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Leicester to Syston Route 1 problems aplenty

Leicester to Syston Route 1, a set on Flickr. I have documented some of the problems with the Route between Leicester and Syston with this set of photos with descriptions.The route has a huge number of problems that make it unusable for many people. For example the combination of design failures mean that it is [...]

Transport Paradise Oxford or almost anywhere in the Netherlands

Prompted by claims that Oxford is a Transport Paradise I humbly suggest a comparison. Here you can see the road to a school entrance in Oxford: The is looking the other way at the same junction. This is a “quiet” road chosen as a cycling route suitable for Children and is shown as such on [...]

GB Cycling Embassy to launch in London 3

GB Cycling Embassy to launch in London 3rd Sept http://t.co/0TJvIoX – come along, and bring your bike

Not much to say :-)

Been a busy day off in which we went out by car. We had to return the Citroen DS3 courtesy car and collect our Berlingo Multispace from its service. So as a family we went out for a half term outing to Sherwood Forest. Might as well put the miles on someone else’s car. Bit of a [...]

A three bungie shop

IMG_20110405_150740, a photo by Dave 42 on Flickr. Today’s Asda shopping used three bungies to hold on securely

Brighton and Hove Conservatives don’t know what saving means

From this report Brighton and Hove council tax cut and cycle lane plans thrown out | Brighton and Hove News there is some good news, but there is also a lot of bad news. The Conservative plan to spend £1.1 million removing bike lanes has been defeated. That is good, but it would have been even [...]

I’m Bike posting every day in 2011!

Having started this separate bike related blog in the summer I have decided to make it a proper commitment. So starting right now.  I will be posting on 42bikes at least once a day for 2011. At times I have kept daily blogging going for quite a while on 42: My Life, the universe and [...]

Riding in the New Forest

We have had a short break in the New Forest staying at the Travelodge at Stoney Cross on the A31. Although they don’t mention it anywhere if you ride East in front of the Little Chef you can get to a bridleway, within 200m there is an underpass. You are then on the cycle track [...]

Most popular content on 42bikes so far

Just thought you might be interested in: Top 5 posts on 42 bikes so far: The beauty of chuck it in and go Tips wanted for cycling in the snow and ice L: 180 T: 204 Oop’s trolley nearly too full for Bullitt The attitude towards cycling infrastructure varies with its quality. Three posts have [...]

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