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Leicester on a Saturday evening

10 Comments Posted by on May 28, 2011

 If the whole route into Leicester was like this bit (just passing Birstall) then maybe other families would also cycle into Leicester for a meal on a Saturday evening (especially when approaching a deadline for using up Tesco vouchers). For us it is just over 7 miles from Syston to the Pizza Express in St [...]

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A gentler ride

2 Comments Posted by on April 30, 2011

After doing my own personal time trial for two evenings I went for a more gentle ride this evening. Turned out it was exactly 23 miles with 950 feet of climbing (oddly I descended over 980 feet but ended up at still at ground level when I got back home). My average speed was 15.1 [...]

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Filling a Bullitt

1 Comment Posted by on February 10, 2011

This evening I rode to an evening meeting with my Bullitt box full enough that the rain cover only just fitted on (fortunate it did as it was raining). Here is the contents afterwards. Just under 40kg, mostly books but also laptop and my messenger bag with stuff in (not sure what the stuff  is, [...]

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Bullitt cargobike in English snow

7 Comments Posted by on November 27, 2010

So the Danes are used to coping with snow Saw 5 Bullitts on the streets of Copenhagent today.Though it was snowing the whole day they all drove smoothly.—   (@larryvsharry) November 25, 2010 Copenhagen has recieved between 20 and 35 cm of snow today and it's still snowing! Winter Wonderland!— Mikael (@copenhagenize) November 27, 2010 [...]

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Connecting the day

1 Comment Posted by on November 22, 2010

I debated whether to title this post “Civilising the day”. Today is a good example for me of how cycling as transport makes better connections for the day. With three different places to be during the day it would have been possible to use the car but so much less efficient. First stop a staff meeting, [...]

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Don’t forget to do the zip up

5 Comments Posted by on October 26, 2010

I felt a bit silly today. It was raining hard when I rode the 1/2 mile to Syston Methodist Church for the lunch club but I didn’t do the zip right up on my jacket. So I had a v-necked wet patch below my dog collar. Looked very silly and of course everyone noticed and [...]

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Crossing Leicester Centre by Bike

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 24, 2010

Today we went to visit my Mother-in-Law who is living in Oadby south of the centre of Leicester. As we live in Syston on the North side of Leicester the obvious route goes somewhere near the middle of the city. Going from Syston to Leicester is fairly easy by bike although there are a few [...]

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