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Cycling. Children. Glasgow.

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Review of NCT antenatal classes

  • Post date
    2014-04-08
  • Posted in Babies, Review
  • Tagged with review

We went through the free NHS antenatal classes, and the National Childbirth Trust’s paid offerings. Using no cycling knowledge at all, here’s a comparison of the two… Slightly specific to Glasgow, but probably applies broadly to most of the UK.

Review update – Monkii V Wedge, Luxos IQ2

  • Post date
    2014-04-07
  • Posted in Cycling, Review
  • Tagged with review

Some bonus facts for the Monkii V Wedge and Luxos IQ2 dynamo light, based on news just in (well, sort-of-just…)

ASA censors cycling safety ad

  • Post date
    2014-01-29
  • Posted in Cycling

Today, the Advertising Standards agency released a statement saying that a cycling safety ad had been banned because not everyone wore a helmet, and some cyclists were more than 50cm from the gutter. All future ads which don’t comply will also be banned. If that’s not OK with you, read on.

Glasgow Park Management Rules

  • Post date
    2014-01-21
  • Posted in Cycling

Glasgow Council stands behind £50 fines for children cycling on grass! (Yes, it’s a sensationalist headline. Worryingly, it’s also true…)

Monkii Wedge review

  • Post date
    2014-01-15
  • Posted in Cycling, Review
  • Tagged with review

Another review! This time the Monkii Wedge tool roll, which is a neat way of making your bottle cage bosses a bit more multifunctional. It’s not all good news, however.

Ortlieb Office Bag – review

  • Post date
    2014-01-13
  • Posted in Cycling, Review
  • Tagged with review

For the first post in 2014, let’s have a look at my bike-related Christmas prezzie; the Ortlieb Office Bag.

Saving Shawlands

  • Post date
    2013-12-11
  • Posted in Cycling

I wrote recently about why an increase in parking charges is not the reason Shawlands is dying as a high street. As it’s nice and easy to just criticise the suggestions of others, I thought I’d have a bash at actually working out what the problems were. (If you’re in a rush – it’s cars…)

Shawlands Parking Mad (!!!) charge hysteria

  • Post date
    2013-12-06
  • Posted in Cycling

A small group of folk in Shawlands are getting exceptionally excited about a 60 pence rise in hours parking fees. Here’s my thoughts on why that’s a touch short sighted.

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Frank McAveety speaks at Go Bike! AGM

  • Post date
    2013-11-28
  • Posted in Cycling

Last night Frank McAveety (Glasgow’s Cycling Tsar) spoke about cycling at the Go Bike! AGM. Here’s a faintly cynical (who, me?) summary of what he said…

MetaBike Review

  • Post date
    2013-11-19
  • Posted in Cycling, Review, Slider
  • Tagged with metabike, recumbent, review

The MetaBike is fast on the flat, arguably the best climbing recumbent, and can take wide tyres and a rear rack. It’s also punishingly rigid and with handling that sometimes verges on the violent. Can the tiger be tamed, and would you want to try?

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