Treadly and Me

Speedlinking 23 November 2007

I haven’t been caught distributing bogus how-to-vote cards since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

Looking down on the Hell Ride

I see the Hell Ride finds itself in the news again. “What have they done this time?”, I hear you ask. Well, nothing…

Fumbling my recovery

The road to recovery is littered with tired cliches…

Pull over, driver. And get off that phone!

Let’s get behind the wheel and do anything other than pay attention to the road….

Gift ideas for the commuting cyclist

“Hark!” the herald angel sings “Time to buy some cycling things…”

Mugged for my bike

In August I made an entry called How To Steal a Bike, prompted by a couple of films on the web showing people ignoring someone stealing a bike right before their eyes. In the discussion that followed I suggested a possible approach for witnesses to a suspected bike theft: simply shouting Oi, that’s my bike might be enough to see-off a thief. However for reasons of personal safety I didn’t think this was an entirely foolproof method.

Comments on the topic went quiet until last week when Paul from Adelaide recounted his largely unsuccessful attempt to use this approach. Feeling that the story shouldn’t be hidden away in the comments, I’ve asked Paul to go back and start at the beginning for this guest entry. You may not agree with what Paul did—you may even think him reckless or that he brought a bad outcome on himself. Maybe. Regardless it stands as a warning: your bike is replaceable, your life is not.

–T&M.

Wrenching your nuts

It’s not always a good idea to tighten a nut, then give the spanner one more twist for luck…

Heckling, not helping

A cyclist gots an op-ed spot in the Sydney Morning Herald and used it to have a whinge.

Beattie gets heavy on hit-and-run

The Queensland government is to introduce new penalties for dangerous driving, driving while intoxicated, excessive speed, and hit-and-run.