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Collarbone Plate Removal

Tomorrow I am having the surgical plate removed from my collarbone. It’s been in there about two and half years but as you can see it’s not exactly flush to the bone and causes me quite a bit of...

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A Ride of Death, 1940’s Bicycle Safety Booklet

Pretty solid advice, wouldn’t you say? This 1940’s safety booklet was aimed at kids with the intention of preventing them from injuring themselves when cycling. The following pages must have...

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Cycling is ‘Grotesquely Unsafe’, uh, No it Isn’t…

I’ve set up my TiVo box to tape anything with ‘cycling’ in the title or description, amongst all the UCI Pro Tour races and episodes of Peppa Pig something interesting will appear every now and then....

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Angry Cow Attacks Country Cyclist

Videos of idiots attacking cyclists are not a rare thing anymore, there seems to be a new one every week. Usually they make me quite angry and leave me shouting at my screen but this one just left my...

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The Foot Down in the Metro Newspaper

I was interviewed by the Metro newspaper last week about the growing tensions between motorists and cyclists, it’s in todays paper and online too. My comment about cars being a “massive metal killing...

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Motorists and Cyclists are Fucking Idiots

I am sick to death of all this bullshit in the media about ‘the war between cyclists and motorists‘, what a pile of crap. There is no war, there are just two groups of fucking idiots on the roads,...

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Take Action For ‘Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling’ Video

Some people get all worked up over road safety and the war between motorists and cyclists, personally I don’t really care any more. I just get on with it, ride (sort of) safely (20% of the time) and...

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Stop Complaining About Cycling Provision!

I’m so sick of all the bitching and moaning about cycling on UK roads, if I wasn’t trying to hold on to my hair for as long as possible I swear I’d tear it all out. I wrote about this issue not too...

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Poor Old Emma Way…No Way!

So, this Emma Way girl tweeted that she hit a cyclist, what actually happened we’ll probably never know, I find it hard to believe that she clipped him and he didn’t fall off, he’s saying he did fall...

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3 Easy Ways to Upset a Cyclist

Upsetting a cyclist is as easy as tying your shoelaces, I’m getting very proficient at it so I thought I’d share some tips for all you haters out there… 1. Cross one lace over the other and pull...

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Why Have 4 Cyclists Died in 8 Days in London?

What the hell is going on??? There is absolutely no good reason for four cyclists to have be killed on the roads of London in the last eight days, this is truly shocking and saddening. All four deaths...

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Scottish Cycle Safety Advert Banned

Did you hear about this bullshit? A cycle safety advert from Scotland has been banned because it is “socially irresponsible and likely to condone or encourage behaviour prejudicial to health and...

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Cyclists Breaking EVERY Rule Video

You know what’s annoying? People who obey each and every law in the land without even questioning whether they serve any purpose whatsoever. One of those people is this CarefulCyclist dude, yet...

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Angry Cow Attacks Country Cyclist

Videos of idiots attacking cyclists are not a rare thing anymore, there seems to be a new one every week. Usually they make me quite angry and leave me shouting at my screen but this one just left my...

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The Foot Down in the Metro Newspaper

I was interviewed by the Metro newspaper last week about the growing tensions between motorists and cyclists, it’s in todays paper and online too. My comment about cars being a “massive metal killing...

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Image may be NSFW.
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Motorists and Cyclists are Fucking Idiots

I am sick to death of all this bullshit in the media about ‘the war between cyclists and motorists‘, what a pile of crap. There is no war, there are just two groups of fucking idiots on the roads,...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Take Action For ‘Safer Lorries, Safer Cycling’ Video

Some people get all worked up over road safety and the war between motorists and cyclists, personally I don’t really care any more. I just get on with it, ride (sort of) safely (20% of the time) and...

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Stop Complaining About Cycling Provision!

I’m so sick of all the bitching and moaning about cycling on UK roads, if I wasn’t trying to hold on to my hair for as long as possible I swear I’d tear it all out. I wrote about this issue not too...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Poor Old Emma Way…No Way!

So, this Emma Way girl tweeted that she hit a cyclist, what actually happened we’ll probably never know, I find it hard to believe that she clipped him and he didn’t fall off, he’s saying he did fall...

View Article

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3 Easy Ways to Upset a Cyclist

Upsetting a cyclist is as easy as tying your shoelaces, I’m getting very proficient at it so I thought I’d share some tips for all you haters out there… 1. Cross one lace over the other and pull...

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