans scheme for the unemployed

07/07/2010 Now this is a scheme I can get behind. Get unemployed out there to create cycle lanes, it will help them in the future so that they can have an enjoyable ride to work, school or over to mates Sustrans has teamed up with the Future Jobs Fund to enhance the National Cycle Networks and give new skills to unemployed young people. Trainees will get chance to train to use diggers ... read more ...

SillyDriver II

23/06/2010 Why is it that you as a driver are more than happy to drive behind a other motor vehicle at 2mph or sit and wait in a queue that is going nowhere fast. But for the life of you, you can't drive behind a cyclist. You just HAVE to get past that cyclist in front of you, when ... 1/ they are doing more than 10/15 or even 20mph, quite often ... read more ...

Flying the flag

04/06/2010 Once in a while the UK PLC have tradition were you show how good your driving skills are. We are now coming into one of these seasons aka the world cup in football. Great for us cyclist and other road users, the more flags the better you are ;) LINK : Stupid drivers forced to display white flags with red cross Related posts:LGV Cycle Safety – epetition response Drivers Behaving Rudely A good idea, ... read more ...

Contested Streets

19/04/2010 I saw this wonderful (pardon I just couldn't resist) video on on Copenhagenize earlier today about cycling in Copenhagen. This made me think about Contested Streets a documentary about Copenhagen and Jan Gehl an architect and urban planner. I watch the full length film some time ago but right now I can only this 9-10 minute clip. The clip talk about that in Copenhagen there is around 30% who uses ... read more ...

SillyCyclist X

24/03/2010 A couple of days ago, four of the six cyclist following me down Chiswick High Road was wearing helmets. And all four of them were jumping the red lights, hmmm. Please do remember wearing an helmet does not make your cycling safer it is the way you cycle that makes your cycling safe. So jumping the red light, cycling on the pavement, jumping up and down the kerb and cycling around ... read more ...