"...mode of transportation for this weary Western world. Now I'm not gonna make a lot of extravagant claims for this little machine. Sure, it'll change your whole life for the better, but that's all" - bicycle salesman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Why? Because the...
...bicycle, the most civilised mode of transport known to man, open to the environment and part of it, fuelled mostly by bananas and beer, prey to the winds and the rain, slow enough to absorb the passing world and its smells and sounds, quick enough to escape snapping dogs... [Mike Carter The Observer, Sunday 24 May 2009]
Bicycling...
Bicycling…
improves health and well-being;
creates a sense of community;
instills a greater appreciation of the natural world;
reduces transportation-related expenditures;
reduces transportation-related pollution;
reduces transportation-related stress;
reduces road congestion;
reduces our dependence on foreign energy sources; and finally,
provides a source of pure, childlike joy!
What does bicycling do for you? Did I miss anything?
Here’s how my Life Works…
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Just when I’m thinking I might have a bit of time to devote to my garden,
or earning some money, or writing, or just getting out on my bike for a
nice ride...
Engineering And The First Amendment
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Can you be persecuted (and, perhaps, prosecuted) for having an (informed)
opinion about traffic infrastructure and voicing/writing that opinion as
part of ...
Best Saddle Bags
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A review of different saddle bags, I’ve used over the years. I started this
year hoping I might get a few time trial and hill climb records. So far the
onl...
Taxi!
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After a slow and pitiful beginning with a less than cooperative
municipality cycle taxis have...
For the full photographic glory and the rest of the text, ...
Water carry-on: Rum roadworks in York
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Yorkshire Water are busy digging up York's bike lanes at the moment.
The Planets Trail is up somewhere between Mars and Jupiter (right),
necessitating a ...
Who do we campaign for ?
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Road sign in Assen designed by child. "I'd rather cycle". Many children and
adults elsewhere feel the same way Three years ago, I posed the rhetorical
ques...
Copenhagenize to Brazil
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I'll be arriving in Sao Paulo, Brazil today, to work with the City of Sao
Paulo on an exciting project. It's going to be exciting to finally start
consult...
Handlebar matters…
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Now that the situation re: jobs and training is resolving a bit, I can get
on with other projects, like fitting up Bike N+1 so I can use it in the UK
later...
Whatever you do is insignificant,
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… but it is very important you do it. Londoners on Bikes seeks to influence
the Mayoral Candidates manifestos by showing that for many people bicycle
safet...
Longing for spring...
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I was thumbing through my photos on Flickr and came across some pictures
from last autumn which I'd not uploaded here and had forgotten about. They
were t...
Slow Bicycle Action
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If you're wondering why there is little action here on the blog, it's
because there's a party on our Facebook group for The Slow Bicycle Movement.
Almost 6...
Bubi Seeks Supplier
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The sharp logo for Bubi
is a good start.
Work continues on Budapest's future bike-share system, christened "Bubi"
according to a popular vote in the fall o...
Lighting trial in Combe Down Tunnel – 29 Feb 12
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Lighting Services from Bristol conducted a trial to ensure that the 'essential' or 'basic' lighting being proposed for the tunnels would work in practice. ...
Urbana Bike sans NASCAR
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* Most of the bikes in the US have some sort of racing heritage, born from
downhill dirt races or circular tracks or high-speed races through the
countrys...
London to Glasgow
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Well, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun?! I know it’s a month since
my last confession to you, dear reader, but every time I sit down to
compose a bl...
Life on a bicycle with 2…kids!!??
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Transporting children (plural) by bicycle. Are you bike riding parent? With
one child? ..the decision to extend your family could have huge
implications fo...
The Times posts new, correct “road tax” article
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This morning, as part of its mostly excellent cycle safe campaign, The
Times seemed confused on what paid for roads and included the two words
that, when p...
The Ride on Washington
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On March 16 and 17th, during what I can only imagine to be a spell of
unseasonably balmy weather in the Northeast, I will be riding with
cyclocross champio...
One carless year!
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One of our readers has decided on one big challenge for herself this year,
to go without a car for an entire year. Most would say, "so what's the big
d...
A BIG THANK YOU...
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...to all the loyal supporters of Mells Village Shop who voted for us in
the Daily Telegraph Best Small Shops in Britain awards.
You will be pleased to kno...
Welcome!
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Welcome to EcoVelo. This site is the public expression of our personal
commitment to reduce our impact on the environment by employing bicycles as
our prim...
BikePlanet Is Our Oyster
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Hi all, it’s been a while (except for you who follow me on Twitter), things
have been silent on here while I was working on the new Amsterdamize
platform, ...
Photos From The Working Burgundy Wine Harvest 2011
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This year while taking a break from running gasronomic cycling holidays for
DuVine Adventures I picked grapes for two weks. For over 2000 years this
anchie...
£300k grant for wildlife research
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A CONSERVATION project to protect wildlife habitats has been awarded a
grant of more than £300,000.
The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the North Pennines ...
Lost World
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Lost World Sunny lunchtimes are too good to miss out on having a quick
ride. I decided on the cycling equivalent of a photowalk, the photoride.
Within a s...
An anniversary
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This blog is four years old today.
A big, big thankyou to our sponsor, *Waltham Forest Council.* This blog
would not have been possible without its dedica...
A Trio Of Pashleys
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I ride my bike to work everyday and so often wax lyrical about the benefits
of riding a Pashley. They are reliable, sturdy, comfortable and stylish.
So fa...
The number one reason NZ is so shit for bicycles
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(and the helmet law isn’t it!*) Mikael over at Copenhagenize.com is fond of
the ‘bull in a china shop‘ analogy for motor vehicles in urban areas.
Rightly s...
Friday Fun Day
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Friday couldn't have come soon enough this week. But not because it was a
bad week... how could it be a bad week when Missoula got ranked #4 cityunder 100,0...
Why I hate pedestrians
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You know what I hate? Pedestrians. That self-satisfied, striding,
boot-bedecked bunch of scum. Is it just me, or does the country suddenly
seem to be ful...
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