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Better nights out when you go by bike

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 23, 2011

Last night we went out with friends for a film (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: I fell asleep, 2 hours of my life lost for ever) at the Phoenix followed by a great meal at Bobbys on the Melton Road. All four of us cycled and it made the evening so much better than any alternative. [...]

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Ironic Buses in Syston

Leave a Comment Posted by on July 21, 2011

Today as I rode from Thurmaston to Syston I was overtaken twice by a number 5 bus. The first time it was not too bad. A lot more space would have been welcome but he did give me a couple of feet. The second time was just after I crossed the railway bridge coming into [...]

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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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Leicesters Golden Mile is in crisis.

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 26, 2011

The city’s Golden Mile is in crisis as a combination of pressures mean shoppers are staying away. It is a pity that nobody recognises that one reason that people will choose to stay away from the Golden Mile is that the traffic makes it so unpleasant. The road is always packed with cars, vans, lorries [...]

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#bullitt #cargobike for Guitar Hero

Leave a Comment Posted by on April 20, 2011

This week the Methodist Church in Birstall has been open for a whole range of events leading towards Easter. This afternoon and evening it was time for Wii Games. So my Bullitt Clockwork got to carry a fair bit of stuff: If I remember correctly the load included: 3 data projectors 1 x 30 watt [...]

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50 per cent rise in deaths on Oxfordshire roads after speed camera switch off

4 Comments Posted by on March 27, 2011

Ahead of the switching back on of Oxfordshire’s speed cameras on 1 April Thames Valley Police force has revealed that road deaths in the county rose by 50 per cent in the first six months in which speed cameras were switched off compared to a similar period the year before. via 50 per cent rise in [...]

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The faster way from Asda

3 Comments Posted by on March 9, 2011

Circumstances meant that Jane and I arrived separately at Thurmaston Shopping Centre, she by car having been to see Mum on the other side of Leicester and me by Bullitt Cargobike. It gives an easy way to compare the two. Score 1 to the Bullitt for ease. I parked right outside Starbucks where we met [...]

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Fill her up :-)

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 25, 2011

Just back from a big shop for an event at Syston Methodist Church tomorrow evening. Fortunately, we took the panniers for Jane’s bike as it would not all have fitted on my Bullitt. Anyway, sad person that I am, I weighed what I carried home in a pretty heavy and full Bullitt: 17 x 2litre bottles [...]

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Grander Vision Living

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 11, 2011

Two things that on the surface are entirely disconnected with cycling have got me thinking about cycling (I know sad isn’t it but my brain likes to connect things together and sometimes I let it). The first comes from last night I was speaking to a room full of women, one of the Ladies meetings [...]

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Cyclists and Pedestrians failed by Leicester City Council

8 Comments Posted by on January 27, 2011

Back in November I wrote Bad road junctions #1 Leicester A607/A563 and said that I had emailed the appropriate people in Leicester City Council. I have now had a reply (apparently it was first sent on 5th January to the wrong email address). It includes this: Thank you for enquiring about pedestrian and cycle facilities at [...]

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