Archive for January, 2007

In which I have a bit of a rant

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

What started as a link to an article in the New york Times about how New York is lagging beind the rest of America when it comes to non-car transportation, turned into a bit of a rant in my latest post on Bike Darlington: The City That Never Walks.

The pedestrian and cyclist is taxed […]

Change of biking plans

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

SSWC2007

Aviemore, Scotland,
1st & 2nd September 2007

Which means I can’t go.

I just looked at the train times from Aviemore to Darlington. I could get back for work on the Monday, but it would mean a seven hour wait in Edinburgh and going straight from the station to work. And that assumes I can get […]

2007 Biking Plans

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

What started as a comment on Alex’s blog, grew bigger than I intended, so I’ve nabbed it to post here too. Efficient!

My riding plans for 2007 and filling up. There’s a six hour enduro in Hamsterley in May that I’m doing. From the people who brought us the SSUK trails, so it should be […]

Can I ride my bike in the Pedestrian Heart?

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

The answer is getting clearer:

Can I ride my bike in the Pedestrian Heart? - Part 1
Can I ride my bike in the Pedestrian Heart? - Part 2
Can I ride my bike in the Pedestrian Heart? - Part 3

Global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought. Fact.

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

A report encompassing the work of thousands of climate experts says that “global warming will happen faster and be more devastating than previously thought”. “The really chilling thing about the IPCC report is that it is the work of several thousand climate experts who have widely differing views about how greenhouse gases will have their […]

Affluenza

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Americans and Britons have the highest rates of mental illness. But why? An obsession with wealth has led to an ‘Affluenza’ epidemic.

Men Like Dick

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Dick Cheney, that is.

Men like Dick need more love.

- Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas
- MySpace, Ginger My Ninja
- Pleasant Revolution

You’ve got to ride it to believe

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Todd at Clverchimp has posted quite an old video showing Selling the Revolution, a thirteen-minute documentary from 2000 about launching the then-new product, the Xtracycle.

I’m on the Xtracycle mailing list, so I might see if I can arrange a local test ride with someone on the list.

Anyone who hasn’t seen an Xtracycle before need to […]

Riding Advice For Beth

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Riding Advice For Beth from Kent Peterson. But, it might work for you too.

To much stuff and things

Monday, January 15th, 2007

On the day you read this the same volume of trade will take place as occurred in the whole of 1949

We now make as many phone calls in a day as were made in the whole of 1983

(source: new scientist magazine)

Howies: anyone know where the pause button is..