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    I also write a more regular blog about cycling, bike culture, advocacy, and stuff, called "Do The Right Thing".

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    • Bicycles & Power Stations: 1 December 5, 2009
      If you’re in the UK (and pay your electromagnetic radiation tax that gives you exclusive rights to the airwaves over mere tax-dodging radio users), you might have seen Bang Goes The Theory on BBC1 last night. The plot of last night’s programme was to try generating the power required for a family home from [...]
    • Bicycles and Power Stations Part 2 December 5, 2009
      There’s a definite link between bikes and power stations. First of all there was that programme on BBC with its bicycle power station and an unwitting bloke undressing on national TV. Then there are these pictures from the Maslauf blog (a Slovenian fixed gear site) , that I found via Urban Velo . Basically these guys [...]
    • Friday Caption Contest - Another Cycling Nun December 4, 2009
      This week’s contest is in two parts. Obviously you have to come up with a caption for this photo, but there’s also a multiple-choice question in case you can’t be bothered to think of anything creative but still want a chance of winning. Our prize this time is a week’s stay in the convent of [...]
    • Dutchess, You’re Freaking Me Out December 3, 2009
      First off, let me say that I like the Dutchess. Cannondale’s take on the classic ladies’ bike is full of the sort of design features that would normally not make it past the eyeball grabbing concept bike stage. I love the structural rear-mudguard, the fact that it comes with a rack as standard, and that feature [...]
    • Greenwashing Cycling Is Counterproductive* December 2, 2009
      Yes indeed, green IS the new black. Whether you’re painting your nails with Chanel (or fake Chanel - the real stuff is rumoured to be going for around £80 a bottle), trying to put some clear green water between your political party and the next, or just trying to ease your conscience after a career of [...]
    • Too Painful December 1, 2009
      I’m seeing more and more of these strange little cartoon video things from Xtranormal . For me (seeing as I work in a Kafka novel set on the fringes of local government), the TV series The Office was just too painful - too full of the sort of power-deranged, delusional madness that I saw every day. [...]
    • Is Bar Tape SO Expensive? November 30, 2009
      I guess when you work in an industrial equipment store, there are just so many alternatives for the regular cork & synthetics / cloth / leather options. And seeing as the availability of these alternatives could be seen as one of the perks of the job (i.e. free , provided that the boss doesn’t catch [...]

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You get what you pay for

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Karl McCracken

This video shows a reformed ex-bicycle thief in the Netherlands. We’ll call him Fritz, but that’s not his real name.
Anyway, the premise of the film is to show you just how easy it is to break into most cheep bike locks – in this case less than €30 each. We’re talking times as low as [...]

Filed under: Bike Security, D-Lock / U-Lock, How to lock your bike, Video | Leave a Comment »

Locked Bikes In London

Posted on November 6, 2008 by Karl McCracken

When I was in That London the other week, I took some photos of locked bikes around Angel tube station,
Firstly, here’s a picture of one way to stop your bike being pinched. Have a bike that no-one would want to buy. Actually, it’s just the sort of bike I’d buy, but your average scroat in [...]

Filed under: Bike locking strategy, Bike theft, D-Lock / U-Lock, How to lock your bike, Partially Locked Bike, Stolen Bike | 1 Comment »

Bike Lock That Bites Back

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Karl McCracken

OK, it doesn’t bite – the Smart Lock is a prototype bike lock designed by Michael Lambourn, that sprays the would-be bike thief with paint / smart water / skunk scent / ebola-infected blood / whatever when they try to cut it.
Basically it’s a regular-ish looking lock that’s full of some fluid under pressure. When [...]

Filed under: How to lock your bike, News, Technology, Video | 2 Comments »