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Speedlinking 15 November 2011

“We try to do rides that are somewhat audacious. If they were easy, it wouldn’t be all that satisfying when you get to the finish.” –rider, Seattle Randonneurs video

Speedlinking 9 September 2010

“Every bike salmon constitutes an utterly gratuitous confrontation and escalation in the war between bicyclists and motorists.” –Felix Salmon

Speedlinking 21 June 2010

“The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget” –Mario Cipollini

Speedlinking 27 August 2009

“There are so few things I’d rather do than ride a bike.”

Drive a car? Ride a bike? Watch this

This is a very important video. It shows clearly, but without hyperbole or gory special effects, exactly how scary and downright dangerous the “door zone” is.

What precisely is wrong with playing on the road?

It’s a sorry state of affairs when kids are hassled for playing in a quiet residential street.

Speedlinking 14 July 2009

“Is it an indulgence to own more than one bicycle? Maybe – but at least it’s cheaper than yachting or cocaine”–Peter Walker

Sad, angry and dangerous

Other than in a nightclub at 4am, where’s the only place that a lone young woman would be pointlessly aggressive toward four fit, burly blokes that she didn’t know? You guessed it: out on the roads.

Speedlinking 3 July 2009

“An hour spent gardening is more likely to result in injury than the same time spent cycling. So remember, next time you step outside to clip the hedge, beware of the risks you are running!” –CTC’s policy coordinator Chris Peck

Speedlinking 22 March 2009

“No lock can stop all thieves, but all locks are better than no lock at all” –@KarlOnSea