“I received the best compliment the other day since I became a cyclist…someone came up to me and asked if I rode a bike. I was ecstatic. I have been trying for years to not look like a cyclist.” –mk at momentum
“Fat-busting but not wallet-busting, the humble bicycle is an increasingly popular choice of transport. Around 130m bikes rolled off production lines in 2007 and even more are set to be made this year.” –The Economist
“I hate that the bicycle is made out to be something political. I have stated here before, if automobiles ran on pixie dust and had zero carbon emissions, I would still ride a bicycle. I am a cyclist, and riding a bicycle is a love and a passion.” –Dave Moulton
“Cycling provides economic benefit in terms of improved public health, reduced levels of traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reductions in expenditure on transport fuel. These benefits accrue most readily when the bicycle is used as a substitute for car journeys.” –Cycling Promotion Fund
I haven’t been stranded on a broken down train since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
It’s Movember, so get that Mo growin’!
I haven’t had a brake problem in two days, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Well the moon didn’t change colour (permanently) since my last efforts, so it must still be safe for me to speedlink…
What to get for Fathers Day?
In a limited-edition “Fat Cyclist” jersey, I was going to be the coolest cyclist in Australia. Or so I thought…
In 1953 Arthur Brisbane, of the New York Evening Journal, said of the car: “Soon Its Position Will Be Reversed and it Will be the Conveyance of the Laborer”, just like the bicycle was before it.
A summary of reported road trauma to cyclists, reported in the Australian media between 19 June and 5 July.
The Australian reports that lack on sun exposure is jeopardising the health of large numbers of nursing home residents, dark-skinned immigrants and veiled women and their children.