Cities Fit For Cycling

It’s really awful how many times cyclists and HGVs collide in London, and remains deeply upsetting every time I see another catastrophe has occurred. It’s frighteningly often.

The Times has set up a campaign for greater cycle safety including an eight point manifesto of ways to help improve city riding. Its great to see a campaign which highlights the need of sensors on trucks entering the city centre and a need for mandatory cycle awareness training when you take your driving test. All too often I’m disappointed when I find out that people are simply campaigning for more cycle lanes which I really dont think is the answer….

Anyway, take a moment to check it out here

 

Ride hard

Okay, so I haven’t posted on here for a while but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been riding….

I work as a courier so I’ve been out on my fast bike putting in the miles. Quite how I managed to get my sprocket in this state, I’m not sure!

Apart from that, I’ve been eating a lot of cake, hanging out with my new kitten, Fenriz and working hard on setting up my new magazine which is gonna be KILLER! Official news on that coming soon!

PORC dirt jumps at Penshurst

I stayed in on New Years Eve so I could get up early to go ride trails, hangover free.

I was definitely not completely untainted by the demon booze the next day but i did haul my ass out of bed at 8am to go to PORC.

It was so fun there – just Dave and myself and a wee kiddie whose mum worked in the caff. There were all different sizes of jumps, a sick looking downhill course and 4cross track set over 42 acres. The jumps seemed well built and drained well though they were slightly rocky in parts. It was only a fiver to ride everything, which i think is a bargain.

Unfortunately, after a great start, Dave crashed BIG TIME and snapped his scaphoid. So no pics of riding I’m afraid and a grumpy Dave for the next two months ; )

The lady who ran the caff gave bandages, tea, paractamol and a ride back to the train station. What a lovely lady! Thank you so much!

I got a couple of pics of the fella on the way back.

My Charge blog

Charge Bikes have updated their site so the URL of my blog there has changed. Go have a peek for some shots by Dave Noakes of me hitting up some spots down by the river Thames.

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Stoked On Fixed Bikes Issue 6

Greg just released the latest issue of Stoked On Fixed Bikes and it looks so good! Well done, Greg! Check it out here

Also, Dan Locke just released his first issue of Fury Mag. Check it here. Like what you’re doing, guys.

The Reason mag Oregon trip article

Back in January I was lucky enough to go to Oregon for an article for The Reason magazine with an awesome bunch of people. I had such a great time! Grab a copy of the mag from your local snowboard shop – it’s my favourite snowboard mag and well worth checking out. Plus, it’s completely free.

Here’s my shot from the piece – a rock fakie on a wall ride:

Trails at Teddington

I haven’t posted on here for a while as I’ve been so busy moving house etc but there may be the odd post over at my Charge blog here.

Last weekend I took my BMX to Teddington to have a go riding trails. It was awesome! I just wish I had decided to ride trails a little earlier in the year rather than going now the summer is over. We had a good session but I’m probably gonna have to wait till next year now before I can go again as the weather is so crap as winter draws in.

Riding at Hackney City Farm BMX track

I learnt manuals on the race track. Woo!

Stoked On Fixed Bikes 5

The latest edition of Stoked On Fixed Bikes in now online and features some badass photography. Nice one Greg! Read it here

This weekend is gonna be fun

London’s Calling kicks off tomorrow with a HIPSTERCAT race. Now here was me thinking I could do my first alleycat as a bonafide messenger when it sounds like I’d have fit the bill better as a good old fakenger! On the plus side, I am no stranger to a pair of skinny jeans so hipster attire should pose no problem to me. Better dig out a pair of horrible shades and I’ll be good to go.

There’s all sorts of other stuff planned for the weekend such as footdown, flaming skidtels and all that but I’m off to my nephew’s tea party on Saturday and the Charge Cobble Wobble on Sunday so it looks like I’ll have to get my fill on the Friday.

The Cobble Wobble in Frome sounds like a good laugh; a sprint up a super steep cobbled hill, curries, BBQ and beers. Looking forward to that one!