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Cycling. Children. Glasgow.

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The Definitive Guide to Cycles & Trains

  • Post date
    2012-06-13
  • Posted in Cycling

Or at least, The Definitive Guide to Cycles & The Train Operating Companies (TOCs) I Know About.  Which is a bit less snappy. This is drawn from my own knowledge and a fledgling trainspotter thread on CCE, and should guide you through the entire process from booking the tickets to arriving at your destination, bike […]

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Heavy Up Front

  • Post date
    2012-06-12
  • Posted in Cycling

Can I tempt you into brief cogitation on a subject of bike loading?  In particular, how do you split weight between the front and the back (and the middle if you’ve got access to suitably sexy frame bags)?

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PGP Vulnerable?

  • Post date
    2012-05-29
  • Posted in Uncategorized
  • Tagged with Data security, PGP

The (admittedly somewhat less salubrious) elements of the web were briefly intrigued over the weekend with the rumour that German intelligence services had ‘cracked’ PGP.  Whilst probably not of immediate concern to anyone not currently shifting large amounts of money out of Greece, there’s clearly a twinge of unease that the common man’s encryption method […]

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Nazca Fuego – Long Term Review

  • Post date
    2012-05-26
  • Posted in Cycling, Review
  • Tagged with recumbent, review

I’ve had the Fuego for almost a year now, so it’s high time I put some thoughts down on it.  Dave McCraw has already posted a detailed review of the stock Fuego compared to other similar recumbents here, so I’ll take a different angle.  He’s also got a lot more pictures than me, so if […]

RideWithGPS Review

  • Post date
    2012-05-26
  • Posted in Cycling, Review
  • Tagged with review

Detailed review of RideWithGPS – an online route programming and performance assessment website. Doesn’t seem to have caught on as much as Strava which is a shame, as I think it’s better.

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Hello Wor[dpress/ld]!

  • Post date
    2012-05-25
  • Posted in Cycling, Uncategorized

You (may) have spotted that this site has changed from Tumblr to WordPress.  There were several reasons for this, not least my inability to stop tinkering with things.  Anyway, we’re here now and already settling in.  Finding the comfy spots on the sofa; stuff like that. Please bear with me whilst I sort out layout, […]

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ICE, ICE, baby

  • Post date
    2012-05-09
  • Posted in Cycling
  • Tagged with recumbent

The ICE Vortex looks like a bike where the rider is an optional extra.  Even sat still in the showroom it gives off a tingling sense of speed, with that stretched body and big rear wheel; a feeling that the only reason it isn’teven nowsliding silently past the peleton is that the lack of challenge […]

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The Old Crown Challenge and More Bikes!

  • Post date
    2012-05-07
  • Posted in Cycling, Other stuff, Uncategorized

Like all good Googling sessions, I found this whilst searching for something completely different.  A ride report from LegsLarry, explaining in superb detail why recumbents can climb with the best of them.  Go and read it here, but make sure that anyone in the vicinity is aware that any subsequent muffled snorts will be due […]

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magnificentoctopus: Polis on Parliament!

  • Post date
    2012-05-02
  • Posted in Cycling, Other stuff, Uncategorized
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Langside Local Elections – a cyclist’s guide

  • Post date
    2012-05-02
  • Posted in Cycling
  • Tagged with cycling, glasgow elections, langside, votebike

This year marks the first time that I’ve actually owned a property during an election of some kind.  Whilst I’m aware that exercising one’s right to vote should not be dependant on owning a few bricks within the area, I’m afraid to say that this year is also the first election where I’ve taken any […]

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