cycling

A bike to build

February 11, 2009

Old bikeI’ve bought an old bone-shaker to do up. The paint could do with some touching up, the brakes squeal and the gears are reluctant to change, but it should be fine for doing up, and I could do with learning more about bike maintenance.

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How to fix bike brake cables

December 5, 2008

2008-bike-brake-thumbnail.jpgMy front bike brake has been broken for a while. It still pulled me to a stop, but the cable had snapped right after the pads, and could have easily slipped out at any time. It was time to do some repairs.

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Halfords to target frugal cyclists

November 21, 2008

Cycling is on the up, and one of Britain’s biggest retail park retailers is cashing in by opening up a chain of bike-focused stores.

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Shafted through double-counting

August 5, 2008

Headline figures rarely tell the whole story when it comes to working out how much prices have really increased. Sometimes it’s not how much you’re paying but what you’re actually getting that really matters.

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Self-sufficient transport in London

February 12, 2008

London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to introduce 12 bicycle motorways within the city. These will offer a ‘network of quick, simple, and safe routes for cyclists’ that should give bikes and pedestrians greater priority over London’s motor traffic.

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Pedalites: The Review

January 2, 2008

Some time ago I wrote on here about Pedalites, the self-powered lights for the pedals on your bike. I ordered a set and promised to report back once they’d arrived, been fitted and tried out. That time is now. They’re about the same size as my old pedals, but much chunkier and a little heavier. [...]

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Bike trailers

December 13, 2007

I move this weekend, after eight months of doing up the house. It means I’ll be closer to town, so won’t need to use the car for the station each day. My petrol consumption – and with it the cost of running the car – should decrease rapidly, and I reckon I’ll only be filling [...]

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Cycling in the dark

November 21, 2007

The number of cyclists in London has increased 83% in the last seven years. Whether that’s down to lousy public transport or rocketing petrol prices isn’t clear, but now that petrol has topped £1 a litre you can take an educated guess. (For American readers, that’s about $8.15 a gallon – and GasBuddy tells me [...]

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