Archive for June, 2007

Note to self

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Clever online calendars only work if you put the correct times in…

Another bike blog

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Alex, of Solitude Cycles, has another blog about the 9 day, 700km stage race in the Himalayan foothills he’ll be riding this October…on a singlespeed.

Madness!

Goodbye, Tony Blair

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Goodbye, Tony Blair

Possibly Not Safe For Work, depending upon where you work.

(From Bloggerheads: Goodbye, Tony Blair: Farewell Video and Pardons)

Great Divide Race is go

Saturday, June 16th, 2007

Today is the start of the Great Divide Race. This is a self-supported race following the Great Divide bike trail, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.

The Great Divide Race is a self-supported, solo competition following the 2,490-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Traversing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, the route […]

The Great Divide Race starts today

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Today is the start of the Great Divide Race. This is a self-supported race following the Great Divide bike trail, from the Canadian border to the Mexican border.

The Great Divide Race is a self-supported, solo competition following the 2,490-mile Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. Traversing Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, the route […]

No Impact Man

Friday, June 15th, 2007

No Impact Man:

A guilty liberal finally snaps, swears off plastic, goes organic, becomes a bicycle nut, turns off his power, composts his poop and, while living in New York City, generally turns into a tree-hugging lunatic who tries to save the polar bears and the rest of the planet from environmental catastrophe while dragging his […]

Matt Davies

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

I’ve just discovered, via Facebook, that one of my old uni mates, Matt Davies, is Lib Dem councillor for Fortis Green ward on Haringey Council.

SSUK 2007

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Last weekend I was down at Ashton Court in Bristol for Bristol Bike Fest and this year’s National Singlespeed Mountain Bike Championships. I might get around to writing more here, but in the meantime there are some photos in the SSUK2007 Flickr group pool (including one with me in). Basically: bikes, beers, jousting.

It […]

Commenting problems

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

It seems that there’s a problem with comments on the site - you get dumped at a ‘page not found’ error message.

It might fix itself, or I might eventually get around to upgrading the site, which might also fix it.

Solitude almost finished (again!)

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Why didn’t I ride yesterday? The 287V levers arrived for the Solitude, which means I now have a working bike after setting them up last night. I’ve fitted the lever for the front brake and hooked it up to an Avid V brake I had in the garage. The rear brake’s still […]