Treadly and Me
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Speedlinking 29 April 2011
“As magical as a shiny new set of wheels can be, any old bike can still get you where you need to go as long as you can ride it” –Kathleen Wilker
Speedlinking 31 March 2011
“Wearing a fluorescent jacket doesn’t mean that you no longer need to look where you are going.” –road.cc
Speedlinking 9 March 2011
“This is part of the beauty of cycling – all it really takes to be a cycling advocate is to ride your bike. The more people there are out there riding bikes, the more cycling benefits.” –BikeSnobNYC
Speedlinking 30 January 2011
“In fact, the contractions on the bike were the easiest to bear because I was distracted and doing something I love.”–Susie Weber
A ride on Melbourne Bike Share
I took the Melbourne Bike Share scheme for a test ride yesterday.
Speedlinking 20 December 2010
“I suggest the following: we are all real cyclists, no matter why we are doing it.”–Mia Birk
The Co-Pilot flies solo
The Co-Pilot learned to ride yesterday. There have been a few false-starts and some frustration trying before, so we’d decided to leave it, confident that he’d ‘get it’ when he was ready.
Speedlinking 8 October 2010
“The people I used to cycle with have all passed away, and I go too slow for the younger guys.” –Jack Thacker, 97 years old this month and still riding…
Give me intrigue or give me death?
In my two rules of bike lighting I mentioned the importance of using your lights to create “intrigue” for other road users.
Let me make it plainer: when riding at night put a flashing light and a static light on the front of your bike.
Lighting rig revisited
Daylight saving time has just kicked in here, so I thought I’d go back and have look at how my lighting rig worked out this winter, particularly with the addition of a high-intensity Ay Up headlight.
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