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London cyclists in monkey attacks

February 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments

London’s cyclists have plenty to contend with whether it’s deadly lorries and trucks, bendy-buses, white van man or suicidal pedestrians stepping out without looking. But now there is a violent cyclist-hating rollerskating monkey impersonator on the loose on our city streets. MovingTarget has the full story and the London Fixed Gear and Single Speed Forum [...]

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Tags: Bicycle messengers · London · Road safety

London cycle hire scheme - the lowdown

February 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments

An accident of geography means that, official speaking, I’m a Lambeth Cyclist but I’m a Southwark Cyclist at heart, not least because of the dynamic Barry Mason, the quirky Rob Ainsley, the luminous Rebecca Lack and the feisty Ann Warren. I can even see the Southwark-Lambeth ‘county line’ from my doorstep. So I was delighted [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · England · London · Politics · Road safety

City of London: Cyclist traffic casualty statistics

November 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I previously wrote about last months’ City of London Police’s recent Road Safety Forum. I mentioned some statistics that were presented by Sergeant Alan Rickwood. Sergeant Ringwood was kind enough to send me his slides afterwards, and I can share them here.

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Tags: London · Road safety · Rolling interview

13 October 2008: Emergency - Lorries Killing Cyclists

October 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

After a summer of fun on two wheels, we turn to more serious matters. The entire show this week is devoted to the problem of lorries killing cyclists in London. With Barry Mason of Southwark Cyclists and Cynthia Barlow, chairwoman of RoadPeace, the national campaign against deaths on Britain’s roads. We also hear from London [...]

 
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Tags: Advocacy · Bicycle messengers · Bicycle music · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety · Rolling interview

City of London Police: Road Safety Forum

October 14th, 2008 · 11 Comments

This morning I attended the Road Safety Forum organised by the City of London police, at their Snow Hill police station, near Smithfield Market. It was a good meeting, well attended by a range of officers, including at a senior level, plus those responsible for implementation on the streets. There were also representation from Corporation [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · London · Road safety

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

October 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Nice to see the police setting an example. Today at 2.20pm on Webber Street, corner of Blackfriars Road, SE1.
For those who don’t know, this is an Advance Stop Line, a ’safe place’ for cyclists to wait at junctions. If it wasn’t filled with two tonnes of Plod, that is.
The license number of the [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · Bicycle messengers · London · Road safety · Rolling interview

CycleSafeLondon.com

September 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Two cyclists have been killed and another injured in collisions with lorries on the streets of London in the past week. This brings the unofficial total fatalities in 2008 to 8 or 9, depending on whether you count someone killed while wheeling their bike a cyclist or pedestrian. Whichever way, it’s 8 or 9 too [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · Events · London · Politics · Road safety

28 January 2008: Transition Town Bicycling

January 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Totnes in South Devon is where the rapidly growing ‘transition town’ movement all began. Transition towns are a response to the problem of resource depletion, peak oil and climate change and embrace the practical and more esoteric aspects of changing lifestyles and mindsets. Totnes and the surrounding countryside - like many rural areas - remain [...]

 
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Tags: Advocacy · England · Environment · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety

14 May 2007: Road Peace // Floyd Landis

May 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Returning for the summer season, The Bike Show turns to the trials of US cycling star Floyd Landis, whose sensational victory in the 2006 Tour de France was thrown into doubt after he failed a test for the banned drug testosterone. We also hear an extended talk on road danger in a global context by [...]

 
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Tags: Bicycle music · Podcast · Politics · Road safety · Tour de France · United States

1 May 2007: Podcast special: ‘Stannerd’ comes out for cycling

May 1st, 2007 · 10 Comments

The Bike Show is officially off air at the moment, but I couldn’t resist a podcast-only edition to discuss the Evening Standard’s Damscene conversion to the way of the bicycle. For years, London’s leading daily newspaper has been in thrall to unreconstructed petrolheads, but this week the paper has come out for cycling with a [...]

 
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Tags: Bicycle messengers · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety

5 December 2005 Show - Police on bikes!!

December 9th, 2005 · 1 Comment

This week we look at the subject of police and paramedics on bikes. Kieron Yates interviews Sergeant Robert Bliss of the City of London police’s cycle team. And a big shout to Bike Show listeners in Halifax, Nova Scotia!
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Tags: Bicycle messengers · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety

28 November 2005: Surviving the winter on two wheels

November 29th, 2005 · 2 Comments

This week newbie cyclist Alex Crawford and veteran London bike messenger Buffalo Bill swap notes on how to survive the winter on two wheels. Featuring interviews with Simon from Brixton Cycles and Simon Mottram from Rapha. We also discuss the distressing news of yet another killing of a London cyclist by a left-turning heavy goods [...]

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Tags: Bicycle messengers · Gear · London · Podcast · Road safety · Style

31 October 2005: Roller-racing, Ghostcycle and Critical Mass London

November 1st, 2005 · 1 Comment

Joining Buffalo Bill and the hardcore of London’s bike messengers for chaotic indoor racing action at Rollapalooza IV (and live music from the Deadley Treadleys). In the studio Scott and Steve explain their Ghostcycle project to mark and map traffic collisions involving bicycles. Jack and Rakan court controversy by saying enough is enough to London [...]

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Tags: Bicycle messengers · Bicycle music · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety · Roller racing

6 December 2004: London cycling

October 7th, 2005 · No Comments

Guest in the studio is Simon Brammer, Director of the London Cycle Campaign. James Foster memorial ride. Waterloo Bridge roundabout.
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Tags: London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety

16 May Show: Riding with Buffalo Bill

August 11th, 2005 · 1 Comment

Today’s show features the first part of a two-part interview/ride with ‘Buffalo’ Bill Chidley, Chair of the London Bicycle Messengers Association. The LBMA works for London’s 400-500 bicycle messengers (also known as couriers) and has run a prominent campaign to reduce the risks to cyclists posed by Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs). Bill and I visit [...]

 
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Tags: Bicycle messengers · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety · Rolling interview

23 May Show: Buffalo Bill // Giro D’Italia

May 23rd, 2005 · 1 Comment

Today’s show is a Giro D’Italia special, recorded from Bar Italia in Soho. Also featuring the second half of my ride with Buffalo Bill Chidley, chair of the London Bicycle Messengers Association.
Music:
Adriatica - Calicanto
Hung Up - Salt
Dwyck - Gangstarr featuring Nice and Smooth
Bartali - Paolo Conte

 
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Tags: Bicycle messengers · Italy · London · Podcast · Politics · Road safety · Rolling interview · Sport