London Cyclist

Occasionally you get abuse hurled at you while on a bicycle and other than the usual “f****ng p***k here are some good ones 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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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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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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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 on Cycling [...]

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Some quick tips to get you city cyclists to your destination more quickly…

If safe to do so then get off your bike and walk across the traffic light - your not breaking any laws right?
When stuck in traffic don’t just sit there - with a few manoeuvres you can be at the front of that [...]

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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 abreast
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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 [...]

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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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When not happily cycling away on your bicycle you might find the need to play stupid little games to pass the pass the time, so why not transfer your passion for cycling to the online gaming world! Here are a few games I came across on the internet , if you know a [...]

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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 will [...]

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Gary Bluett will be travelling 2,600 miles 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 be using a camera on [...]

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