applied randomness

Scotland's mountain biking success

Tue, 28 Dec 2004 22:15:37 +0000

the International Mountain Bicycling Association 2004 Report Card rated Scotland as the 'People’s Choice,' and as the best destination for mountain biking outside North America

Oh, cool...! Shame it's impossible to get to all the new developments without a car, but hey, first things first...

More cycling muppetry

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:05:59 +0000

You might expect the intersection of bicycles and trains [and, admittedly, transport policy in the UK] to be a source of great amusement, and you'd be right.

Train firms allowed to ban cycles

Nothing like a little bit of joined up-thinking on the whole cycling/commuting thing, is there??

Speaking of muppets...

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:44:03 +0000

Thanks very much to the lady driving a metallic red Renault Megane who turned off of Broughton Street this morning without paying the slightest bit of attention to the traffic around her and who was so busy fumbling with her mobile that she almost hit both me and a cyclist...

My friends, the cycopaths

Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:41:52 +0000

I was not actually on my bicycle but on foot, when I was knocked flat by a cyclist. He was belting along a pavement to beat a stationary line of traffic, oblivious that he might meet someone slower than him.

Now I'm a cyclist and generally very pro-cycling in general but there is a serious need for some sort of sanction against muppet cyclists - the ones who are listening to music as they ride, who overtake on the inside, who weave through cars like they're indestructible... and so on. You know the type.

Maybe the Police should confiscate the muppet's bikes and give them instead to people who've had theirs stolen?? This would have the lovely side effect of making the police record every stolen bicyle, which would be a nice change.

Kryptonite bike locks don't

Sat, 18 Sep 2004 21:34:35 +0000

Twist a Pen, Open a Lock

the lock can be popped open with a cheap plastic pen

Now I'm rather glad that I don't have one of the world's most over priced [and now apparently almost completely useless] bike locks... I wonder if your insurance policy will still cover you if you use one of these things...??

ghost bikes

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:04:29 +0000

Ghost Bike Pittsburgh
This is a brilliant [but also very sad] idea. While many places are very anti-pedestrian, they are often even more anti-cyclist.

A cyclist's "right" to the road is a very fragile thing, very much more de jure rather than de facto. Which doesn't excuse the fact that many cyclists are jerks either.