The Ride Journal
The Ride Journal screengrab
Sites like The Ride Journal make me want to redesign this one. Nice work guys.
Archive for the ‘armchair’ Category
Tears in the rain
I made only 5 commute legs last week, but on every single one I got drenched. Standing at my side gate on Thursday evening, fumbling with a set of keys, I turned to look at the rain drizzling around a street lamp, and recalled Blade Runner.
Cycle Passion
cyclepassion.com - I'm so not into you.
For a company producing calendars and posters of scantily-clad female cyclists, Cycle Passion’s website certainly did a good job of pouring cold water over my initial excitement. These guys need a redesign bad.
Pedaling
I’m liking the easy-living gastro-singlespeed NYC vibe of the Pedaling video series. Great design and production too. Discovered via Dave Zabriskie’s Twitter.
iPad cyclo-computer rumour
Clearly ridiculous - or is it?
Apparently Steve Jobs was annoyed when his Garmin malfunctioned on a lunchtime hike; on returning to the office, he got his boys onto some R&D for a new Apple bike computer, nickname: Colossus.
Via Velodramatic.
Velodramatic redesign
New Velodramatic redesign
Sweet new look for Velodramatic to start the new year. Has anyone seen another site showcasing cycling photography of this quality?
Camper Bike
Following on from my rather anaemic Asian bike round-up, here’s a gem I discovered via kevincyr. Pure armchair category.
Asian bike round-up
Rickshaws in Kathmandu.
Abandoned bike in Kathmandu.
I'm wondering how the fruit vendor stays upright when on the move...
A brief bike-related retrospective from my trip to Nepal. Please enjoy the full photo set.
New pad
The hour approaches for my house move from North to South London. As is the way with house-hunting and flat-hunting and home-buying, last minute glitches and complications make the whole thing a nail-biting experience. However, it will happen. At some point in January I will be hauling my kit from Hornsey Lane N6 to West Norwood – SE27.
One of the reasons I headed south was the proximity to hills. Much as I love being close to Hampstead Heath and training on Regent’s Park and Swain’s Lane, there’s no contest between the quality of riding around say, Stevenage, and the riding around Sevenoaks (comparable distances away from Archway and West Norwood respectively). I’m already planning 3-hour training loops from my door to Toy’s Hill, for example:
View West Norwood foray in a larger map
Not to mention quick spins down to Brighton, training at Crystal Palace and Richmond Park, and the odd razz around the track at Herne Hill. The reality of all this outweighs a good chunk of my anxieties about buying and owning a property.