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Make it easier for people

3 Comments Posted by on January 23, 2011

This morning in Belgrave, Leicester I saw someone bouncing along on a full suspension mountain bike and it reminded of a thought from the other night when I was riding along an unlit road. Why does the Bike industry sell so many unsuitable bikes in the UK? I guess the industry would rather I worded [...]

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It’s a bit technical isn’t it

4 Comments Posted by on January 14, 2011

This has got to be a winner. Jane was out around Syston on her bike this afternoon. She had been to the Library, to the Post Office and to the Doctors. While she was at the Doctors she noted how odd it was that they didn’t have a bike rack/stand at all. Fortunately she has [...]

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How important is efficiency?

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 18, 2010

Vik writes: One thing I have learned slowly over the years is that an efficient bicycle is really important if you want to use your bike for transportation and utility: Efficiency… « The Lazy Randonneur. It is a good article and well worth reading as Vik has a lot of experience of a wide variety of [...]

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Preparing your transport bike for winter

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 10, 2010

The cycling magazines are currently full of articles about preparing your Bike for winter, all the things you should be buying for your bike in winter and cleaning your bike in winter. So I thought it would be helpful to add my tips for preparing your everyday transport bike for winter. The list of tips [...]

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A city bike for my wife

4 Comments Posted by on November 13, 2010

Our search for a new city bike for Jane, my wife, is over. We decided, we bought (from a localish shop) and have collected the new bike. You can read about the search at Choosing a city bike for my wife part 1 and Choosing a city bike for my wife part 2. In the end we [...]

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10 tips to making riding your bike normal

2 Comments Posted by on November 6, 2010

The greatest thing that helps me ride my bike more often is making it easy to do so. So some tips: Ride in normal clothes. If you have to change to ride your bike then change the bike. Fit flat pedals only. You need to be able to ride in whatever is on your feet. [...]

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Giant Escape N7

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 20, 2010

I recently bought a new bike for our middle son for basic transport. The Trek Pilot 1.2 that he and I have shared for a few years is not suitable for him to ride around an urban area (Leicester). He needed flat bars, mudguards & rack. I needed him to have low maintenance (as that [...]

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Choosing a city bike for my wife part 1

2 Comments Posted by on October 9, 2010

I have written quite a few posts (here and on my general blog) which followed my search for a city bike for me (the result was a Bullitt Clockwork). But recently I have been focused on the far harder task of choosing a new bike for Jane. She has had a Ridgeback Storm for years [...]

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