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Why don’t we do things the easy way?

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 28, 2011

Today I nipped out to join Jane for lunch at Starbucks after she finished work (nice to get away from kids on school holiday). I checked when I was locking up my bike, which I can park right outside Starbucks, and it had taken me exactly 5 minutes to get there. As I looked around [...]

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If it could always be like this #ride:7miles

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 21, 2011

This afternoon to aid in my rehabilitation after my wisdom tooth operation Jane and I ventured out into the cold. Yes we went to Starbucks, but we went the “pretty” way through Watermead Park. The roads from home to the northern entrance to Watermead Park are quieter than the main Melton Road. We then had [...]

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Snow problem for a bullitt cargobike

5 Comments Posted by on December 22, 2010

Today we have snow, Leciester has got off lightly but with some snow in the night and snow all morning we have maybe 5cm of snow. So it was a good opportunity to try by new Schwalbe winter tyre with studs. I had decided to only buy a front studded tyre. Maybe this was a [...]

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Beating the bus

2 Comments Posted by on December 9, 2010

Today we had a “proper” race against the bus. Jane wanted to do some shopping in Leicester. Rather than stay at home to work on some service plans for the next few weeks I went into town to work at Starbucks, might as well use their heating instead of ours As we were about to [...]

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Oop’s trolley nearly too full for Bullitt

3 Comments Posted by on November 29, 2010

Just back from Asda. This trolley load: Just fitted in my Bullitt. Here we see it loaded at Asda (and nice not to have to push the trolley across miles of car park). At this point I was beginning to wonder if I need a cargo net to put over the top. But as you [...]

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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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Should I feel guilty about gloating?

Leave a Comment Posted by on November 20, 2010

Just been to Asda and wondering whether I should feel guilty because I enjoy it being so much faster and easier by cargo bike than by car. Asda is approx 1.5 miles from the centre of Syston. Today on a busy Saturday afternoon the car drivers were queuing onto the Thurmaston roundabout  and from there it was [...]

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Better than queuing :-)

1 Comment Posted by on October 28, 2010

This afternoon I went over to the Royal Infirmary in Leicester again. This time I went via Starbucks at Thurmaston for lunch with Jane as a special treat (might even have bought some new smaller jeans if Burton’s had any for people my size). Going to the Royal Leicester is around about 15 miles as [...]

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