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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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    • Big Business Caters For Women Cyclists In London November 8, 2009
      There’s something going on, y’know. It seems that this thing where women cyclists in That London are at more risk than men are just refuses to go away. According to this report by the BBC , women account for only 27% of the capital’s bike journeys. Yet of the eight cyclists killed by drivers of lorries, [...]
    • Damned Suitcases November 6, 2009
      Amongst my various searches of the Creative Commons pictures on Flickr this evening, I found this one from Austria: Apparently, it’s a warning for cyclists to watch out for giant suitcases. Or a warning that giants shouldn’t leave there handbags in the street. Probably. Or something like that anyway. Actually, on the subject of Creative Commons p […]
    • Bring Back The 1865 Locomotive Act November 6, 2009
      One of the institutions of British cycling is the British Heart Foundation’s London to Brighton Ride . With 27,000 riders heading out to cause traffic mayhem (the roads on the route are closed to proper, tax-paying traffic…) the ride’s about 60 miles, and the event has been run since 1980. But actually, it’s a pale [...]
    • Friday Caption Contest - Bristol Special November 5, 2009
      It’s pretty clear what’s missing from this one, so your task is to think of a suitable caption for this photo from Bristol: As winter is coming, our [virtual] prize this week is practicality in itself - a nice thick pair of woollen socks. These are ideal for keeping your toes warm, or increasing the [...]
    • Cycling Manifesto In Pictures November 6, 2009
      I really, really like the Superhighway Manifesto of the London Cycling Campaign that I posted about at the weekend. The trouble is, the odds are that the people in overall charge of traffic & transport in your (my) local authority don’t actually ride a bike as an everyday mode of transport. So the fine words [...]
    • Decoy Bike? November 5, 2009
      A great way to protect your bike from getting stolen is to park it next to something far more attractive / easier to sell for ready cash. I’m guessing that’s what’s happened here, with these two completely unlocked bikes I saw yesterd
    • It’s Like Oxford Circus Here! November 3, 2009
      Actually this is Oxford Circus. Until now, it’s been a victim of the "keep the people away from the cars by fencing them in" logic that traffic planners love. You know the sort of thing - put fences between the people and the cars, so the drivers feel that it’s "safe" to drive faster than they [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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