Archive | January, 2008

Best quotes heard whilst on a bicycle

By on 29/01/2008 in Humour

Occasionally you get abuse hurled at you while on a bicycle and other than the usual “f*****g t**t here are some good quotes that people have heard: Whilst riding past a guy one day who just smiled & said “Morning”….. he was crouched down at the side of trail having a dump at the time [...]

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Quick Tips – True a bicycle wheel

By on 24/01/2008 in Bicycle maintenance

Have you noticed your bike going a bit slower lately? Maybe it just seems like you have to push that extra bit harder to get it going. I have fallen victim to this lately and its probably all the bumping up and down curves on my Hybrid bike – something that I ideally shouldn’t be [...]

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Exercises for cyclists

By on 20/01/2008 in Cycling tips

Just a quick post… There is a good article on  bicycling.com about exercising your core muscles. They have written 8 different exercises that should take around 10 minutes to complete. This may help to relieve common symptoms such as back pain and help you cycle for longer.

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Mike Bentham – Cycle Video and News Roundup

By on 14/01/2008 in News

Tough day at work, nice to come back and chill out. Here is a nice little video for you: The cyclist is Mike Bentham who has some cool videos and photos on his blog. In other news: Cycle Surgery stores based in London planning to expand with a further 7 stores outside the capital. Ban [...]

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How to commute faster – tips for cycling faster

By on 09/01/2008 in Cycling tips, Features

Some amazing tips that will help you get to your destination faster. If you cycle in the city make sure you don’t miss out on reading these.

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Top 6 things we cyclists love to do to annoy drivers

By on 08/01/2008 in Features, Humour

While cycling along and thinking about how annoying drivers are I also had a little think outside the box and thought about how we cyclists must annoy drivers: Cycling in the middle of the road so they can’t get passed us Leaning on their car while they are waiting at a traffic light Cycling two [...]

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What is the highest speed you have cycled at?

By on 07/01/2008 in News

101-1411 23.5 mph Originally uploaded by Chris(topher) Lin Whilst I don’t have a speedometer on my new bicycle, due to the stop start nature of commuting in London back when I was at college I managed to get up to 26 mph, admittedly whilst going down a hill. What is the highest speed you have [...]

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Marin Dusk Til Dawn 2008

By on 07/01/2008 in News

Dusk ’til Dawn 2008 is as of today (Jan 7th) taking registrations for the event in October. What is dusk til dawn? 1,000 participants 12 hours £5,000 split across winners Location: Thetford, Norfolk (in a forest) Night time riding Full details can be found: http://www.thetfordmtbracing.com/d2d.htm

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Online cycling games

By on 06/01/2008 in Blogging, Humour

Here is a list of absolutely must see online cycling games. Ranging from fun to weird to highly addictive these games will test your bike skills.

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Cycling News Roundup

By on 06/01/2008 in News

Here’s an interesting round-up of news headlines related to cycling: Cycling Fury at Beheading Joke – huge outrage has been seen at the Times Columnist that joked about using piano wire to behead cyclists due to their disregard of road rules Police launch safer cycling campaign – from tomorrow until 11th of Jan london police [...]

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Charity bike ride to every anglican cathedral in England

By on 05/01/2008 in Blogging, News

Gary Bluett will be travelling 2,600 miles on a charity bike ride to every Anglican Cathedral in England to raise money for The Macmillan Cancer Support Charity and Letton Church. What a clever way of raising money and it kind of makes my 2.5 mile travel into work look a lot easier! Apparently Gary will [...]

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