Tag: cycling
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@rjavarley here's the photos I promised to send as you set off this morning on your epic sponsored Lime Bike ride from Lyme Regis to Limekilns.
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Robin Varley is fundraising for Campaign Against Living Miserably
Ruth's brother Robin is running a rental e-bike basically the entire length of England for charity. Here's Dan's take.
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Brixton To Brighton By Boris Bike
The Boris bike is a magical creature – aptly named after the former mayor of London ‘Boris Johnson’. I say aptly because the bikes are heavy, chunky, provide the absolute bear minimum service and they are expensive to the public.
At £2 per half hour and with 55 miles ahead of us this was ultimately a … -
Test Your Awareness : Whodunnit?
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I remember when this advertisement did its original run and I loved it. I was delighted to accidentally stumble across it on the Web recently; if you haven't seen it before (and even if you have) you should give it a watch... -
The Thing With Black Ice
Dan sketches an MS Paint-grade comic showing how his partner Ruth came off her bike on black ice, this morning.
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Manchester's bike-share scheme isn't working because people don't know how to share
I really wanted to believe that Mancunians could be trusted with nice things. Just over a fortnight ago, a Chinese company called Mobike brought 1,000 shiny new silver and orange bikes to my city. Unlockable with a smartphone and available to rent for just 50p for half an hour, they could be ridden wherever you liked …
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What an RAF pilot can teach us about being safe on the road
“Sorry mate, I didn’t see you”. Is a catchphrase used by drivers up and down the country. Is this a driver being careless and dangerous or did the driver genuinely not see you?
According to a report by John Sullivan of the RAF, the answer may have important repercussions for the way we train drivers and … -
The Tour de France website lists the names of all hills using the French style...
...which looks awful with Yorkshire place names. Today's hardest ascent: "Côte de Buttertubs"
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Côte de Whatnow? (Or: Yorkshire, I love you.)
I've just been looking at the map of today's stage of Le Tour de France Yorkshire (inexplicably starting in England).The map lists the biggest hills on the route, and despite this section of the route being in England, the names are prefaced "Côte de "There's three hills worthy of note on the maptoday. The first, Côte…
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Wear Your Cycle Helmet
Today, Dan was involved in a collision between his bike and a car, and sustained minor injuries. But if it wasn't for his cycle helmet, it could have been a lot worse.
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Oxford Under Water
Parts of Oxford have flooded, making it difficult for Dan to cycle to work. Difficult... but not impossible! Wellies on, Dan sets out into the disaster zone.
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Toggling
When he's on autopilot, Dan's been known to "toggle" things when he means to "set" them. And he can't even blame it on being sleepy or concussed, it turns out...
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Back To School
Next week is half-term. Why does that matter? Because for the first time in almost ten years, Dan is back in education and studying towards a Certificate in Counselling at Aylesbury College.
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Wake Me Up When September Begins
Between the death of his old phone, a couple of different health-related issues, and now the theft of his bike, Dan's having a pretty shitty month. Let's hope that September's better.
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Beware: Necrophiliac Paramedics!
If Dan is killed on his way to work and his lifeless body is raped by a necrophiliac paramedic, it's JTA's fault. You read it here first.