London-Edinburgh-London: route metrics Post date 2013-04-30 Posted in Cycling I finally got round to checking out the LEL route. Here are the headline facts…
Circe Morpheus – first impressions Post date 2013-04-25 Posted in Cycling, Review Tagged with recumbent My initial thoughts on the Circe Morpheus – the bike we’ll be riding from London to Edinburgh and back. Tandem, cargo bike, or long distance mile-muncher?
Get Britain Cycling. The report we’ve been waiting for Post date 2013-04-25 Posted in Cycling, Other stuff The summary report produced by the APPCG was published today, simply titled ‘Get Britain Cycling’. Here’s a summary (of the summary), and my thoughts.
Strict Liability – an idiot’s guide Post date 2013-04-22 Posted in Cycling, Slider Cycle Law Scotland recently suggested that introducing strict liability into Scottish civil law would be nice. Various newspapers then managed to completely misunderstand what that would mean. Here’s a worked example.
Pedal on Parliament 2 – the return of the cyclists Post date 2013-04-17 Posted in Cycling, Other stuff Pedal on Parliament 2 starts at 3pm in the Edinburgh Meadows on Sunday 13th May. Here’s why it’s a grand day out for all the family.
London Edinburgh London via Morpheus Post date 2013-04-14 Posted in Cycling Without getting overly prophetic, today marked the start of a Great Journey. In July John and I will be cycling from London to Edinburgh and back to London in six days. On a Circe Morpheus half-recumbent-half-upright tandem. Groovy.
Versatile Post date 2012-08-10 Posted in Cycling A cross-country run in the Fuego turns into a rather more crosscountry experience. See what I did there? As in ‘across a country’ and then ‘off road’? Never mind…
James Darby – killed by a car door Post date 2012-08-09 Posted in Cycling, Other stuff An desperately sad strory, where James Darby was killed by a woman opening her car door and forcing him under a bus.
Wet ‘n’ Wild Post date 2012-07-03 Posted in Cycling Playing with the Fuego in the rain. It’s basically a big pair of wellies…
BMW Resistance Post date 2012-06-29 Posted in Cycling The Fuego was hit head on by a BMW on Thursday afternoon. Happily it was all at fairly slow speeds, the apologetic driver and a witness stopped and it was only a 2 minute hobble from home.
