On 16th March, the CTC’s Roger Geffen joined forces with CTC volunteers and Sustrans staff in Londonderry to present evidence to the Environment Committee of the Assembly which is considering whether to make it illegal to ride a bike in Northern Ireland without wearing a helmet.
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Mar
11
2011
11
2011
cyclepedia: a tour of iconic bicycle designs
Bicycle collector and photographer Micahel Embacher will shortly be launching a book containing stunning photographs of his extensive collection of famous bicycles.
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Mar
06
2011
06
2011
sunday ride. what?
I know this may sound unbelievable, but I went for a bike ride today. On a bike, on an actual road, for the first time in about three months. And, oh, it was awful.
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Feb
22
2011
22
2011
bangor coastal challenge 2011 announced
Hot on the heels of the 2011 Craigavon Cycle Trail, and my own 2011 Diary, entries have now opened for the 2011 Bangor Coastal Challenge organised by North Down Cycle Club. Are you up for the challenge?
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Feb
21
2011
21
2011
diary 2011
Winter is fading and I’ve finally started to kick the evil lung lurgy that has plagued me for the past two months, so I’ve started making cycling plans for the coming year again.
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Feb
16
2011
16
2011
marie curie craigavon cycle trail 2011 announced
Good news, everyone. Marie Curie Cancer Care’s always excellent Craigavon Cycle Challenge is coming back for 2011, and this time it’s longer.
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Feb
01
2011
01
2011
ni “helmet law” goes to next stage
After a 2.5 hour debate, Northern Ireland MLAs today voted for the Cyclists Protective Headgear Bill to move to the next stage of the legislative process.
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Jan
28
2011
28
2011
another winter off the bike
As I write this it’s been three and a half weeks since I’ve been near a bike. It’s been been three and a half weeks since I’ve been near anything much but the sofa and TV, really, as I’ve been suffering from a particularly bad bout of seasonal ‘flu coupled with a nasty green-spitting chest infection. Lovely.
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Jan
07
2011
07
2011
why we shouldn’t bike with a helmet
An interesting talk from Mikael Colville-Andersen, Copenhagen’s “Bicycle Ambassador”, about how important the bicycle is for liveable cities and how compulsory use of helmets has been shown to threaten cycling culture and reduce cycling in cities around the world where it has been implemented.
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Jan
02
2011
02
2011
hey 2010, how’d it go?
2010 for me, in terms of cycling anyway, wasn’t a great year at first glance. I had a couple of crashes, illness, injury and bad weather at both ends of the year kept me off the bike more than I’d like, and I missed out on the Bangor Coastal Challenge and my notional goal of doing “2010 in 2010″. I also lost interest in this blog after it all got a bit too ranty and aggressive. Bah.
But dig a bit deeper and there were many positives.
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