Weekend 526.1 (Atomic Silence)
(1) Brompton has revealed plans to invest as much as £100m in a new UK factory that will secure its place as the UK’s biggest bicycle manufacturer. (Business Matters: UKs Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Cycling
Weekend 488.1
(1) Brompton warns of price increases in midst of production scale up (Bike Europe) (1a) The entire world is ‘awash in a sea of debt’ (YouTube) (2) The Mendacity of Continue Reading →
Weekend 486.1 (A Tale of Two Cities)
My morning ride was to central London (the area around Old Street) whilst my afternoon ride included the bucolic streets of Ham and the hills of Richmond Park. There’s a Continue Reading →
Weekend 484.1
(1) Feeling the strain: stress and anxiety weigh on world’s workers (Financial Times) (1a) Biden sleepwalks into a stagflation nightmare (Asia Times) (2) Brompton Bicycle “I’m getting on” by Antidote Continue Reading →
Weekend 463.0
(1) France to pay 50 euros per person for bike repairs to boost cycling post-lockdown (Reuters)
Portland
The one on the west coast. I was there for a long weekend and in traditional limestone fashion wanted to draft a top ten… (1) The Hollywood Theater at PDX. Continue Reading →
Weekend 412.0
Quiet weekend. I took a look at my list of personal goals for 2018 (hastily drafted during my holiday sabbatical) and was frightened by the lack of progress. (1) Route Continue Reading →
Weekend 406.0
(1) Oregon bike tax is coming: Here are a few quirks in the law and how shops feel about it (BikePortland) (2) Lawrence Solomon: Ban the bike! How cities made Continue Reading →
Weekend 394.0
(1) Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur (Atlas Obscura) (2) Oregon Legislature passes $15 bike tax (Bicycle Retailer) (3) US State imposes “sin” tax of $15 on Continue Reading →
Weekend 381.0
‘Even though an old proverb says, “too much special knowledge makes you stupid” I, as a craftsman, must say that having gone through an apprenticeship in the field of applied Continue Reading →