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The Shweeb — A Human-Powered Monorail

Posted in Cycling, Sport, YouTube on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Schweeb is an experimental transit system in New Zealand that combines the bicycle and a monorail track. Users lie down individual pods and work the pedals to move forward, basically extreme cycling:

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Amazing street cycling

Posted in Cycling, YouTube on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This clip is of Danny MacAskill doing street tricks on his bike, well worth watching and being amazed:

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Cycling has another Armstrong drugs issue

Posted in Cycling, Sport on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Unfortunately yet again cycling seems to have another drugs issue.  Initially as Armstrong was accused of a test breach it was thought he was in trouble again.  But the UCI has leapt to Lance Armstrong’s defence with an attack on the French testers, UCI president, Pat McQuaid said: “…proceedings between anti-doping agencies and the UCI are [...]

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Chris Hoy is Sports Personality of the Year

Posted in Cycling, Sport on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Hoy races past Hamilton to be crowned sports personality: Chris Hoy landed the most unexpected and stunning win of his sporting year last night as he was crowned the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. His triumph came in the most hotly contested edition of the award in its 55-year history. Hoy edged Lewis Hamilton [...]

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Armstrong is back

Posted in Cycling on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong said on Tuesday he will return to professional cycling in 2009 and try to win an eighth Tour de France crown: “I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness [...]

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The etiquette of bicycle parking

Posted in Cycling on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As I’ve started cycling to and from work more in my new job, I was interested to see this article: With more and more cyclists taking to the roads and designated bike racks in short supply, where they park has tremendous capacity to annoy. So how can those on two wheels avoid winding up officialdom, [...]

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The Bicycle Tutor: helps you fix your bike yourself

Posted in Cycling on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As I’ve moved to Tonbridge I am hoping to sell the car (Seat Ibiza, Y reg, nearly 100,000 miles – shout in a comment if you’re interested) and get back to cycling, so it was very pleasing to see this pop up in my Google Reader: If your two-wheeled transport is in need of a [...]

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Reflective cycling gloves

Posted in Cycling on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As I prepare to move to Tonbridge, and to cycle more I was interested to read about Glo Gloves Reflective Cycling Gear.  Aside from improving your visibility to oncoming traffic, they’re also very useful for signaling turns.  I’m going to see if I can find any that sell in the UK.  Otherwise it might have [...]

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Choosing bicycle pannier bags

Posted in Cycling on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I have a pair of Creek2Peak cycle panniers that are past their best.  For my birthday I was given some money to replace them but am not sure what to get.  Here are 3 of the best options I can see around: Creek2Peak Discovery 56 Litre Rear Pannier – £99.99 Altura Dryline 56 Ltre Rear [...]

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DIY bike rack

Posted in Cycling, Personal on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »

There have been a few different ideas posted recently as to how you can make your own bike rack. This is something in the long run I would love to do to store my bike in a better way so I may well try one of these ideas (but then again my DIY skills are [...]

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