Small mercies

Sometimes life smiles unexpectedly. I went out this evening to cycle home from the office and found that I’d locked … More

Competitive Ted returns

At Oxford, there was a guy known as Competitive Ted because he turned everything, no matter how simple or trivial, … More

The attentive reader of this site (i.e. me) will recall that I used to have a wonderful machine for zooming … More

You’d have to say that this is a gorgeous bike. OK, you wouldn’t have to, but I would. I may … More

Thoughts from Rainer Ganahl, an Austrian artist in New York, on speeds of cycling (lit. and fig.) and the ‘porcelain’ … More