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    This is a specialist / niche blog about . . . uh . . . locking your bike. The clue's kinda in the title.

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

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    • Friday Caption Contest: A Politically Acceptable Deal For Less Than Two Degrees Of Warming December 17, 2009
      … or in other words, a snowball’s chance in hell. If we’d held out for a politically acceptable, affordable solution to problems in the past, we’d have probably decided that appeasement of the Third Reich was the way to win votes at home. Actually, it probably was the way to win votes at home, but we’d [...]
    • Electric Assist Bikes December 15, 2009
      In general, I’m not such a fan of these. A bike with an electric motor? Really, you’ve got to be kidding me! That is SO missing the point. BUT . . . just sometimes, when the wind is in my face for the whole of the journey home . . . or I’ve left late for [...]
    • Missing Item? December 15, 2009
      Flicking through my photos from Croatia, I came across this one of a bike parked up in Osijek: This bike was parked in the same location for several days, and I was left puzzling . . . Did the owner always park up int he same place, but having no saddle lock, take it with them [...]
    • Why Mountain Bikes Are Popular In UK Cities December 15, 2009
      It never ceases to amaze me the number of people I see riding around town on crazily shoddy mountain bike wannabe BSOs. Or probably even worse, the real deal - £2,000 worth of carbon, knobbly tyres and suspension travel to deal with roads that are for the most part smooth as Liv Tyler’s complexion. Well, [...]
    • Startled by Birds December 13, 2009
      Yes indeed, driving is hazardous. In a week in which it’s been revealed that more drivers than ever are chatting away on the phone (almost as if they know their chances of getting away with it are virtually assured, because it’s plain that the police don’t give a damn), I’ve seen all sorts of mayhem [...]
    • Photo - Alan Booth Clearances December 12, 2009
      Remember the driver who managed to squeeze through an impossibly tight gap to get past me earlier in the week? The one to whom I should be grateful for not actually hitting me ? At the time, due to the feeble flash on my Blackberry, I couldn’t get a decent photo to record the details of [...]
    • Think Happy Thoughts And You Can Fly December 11, 2009
      If you saw the early 90’s Peter Pan film, Hook, you’ll probably remember the scene where the Lost Boys are trying to teach Peter to fly again. The basic premise is that you can only fly if you’re thinking happy thoughts. The happiness gives you wings and ta-da! you can fly! The thing is, you [...]

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How To LockYourBike[.co.uk] Video

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Karl McCracken

Here’s a great video by Carlton Reid, produced for Northumbria Police. It shows genuine bikes being stolen by genuine thieves, as well as some tip-top advice for how to Lock Your Bike [.co.uk] and avoid this pain yourself:

Read more on Quickrelease.tv’s page for this film, which also features two other excellent [...]

Filed under: Bike locking strategy, Bike security tips, How to lock your bike, Video | 2 Comments »

Boris Johnson (@MayorOfLondon) Assassination Attempt!

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Karl McCracken

This is SCARY stuff!
This video comes via Andrea at Velorution. Just watch the truck come bowling along, desperate to overtake the cyclists . . one of whom was Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, who was out scouting routes for a cycling super highway.

I’m with Andrea on this – it’s time for some power to be [...]

Filed under: Assassination Attempts, News, Video | 2 Comments »

Spot The Deliberate Mistake

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Karl McCracken

On the way home tonight, I stopped off to buy some flowers for my Beautiful Wife. Outside the shop I saw this locked up – looks like maybe last year’s model of either the Focus Cayo 105 Tripple, the Cayo Ultegra, or at a push, the Cayo Pro. Whichever it is, it’s between £1,000 and [...]

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Hal Grades Your Locking

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Karl McCracken

I’ve been waiting for a version of this excellent StreetFilms vid to appear on YouTube for a while . . . and here it is. Watch and learn!

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Lock ALL Of Your Bike

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Karl McCracken

When I was in That London yesterday, I acted like the worst kind of tourist, photographing pretty much every bike I saw.
Looking at the huge number of bikes locked up to railings, what I generally saw was a sorry tale of half-baked efforts:

Actually, locking every part of the regular parts of a bike that get [...]

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