I feel I’ve gone on a bit too much about bicycles recently, but I’m not particularly interested in Michael Jackson so I’m not going write about him. Well, one little thing perhaps. I’d heard five Wackson Jackson jokes by 11 O’clock this morning and they all involved his penchant for children.
I will try and move [...]
Apart from the obligatory helmet, I’m not really into cycling kit. It seems a bit unnecessary and, in the case of cycling shorts, frankly indecent. Cycling gloves are a slightly different matter. A few years ago I remember being mystified and asking a friend why he wore his. He said they made it easier to [...]
If you usually ride a bike into work, it’s tempting to feel smug when there’s a London tube strike. The buses are filled to bursting, taxis impossible to find and the pavements are crowded with trudging commuters. At last, cycling is indisputably the fastest method of transport.
But us cyclists had better look again before we [...]
While trying to keep the bike straight on Waterloo Bridge as strong gusts of wind threatened to jerk me in front of passing buses, I saw this man really doing it in style. His dog sat quietly, apparently ignoring the roaring traffic and buffeting breeze.
It was a great image and I had my phone in [...]
