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everyday is a strangely compelling video; a stopmotion animation made using a photo of Noah K taken everyday for six years.

Can I tell you the truth? I mean this isn’t like TV news, is it?

Here’s what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.

And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to […]

Ash from HTB is doing the TransRockies and is keeping a training diary online, I’m even mentioned in the first entry (the Swaledale ride I did in February).

Good luck Ash! The TransRockies are on my ’someday’ list.

woo!

The Singlespeed MTB World Championships have just taken place in Stockholm. Next year, they’ll be in Scotland!

I went to the UK champs this year, as they were local to me, and did quite well out of it. I was planning on going down to Bristol for the 2007 UK championships, but if I […]

Rather than going up to Hamsterley today, I went along to one of the local guided rides put on by the council. We rode most of the Salters Circular route, apart from Wildgoose Lane which is completely overgrown. Darlo Council have reported this to Durham Council, so it will hopefully be sorted out […]

A long ride, mainly on the road, but with a little easy off-roading in at the end. I’m pretty tired now. I had a 45 minute stop in Barnard Castle on the way out and another 30 minutes on the way back, and 20 minutes at Tan Hill.

map (might slow your computer a […]

Where were you at 2 this afternoon? Nice and warm at work? I was out in the pissing rain, getting soaked to the skin and cover in mud.

A very soggy ride around my ‘usual’ local loop this afternoon. It took me just over two hours, I think, but I was soaked to […]

Three weeks ago, Alex sent me the second draft of his design for my Solitude Cycles frame. He again sent two pictures, which show how the bike will compare with my Kona and On-One bikes. The drops look to be a little higher than in the first design, and almost exactly match the position on […]