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Gaining freedom of the City

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 28, 2011

In the last few weeks our middle son has suddenly realised how much more freedom he gets from his bike. There is no doubt that having a girlfriend who loves to cycle and it part of a cycling family has been a significant encouragement So now he rides off to the other side of Leicester [...]

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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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Getting confused in London #ride:8.64miles

2 Comments Posted by on January 25, 2011

This morning I 0cycled with Pete Philips from the President Hotel (somewhere in London, but I don’t really know where and I don’t recommend it so can’t be bothered to find where it is) to Methodist Church House on Boris Bikes. This evening after Methodist Council and after an extra meeting of a few tweeters [...]

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Multi-mode travel

5 Comments Posted by on January 24, 2011

This morning I had a very good journey to London for the 2 day Methodist Council meeting. It was a 6.8 mile ride to Leicester Station on the Birdy (average speed 11.5mph). With an hourly train service from Syston and the time of my London train this made riding the Birdy quicker than catching the [...]

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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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The trouble with trucks and cyclists…

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 13, 2010

Some good points after a horrific incident at i b i k e l o n d o n: The trouble with trucks and cyclists…. I do not believe we should have to share the road with criminal drivers and criminal companies and I do believe that more should be done about this issue as a [...]

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20 is plenty for us

Leave a Comment Posted by on November 8, 2010

Another good film from Streetfilms (well worth going and watching their archive when you get time). One great quote: “Speed becomes greed when it stops people walking or cycling on the streets where they call home” The campaign is at 20 is plenty for us. Also this one about an amazing transformation through DIY Streets [...]

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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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