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Category CYCLING

Anything related to cycling, cycle training and cycle infrastructure and the like

Cycling in DK vs UK Part III

Road positioning When cycling on road where there is no cycle lane, the Danes are right in the gutter, even on outside of the road markings. Not giving yourself much space if the road is at a bad state, though… Continue Reading →

Cycling in DK vs UK Part II

The 3 C’s To see and To be seen and Communicate is probably the most important thing I can teach people who are learning to cycle. While cycling around in Denmark, I did not see much looking back checking what… Continue Reading →

Cycling in DK vs UK Part I

In Denmark the wind is our mountains. Because it is so flat but the wind makes up for the hilly bits. While cycling around in Denmark I noticed that most of the bikes people are commuting on are the “sit… Continue Reading →

Tube strike …

… causes chaos to London commuters. Yeah it was a pain for me to ride to work today. I really do hope that this is the last ever tube strike, because I can’t handle this. I’m mean it took me… Continue Reading →

There is hope :)

I was training a wee lad yesterday, he was clearly getting to big for the bike, just give it a week and he would be. So I told his daddy that it would be a good time to spend some… Continue Reading →

Look and See

Everyday I see people just blindly moving through traffic, not a care in the world. Example 1: Lady on a bike. I was cycling a fair distance behind her so I was seeing everything nice and clearly. Going down Kings… Continue Reading →

Benthal Green tube startion …

… for some reason have more bicycles stored outside compared to other tube stations I see. I do wonder why, there is not many offices or the like near by to be the reason for it. And if people do… Continue Reading →

How do you do it …

… every day? Had to take the tube today at rush hour, quelle horreur.It was not helped with the amount of junk flying around in the air either. I don’t suffer from hay fever, but when the threes and other… Continue Reading →

You learn something new, every day.

Today I was teaching a young girl how to cycle. After the lesson, I was checking if she had learned something today. So I asked her what the ABC check*) stood for, if she could remember the 4xBs**) and she… Continue Reading →

sad day :(

Yesterday we lost two fellow cyclist in London. And both lost their lives because of left turning lorries. I do not know the facts, so I’m just saying this from what I have heard and seen before. Please please never… Continue Reading →

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