Cycling in General

I love cycling, I cycle everywhere, where ever bus route goes I will cycle it faster than the bus, unless its like a one stop motorway bus. I cycle everywhere possible, including a 7 miles each was commute to college, also I cycle to my grandparents rather than catching a bus. I am a pretty fast cyclist and now very strong leg muscles, and that's from many year of cycling up steep hills aswel. I find it quicker than a bus, and on some journeys quicker than a car, as you don't have to worry about traffic and there are also shorter cycle routes. But you do have to bear in mind if you will have to go up hill and also the wind and ...

Using the title as a running gag opposing the statutory mid evening news on BBC1, ‘Not The Nine o’clock News,’ favoured as funnier, topical viewing at the same time on BBC2. Chancing their livelihoods on the 17th of October 1979, the first show was broadcast, but not in the politically incorrect style that it was supposed to have first hit our screens. Sworn in by the legendary Basil Fawlty at the end of the final ‘Fawlty Towers,’ the cast of ‘Not The Nine..’ appeared young, arrogant and opinionated, or at least, in very much the same manner as Python was heralded a decade before. After more line up changes than a heavy metal band, the crew was finally set ...

Ok - this probably shouldn't be listed here, but I can't find anywhere else to put it. I am about to have a rant about drivers. Not any particular class of driver - just drivers of cars. Does anybody else find that they go out for a nice quiet ride on their bike, but unfortunatly due to the distinct lack of government funding for cycle-paths are forced to ride on the road? I do. And it's on the road that we meet all sorts of dangers, the most common of which are cars. They cut you up left right and centre, they honk their horns at you, and flash their headlights, and make hand-gestures towards you as well. And why do drivers nearly ...