London Cyclist

David Cameron has had his bike taken from outside a Tesco supermarket on Portobello Road. The BBC also reports that the Conservative leader is “pretty hacked off”. To put a positive spin on this at least it will help raise the awareness of bike theft . Cameron joins an increasingly large pool of people including [...]

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A good guide has been posted up on Photojojo, a great blog for photography enthusiasts, on how to make your own bike camera which could make for some pretty cool shots around London. In total it should cost you less than $10 (£5-6) and the process looks fairly simple, might give it a go myself [...]

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Make-digital has posted up an awesome guide on how to deter thieves from stealing your bike by making them think its not worth anything. I have often seen this done on bicycles in London and I think its a very good idea especially if its a highly desirable bike. Some of the tips are a [...]

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Boris Johnson is to follow up on his campaign pledge of allowing motorbikes in bus lanes of London which is usually the domain of cyclists and buses. He has decided to do this after successfully results in Bristol. I am a bit fearful of this change and what it will mean for safety on the [...]

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Hey all,
I received an e-mail recently from Deb suggesting a cyclist lost and found site.
When Deb was riding along… “On Friday 16th May at 7pm a passing cyclist lost her beautiful scarf while peddling down the Harrow Road. The scarf flew under the number 18 bus, but I rescued it & waved it
in the air [...]

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I came across this brilliant post on surly blog recently and had to share it. It follows a cyclist who was been beeped at and decided to get them back by noting down their number plate and sending them a letter to the address registered to the number plate.
Read it at: Surly Blog

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There are some very silly cycling facilities out there, and with councils so desperate to appear cycle friendly hilarious outcomes such as this one occur. A good site with loads more of these is Cycle Facility of the Month.

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A recent article in the Guardian talk about cyclists in London that not only use fixed gears (which is perfectly acceptable and a good idea) but also cycle without any breaks?
That has to be a very bad idea!

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UK cyclists are fighting plans to ban bikes from a rail network.
The Crossrail project would see a new underground route built beneath London. But the scheme proposes to forbid any bikes from the central route, and there will be no cycle parking at main stations.
Now the CTC, the UK’s largest cycling members body, has launched [...]

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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
When [...]

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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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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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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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