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Monthly Archives: March 2011

100 mile bike preparation

4 Comments Posted by on March 31, 2011

Following my decision to ride 100 miles to a meeting (see Taking the 100 mile plunge) I have been sorting out my Trek bike. My Trek is a Pilot 1.2 and is now about 4 years old. Very similar to the one pictured here (the stem and brake hoods look a little different on mine). I [...]

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Record expenses :-)

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 30, 2011

I have just completed my travel expenses for February and March. I am pretty pleased with the results for 2011. January: Miles cycled for work: 208.55 Miles driven for work: 51 (one journey) February: Miles cycled for work: 214.85 Miles driven for work: 0  yes that is zero March: Miles cycled for work: 368.3 Miles [...]

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A quiet cycling day

2 Comments Posted by on March 29, 2011

Today was very quiet on the cycling front, just 1 mile for work/shopping. Instead it has been rather busy work wise and a bit of a waiting game with a few bits on order. I was thinking a little about having passed 6 months using my Bullitt Cargobike. Little has changed since my First Impressions, [...]

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Puncture and cycle paths

17 Comments Posted by on March 28, 2011

It is no surprise that Leicester’s cycle paths have now achieved their main goal in life – that of causing me a puncture. As much of the surface is covered in glass it is a miracle that this is my first puncture since moving here in August. So sometime yesterday towards the end of my [...]

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50 per cent rise in deaths on Oxfordshire roads after speed camera switch off

4 Comments Posted by on March 27, 2011

Ahead of the switching back on of Oxfordshire’s speed cameras on 1 April Thames Valley Police force has revealed that road deaths in the county rose by 50 per cent in the first six months in which speed cameras were switched off compared to a similar period the year before. via 50 per cent rise in [...]

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Taking the 100 mile plunge

11 Comments Posted by on March 26, 2011

Oh dear, I am now committed to my first ride of more than 100 miles in a day. I am due at the Royal Holloway College by lunchtime on Saturday 9th April for a Methodist Council meeting. To reduce time pressure I have booked myself in a reasonably close Travelodge for the Friday night. That [...]

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Leicester Critical Mass

2 Comments Posted by on March 25, 2011

This evening I went on my second Leicester Critical Mass and it was a lot warmer than last time The theme this time was Brazilian Fiesta (to show solidarity with Brazilian Cyclists who were mown down by a car driver recently) and we were told: Don’t forget your boa, your headdress, your spangles and your [...]

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One bungee to save them all

2 Comments Posted by on March 24, 2011

Started carrying a bungee with me when doing the shopping. It does not take much to keep things on a cargobike at 15mph compared to a car roof at 80mph

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80 mile day done

1 Comment Posted by on March 23, 2011

As I have mentioned in a few earlier posts today was a longer ride for work. In total 40 miles each way to the Methodist Church Northampton District Ministerial Synod at Wellingborough. Anyway turned out to be no problem. Rode all the way there and back with my friend Adam from Loughborough on his Trice [...]

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Good breakfast / bad breakfast

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 23, 2011

The good thing about planning to ride 80 miles in the day is that you can eat as much breakfast as you like The bad thing about planning to ride 80 miles in the day is that you have to eat more breakfast than you really feel like at 6am

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