Small mercies
Sometimes life smiles unexpectedly. I went out this evening to cycle home from the office and found that I’d locked Pedro — except that I hadn’t looped the Abus chain … Continue reading
Competitive Ted returns
At Oxford, there was a guy known as Competitive Ted because he turned everything, no matter how simple or trivial, into a challenge. He wasn’t mean-spirited or petty as far … Continue reading
Le retour de PocketBike
The attentive reader of this site (i.e. me) will recall that I used to have a wonderful machine for zooming round town, viz PocketBike, my Brompton folder. It was stolen … Continue reading
BMW R80GS Kalahari
You’d have to say that this is a gorgeous bike. OK, you wouldn’t have to, but I would. I may see about one come the Springtime. Hmmm.
cycling meditation
Thoughts from Rainer Ganahl, an Austrian artist in New York, on speeds of cycling (lit. and fig.) and the ‘porcelain’ nature of life: Apart from crossing borders and distances the … Continue reading
