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Cycle superhighway 8 and 2 start to paint London blue

Cycle superhighway 8 and 2 start to paint London blue

By on 17/05/2011 in Cycling in London, News

By Summer 2011 two new Cycle Superhighways will be crossing through London. I wanted to see how they were coming along so I posed the question on Twitter.. @suspectpackage cs8, painted the road blue a bit, wouldn’t call it progress though, just back from Holland http://yfrog.com/h87rnvrsj @ianbar33 CS8 getting on but surface not good between [...]

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London Cyclists: Which roads do you avoid like the plague?

London Cyclists: Which roads do you avoid like the plague?

By on 21/01/2011 in Cycling in London

Stuck behind a huge bus blocking the full lane I leaned over to the left to see if there was any way past it. No way, jose. I leaned to the right to see if there was room to manoeuvre to the right. Not unless I could suddenly decrease my mass to that of a [...]

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5 things to expect from cycling in London in 2011

5 things to expect from cycling in London in 2011

By on 01/01/2011 in Features

1. Expansion of the Boris Bike Scheme The hugely successful-even-if-plagued-by-more-problems-than-Windows-ME Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme is set for expansion east, in time for the 2012 Olympics. The lucky Londoners in Bethnal Green, Bow, Canary Wharf, Mile End and Poplar will be next to see docking stations popping up. The expanded Boris Bike scheme will eventually cover [...]

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What London’s cyclists thought of the tube strike

What London’s cyclists thought of the tube strike

By on 08/09/2010 in News

During yesterdays tube strike the media inevitably turned their attention to cycling as a way of getting to work. This provided some great publicity for cycling and the BBC even invited me in to talk about it. To get there I cycled through the mayhem of rush hour. I thought it was pretty mad out [...]

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MiCycle: the swiss army knife of bike shops

MiCycle: the swiss army knife of bike shops

By on 05/08/2010 in Cycling in London

Eyeing MiCycle in Islington from the outside you imagine it looks like your typical bike shop. Shiny bikes on display and bike mechanics carefully reviving neglected bikes. But something more is happening here behind the scenes. You could say MiCycle is part of a new breed of bike shops. I try to open the door [...]

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Guide to Cycling in London

Guide to Cycling in London

By on 27/07/2010 in Features

Today I’m releasing a second eBook to subscribers called “Guide to Cycling in London”. Most of the content from it is applicable to cycling in any city. It is a 37 page eBook filled with great cycling advice catered for everyday cyclists. Here is quick overview of what you get: How to find the perfect [...]

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120 miles of sweat, pain and absolute fun

120 miles of sweat, pain and absolute fun

By on 26/07/2010 in Cycling in London

Last Saturday was the Dunwich Dynamo. A 200km ride through the night from London Fields to a beach near Dunwich. I’m not one for preparation but this time I stocked up on the advice. From previous blog posts such in the Guardian Bike Blog and forums such as LFGSS. I took with me lots of [...]

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Everything you want to know about cycling in London

Everything you want to know about cycling in London

By on 20/07/2010 in Blogging

Cast your mind back to the first day you started cycling in the city. Don’t worry this isn’t a therapy class where I now start to ask you “how did it make you feel?”. I’d charge for that kind of service and you’d probably want to demand your money back. If you started cycling 50 [...]

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Question time with Boris Johnson at the cycle superhighway launch

Question time with Boris Johnson at the cycle superhighway launch

By on 19/07/2010 in News

Today the Barclay’s Cycle Superhighways were launched at a big press and public event. TfL kindly invited me along and also promised me a couple of quick questions with the Mayor. Of course this was too good an offer to pass by so I went down after canvassing everyone on Twitter for questions to ask. [...]

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Is there anything super about the cycle superhighways?

Is there anything super about the cycle superhighways?

By on 07/07/2010 in Features

Cycling over to meet Nigel Hardy, the project manager for the cycle superhighways, I had one question running through my mind. “Why didn’t they just call it blue lanes and avoid all the hassle and criticism they’ve drawn?” Soon this question along with another barrage of questions from London Cyclist readers would be answered. My [...]

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Who are the least courteous drivers in London?

Who are the least courteous drivers in London?

By on 02/07/2010 in Cycling in London

I’m often weighing up in my head who are the least and most courteous drivers in London. My opinion often changes. A white van driver fails to stop for me as I’m about to walk across a pelican crossing and they quickly shoot up to the top. A HGV driver gives me no space to [...]

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Would you like a fine or a safety course for jumping that red light?

Would you like a fine or a safety course for jumping that red light?

By on 25/06/2010 in News

Jumping red lights, talking on mobiles, cycling on pavements and driving into advanced stop boxes. All behaviours we are either guilty of or victim to. The message being spread by TfL is for all of us to be more courteous to each other on the roads and that nobody is above the law. One of [...]

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