@dundeecycling.co.uk excellent piece in West England Bylines 👍

CityCard Gent, amazing prices Unique in Europe…and we’re not just saying that. Experience, taste and feel the vibrancy of Ghent: a surprisingly good deal. The CityCard Ghent gets you into ALL the top attractions in Ghent, includin...

The city card pass includes 1 day cycle hire as well as travel on trams and buses and admission to the main sites. visit.gent.be/en/good-know... we had a great day cycling around obscure bits of the city including the docks to see the big crane! visit.gent.be/en/see-do/ca...

Totally, and once you see it, it's everywhere - the BBC website is a serial offender, along with a lot of news sites

It's a handy bit of shorthand though - whenever you see that phrasing, the answer is always 'no'!

It may seem like nerdy detail that the increasing weight of cars is worsening potholes, but it matters.

The car makers push to sell wider and heavier cars is increasing road maintenance costs and that affects us all.

Not to mention worse crash outcomes and less space to pass (wider) parked cars.

Dumping externalities onto the public purse in pursuit of profit..?

Car manufacturers..?

Surely not, so out of character.

How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

“Cities across Europe saw a boom in cycling & bike-friendly infrastructure during the Covid-19 pandemic but have suffered setbacks amid a political shift to the right and the emergence of conspiracy theories that have unexpectedly taken aim at ideas such as having amenities within walking distance.”

That's home. That's us.

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.

Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

So road bike for fast, fun miles, e-bike for lower effort miles? My e-bike’s no slower than the acoustic hybrid it replaced, but both would be slower than a road bike.

Yep, I have an ebike, and don't see it as a way to go faster, it's to make the hills more manageable and to get away more confidently at junctions. I honestly believe those are the advantages that could convince non cyclists to make the switch.

I’m driving less. I don’t want to see the world through a driver’s eyes any more Before I began driving less, I had long had a melancholic sense that the city lifestyle I lived was cut off from the seasons and nature

From cycling under the light of moon on a beautiful night, to looking around and adding up the obscene amount of money we spend on cars, this article echoes so much of my thoughts about riding a bike and how CONNECTING it is- to people, to nature, to life- and how cars sever that connection.

activedundee.co.uk/ancrum-outdo...
It’s run by Leisure and Culture in Dundee, but with funding from Tactran, the Regional Transport Partnership if that helps

Currently on France TV, the new mayor of Paris Grégoire celebrating his victory by biking around on a bike share. He’s now taking an interview while riding.

I'd be on board with that to be honest!

Journey of a bike advocate. Goes on bike ride - smile emoji Experiences the danger - shocked emoji Approaches city council - straight face emoji nothing changes angry enoji person throwing a molotov cocktail Dreams of ending car culture

It all happened so fast.

@thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

Did it lift at all? We’re back to pouring rain again today!

Dundee lived up to its reputation as Scotland’s sunniest city today, but cold again by home time!

I cycled to work this morning and it was definitely more 'flipping Baltic' than 'a bit chilly', although it's supposed to get to 10'c later, so an afternoon ride maybe?

Robertson's Cycles and Repairs, 17 Strathmartine Road. Next door was MacVey's Radio, TV & Records, according to the directory.

Date: c.1965

Ref: BW151-18

#TransportTuesday

[“Take my advice, when you meet anything that’s going to be human and isn’t yet, or used to be human once and isn’t now, or ought to be human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.” — Mr Beaver, The Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe]

C. S. Lewis tried to warn us about AI

In the Netherlands, cycling and public transport aren’t competitors—they’re teammates. Invest in one, and the other gets stronger.

Nowhere is this clearer than at railway stations, where every design decision sharpens the bike infrastructure network and makes the door-to-door journey even smoother.

This is cycling in Copenhagen.

No hi-vis. No helmet mandates.
People cycle because it’s safe — by design.

This is what cycling should look like.

Ireland is moving in the opposite direction. Instead of designing safe places to cycle, we're blaming the people cycling...

"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

I’m having a hard time thinking of an interview between two human beings I enjoyed more than tonight’s interview of the great Ian McKellen by the great Stephen Colbert. Every moment of it was a pleasure that I highly recommend… but then came the most REMARKABLE ending that you really HAVE to watch.

Photo of Bill Murray riding a fatbike. He's wearing a long, black woolen overcoat and a black bicycle helmet. His bicycle basket contains a groundhog wearing a red bicycle helmet.

Happy Groundhog Day, bicycle friends!

Many people with various types of bikes (including cargo bikes) stand outside

Larger group of people standing in the the cold with lots of different bikes

Spoke card with “we saw what happened” on a bike wheel in the snow

Two bunch bikes are parked - one with ice out poster and the other w/ cargo bike library logo and an adult passenger

More photos from Minneapolis’ unity ride for Alex Pretti today:

Of course cargo bikes were there.

🚲 ❤️

Impossible challenge. Even people in wealthy areas with busy high streets complain endlessly about there being too many nail bars, restaurants and vape shop. They demand the reopening of all the retail businesses that they drove into ruin by no longer shopping there.

💬 Big moment for #MyRideOurRight

Yesterday, MPs from across parties debated women’s safety while walking, wheeling, cycling and running, hearing how road design must reflect real experiences and why safety fears still deter many from cycling.

🧡 cyclinguk.org/westminster-mror

Bike people are good people 🚲

$125,000!!! Bow down before the knitters!

Saw this somewhere and stole it.