Archive for December, 2006

2006 Biking

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

I’ve only started ‘logging’ all of my riding for the last few months, but I figured out the other day that I’d done abour 1700 miles this year. Of these, about 1000 were getting to work and getting to places for work, all of them done on my singlespeed Kona on 32:16 and at […]

December Biking

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

No riding at all in December, other than getting about and ‘business miles’ (for the second month running).

Business miles: 26 miles
Commuting: 70 miles (14 days riding to work and back)

Total: 96 miles

Secret Worlds

Thursday, December 28th, 2006

I don’t know what lies out your back door, but I know that I find something new each time I roll out mine with rugged tires and vague intentions.

- Secret Worlds

Here’s to rugged tyres and vague intentions.

Needs and wants

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

You dont need that

I too have too much stuff.

(Not) SSUK 2007

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

The 2007 UK National Singlespeed Championships are taking place on Monday 27th August, as part of a full weekend of racing at the Belmont Estate Mountain Bike Festival, according to the British Cycling website.

Update: It’s not SSUK. Ignore me. (See comments.)

If beer is heaven, coffee is faith.

Sunday, December 17th, 2006

No one without hope ever drinks coffee. If you put a cup to your lips, you’ve made a tacit acknowledgment that you expect life to get just a little bit better.

- The Truth of Diner Coffee

Ways to win elections

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Ways to win elections:
* reduce adult illiteracy
* support landless farmers
* use oil profits to provide money for single mothers, subsidise food for the poor and fund six extra universities

Well, it worked in Venezuela…

Maybe capitalism does work?

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

After reading some of the writings and archive on Rob Newman’s site earlier this evening, I was going to denounce capitalism and start a worker-controlled cooperative. The I discovered that McDonald’s forced to shut from lack of patronage in healthy town.

Or, maybe I’ll still denounce capitalism.

November Biking

Monday, December 4th, 2006

No riding at all in November, other than getting about and ‘business miles’.

Business miles: 52.8 miles (20p a mile, baby!)
Commuting: 105 miles (21 days riding to work and back)
Extras: 10 miles

Total: 167.8 miles

Word AIDS Day

Friday, December 1st, 2006

(RED)