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Thoughts on progress

4 Comments Posted by on March 16, 2011

It seems that progress is something that we are bad at spotting. I notice it in terms of my own progress towards a healthier weight and gaining fitness. It is easy to get mislead. This morning I looked in the mirror and grumbled there there was not a lot of progress to see in recent [...]

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Transforming cities

Leave a Comment Posted by on March 14, 2011

This video demonstrates the way a city centre can be transformed for better. I visited Copenhagen many times over nearly 20 years from the mid 1980′s so I have seen how nice the city centre was but how much better it got as speeds were brought down over a wider area and how more facilities [...]

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It is just like London

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 10, 2011

A phrase about the Leicester Critical Mass on Girls on Cogs » Leicester’s Monster Mass made me laugh: The aim  to encourage more cyclists onto our streets until Leicester gets to the level that London is at now I laughed for two reasons. One is an old family joke. Many, many years ago my brother and [...]

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Tips wanted for cycling in the snow and ice

10 Comments Posted by on November 28, 2010

Following my post Bullitt cargobike in English snow I am looking to collect wisdom on cycling in British winter conditions where there is snow and ice about. There are plenty of films on youtube showing ordinary people cycling through snow, even blizzards in the Netherlands and Copenhagen. However, things are somewhat different in the UK: I [...]

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Reduced stress Christmas Shopping

2 Comments Posted by on November 26, 2010

Today we went for reduced stress Christmas Shopping. So here are our top tips for getting the Christmas Shopping done with less stress: Order lots online We use a variety of fair trade organisations such as Traidcraft and charities for many of the presents we buy. Much reduced stress from not having to fight through [...]

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Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: The Dutch ThinkBike project in DC

1 Comment Posted by on November 18, 2010

I have never been to Washington DC and so don’t know the places they are talking about BUT Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space: The Dutch ThinkBike project in DC sounds very sensible. I only wish places in the UK would invite experts from the Netherlands or Copenhagen to our cities to give us some advice. [...]

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Segregated cycle facilities in London

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 20, 2010

This Is the LCC pro cycle lanes or not? is a great post trying to work out the position of the London Cycling Campaign on segregated facilities. Having used segregated facilities in The Netherlands and Copenhagen I am a great fan. London could have segregated cycle facilities, it would make a huge difference to the [...]

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First cargobike?

3 Comments Posted by on September 27, 2010

On being first! My LarryVsHarry Bullitt Clockwork is not only my first “proper” cargobike but I think it is proving to be much more significant than that. It seems that for nearly everyone around Syston and wider Leicester it is the first cargobike they have ever seen.  I find this strange as we have seen, [...]

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Cargobikes are normal

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 17, 2010

Well at least cargobikes are normal in a  few places such as the Netherlands and Copenhagen. In Syston most people have never seen one before. This great film from Streetfilms.org shows you how normal cargobikes can be: Note that amazing statistic from Hans – who sold me my Bullitt 25% of Danes in Copenhagen with [...]

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