Don't get me wrong – I've been swerved at quite deliberately, and it's fucking terrifying. But, at the end of the day, most people aren't actually going to deliberately run into you.

I had a woman on customs street try to crush me against the side of a bus once.…

I presumed it was a business specialising in utes

et tu, russ?

...but I'm not one to take Ides...
especially in a Forum !
:-)

Central London is a horrible place to cycle – I tried it from New Cross to Bloomsbury a few times, but once you get north of Old Kent Rd or Elephant and Castle (all those old narrow streets and BUSES), it's really not worth it.

I rode all the time…

We cyclists don't stand a chance if this guy's attitude is anything to go by.

The Campbell Live story about that guy.

otoh, I do have a talent for getting these things wrong...

Sure, it's a ute, and uterus has the word ute in it and all, but beyond that, whats funny?

I presumed it was a business specialising in utes,

Along with judicious use of hi-viz clothing these and other strategies have made my daily ride into town (to…

Mapping "unofficial" paths is particularly valuable, as they probably won't get into the map another way (e.g. mass import of…

So can you please not post a review unless they were bloody awful...

On the topic... my thanks to John Davy Tyres in Thames. Shock absorber separates from car…

Tnank you for the Dave Dobbyn, Russell. Cos you know how I do love him so. What a lovely man. What a lovely voice.

Yep, on both those counts

Got a lot of time for that man.

Free download of Massive Attack – Girl I Love You with Horace Andy – She Is Danger Remix.

Chuck Norris is a poof too.

Chuck wouldn't ride up the mountain, he'd push the mountain down.

Map is here.

BTW – does anyone know where the "50 km cycle route" runs? There are little blue signs all over Auckland City telling you it exists, but half of them seem to be missing.

Yes Angus ... well the flipant answer is around the 'Auckland isthmus'. But to be more helpful...…

50 km loop around Auckland

Onehunga Cycle Path is included in this ride.

Also "Bicycle Quarterly is a magazine for avid cyclists, who enjoy their bikes, whether on a weekend ride, commuting, randonneuring, racing or touring the countryside" – Bicycling Quarterly

Oh, and we will…

Jack and Stephen – My co-worker has a Blade 8C, and finds it works well. The granny gear isn't as low as his previous 21-speed bike, but he still manages to climb a good portion of the rise from Onehunga to Hillsborough beside…

Back home, with my ears still ringing from the absolutely-bloody-fantastic Al Green concert at The Civic last night.

Apologies for the distraction. I have found the Al Green thread!

If you ain't in top gear yer a poof. ;-)

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I'm actually several stops above granny gear, truth be told, if not at Jack level, but typical Wellington geography does place certain demands on the commuting cyclist that just don't exist for most…

My that is a well-preserved ute for one 18 years old or so.

P.
who will return to train-spotting

I used to ride to work, keeping up with Dunedin's one way system traffic. What I really wanted, though, but couldn't afford, was a Yamaha RD350!.

Now I'm old and grey, I ride this:
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Chuck Norris is a poof

now there's a bumper sticker

for me gearing needs to be suitable for a good Mt Vic hill climb.

If you ain't in top gear yer a poof. ;-)
Way back a few years I became an involuntary cyclist (read lost my driving licence) There was this one hill I had to negotiate on my…

Sigh... a lifetime of insightful tweets and posts and this is what I'll be remembered for.

Next, one of the Sunday papers will find and interview the wags who own the ute, they'll be famous and it'll be like you never even existed ...

Oh, folks, it was remiss of…

Ops.

(Too late to delete it, maybe Russell can.)

Have been doing the same thing in the same places in an effort to get fit and with half an eye to riding the [[http://www.colvilleconnection.co.nz/|Colville…

Back home, with my ears still ringing from the absolutely-bloody-fantastic Al Green concert at The Civic last night. I have declared to all and sundry that it is the very best concert I have ever been to--backed up the highly informed bloke at Marbeck's,…

The slightly more upright riding posture has solved the back and neck problems

Yeah it seems weird but riding is one of those exercises that can really mess your back up if you do it wrong. Nobody ever talks about posture while cycling – because it's as easy as riding…

The national fuel and road savings would be through the roof, sure tax up for public transportation but a general saving in all other areas of the national purse.

We already…

Yeah, I got that, which makes the first part of my post, written without prior knowledge, kind of funnier [redacted] than it was otherwise. Can I have lie down now?

Umm, this thread is many themed, and I seem to recall one of them being music? Pay attention, it's only page two!

No, no I meant the Lord of the Rings post.

Just looked at the Laneways schedule, and the 3Ds are up against Echo and The Bunnymen. Guys, umm, good chance we might want to see both, perhaps? I…

:-)

The northwestern cycleway is being upgraded to take out a deviation onto existing roads.

I suppose there's no chance of taking out that oddly dispiriting little…

But isn't the recommended solution generally to treat bicyclists like first class road users, not funky semi-pedestrians?

That's my preferred solution for day to day cycling – but it can intimidate people a bit. Personally, I find cycling on the road much safer (though usually more hair-raising, I'll admit); you…

A cycle route that is constantly crossing a well-used road is a major FAIL.

But isn't the recommended solution generally to treat bicyclists like first class road users, not funky semi-pedestrians?

The important distinction is "constantly crossing" vs. "constantly part of". For utility cycling, a cycle route that is properly…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OOuLZ92KeI

Ass is not arse. Old folks learnt English at school rather than learned American.

Oh, I thought it meant Donkey, but whatever you say ;-)

Equus Asinus – the same route (intended) as asinine.

About them cycle tracks. More cycle love please.

As for bogan witticisms, I prefer the hysterical UTERUS to one that's common over 'ere: "No its not my boyfriends"…

I must say I'm looking forward to some more high-profile cycling advocacy now that you've joined us, Russell. It's a good way to get around!

I've had a basic mountain bike for years, but things kicked up a year when I got the hybrid last year.

Wellingtonians should take a gander at the CAW cycling hazard map.

Amen to what Ross Mason said. There is any amount of research showing that accident…

I believe you'll find the word is "pendant". (Plural: pendant's.)

I was scrabbling around to change 'apostrophes' to 'apostates' and ran out of time, which now seems 'apposite'.

Carry on.

I have a lot of time for hybrids; for most people, I think they're the kind of bike best suited to the riding people actually do.

Yeah, as I said, that's what I'm finding. The slightly more upright riding posture has solved the back and neck problems I was get…

Old folks were taught the proper use of the apostrophe, so they know it's not at all ambiguous.

From a pedant's point of view that is so, so wrong.

Starting with the word "folks" itself. Remember, I write as a pedant.

What are the chances of the PS3 and XBox 360 both dying at the same time? (Assuming no correlation).

The PS3 bricked in the last couple of hectic days before Christmas, and the Xbox a couple of days after. Both with known issues.

It worked out quite well with the…

What was memorable was his impassioned plea with head turned directly at the camera saying something like:

"Go out and buy CDs. They are wonderful. You won't believe what you…

Here's the North Shore cycling hotspots map – all kinds of things are noted, like bike shops, cafes and slippery surfaces on the road

Thanks! Although the notes are often pretty depressing.

I do like that green route through the parks in Devonport/Bayswater though. Might have to visit Mr Slack…

Still, I can see the drama. We just upgraded from PS2 to XBox 360 this Christmas and I would not have wanted to deal with the 360 breaking down in those…

I love that they just keep touching the sign up instead of changing it.

Old folks were taught the proper use of the apostrophe, so they know it's not at all ambiguous.

That reminds me of the sign on a building off Newton Rd.

I love that they just keep touching the sign up instead of changing it.

Isn't it wonderful how you feel when you get to the other end of your ride through the boonies via tracks that don't take in the roads? For some reason the lack of the need to keep an eye out for cars and trucks and -…

Papyrus

There was also the fact that he discovered — well, not quite — the Sex Pistols.

It was Dylan's idea that the Sex Pistols sign their record contract in front of Buckingham Palace, for his story. Fiona mentioned it as we watched the show last night and I really could…

Surely that should be 'Utes- R-Us'.

Well, yes, if you wanted to kill the joke stone dead it would be ...

It's hysterical

Boom boom!

How … literate.

It's hysterical.