Dealing With Car Horns

I was cycling along on Saturday, warming up for the cycle race on quiet roads around Gloucestershire. I was pretty close to one foot from the edge of the road (the width of a gutter). Earlier in the year I posted about cycling 1 metre from edge of road (as per DoT suggestion), but to be honest I don’t dare do that on many country roads. It was a good day for cycling, but without warning a car came from behind  beeping his horn. The reason was that there was a car coming the other direction, and this car wasn’t going to slow down, let alone wait. He was committed to passing me, despite an oncoming car in the other direction, and from his perspective, it was very inconsiderate that I had decided to be cycling at that particular point. To be honest, there wasn’t really anywhere to go closer to the edge of the road, if I had a box of reinforced steel I might have gone out to 1 metre from edge of road to make him slow down, but since I don’t have a reinforced metal protection, I just kept my line It was really very tight, [...]

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/cycling/dealing-with-car-horns/

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Young Team Radioshack Fans

Keegan (6) and Quinn (2) Barry from El Dorado Hills, CA cheer on team RadioShack at the finishing circuit of Stage 2 Amgen Tour of California in Sacramento. The Barry family made a weekend out of the planned TOC?s festivities by heading up to Lake Tahoe to take in Stage 1 and the start [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/young-team-radioshack-fans/

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Klöden or Horner Could Win Tour of the Basque Country

Today?s 4th stage of the Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco, Tour of the Basque Country in Spain, was predicted by many to be the decisive battle in the mountains that would reveal the one or two riders that could stomp down on the field and make this race their own. And while it was [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/kloden-or-horner-could-win-tour-of-the-basque-country/

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TdF Halfway Point ? Havoc, Mayhem, Carnage

When it?s over, it will be very hard for anyone to discuss this 98th edition of the Tour de France, without mentioning the numerous, high profile, and wild crashes that have marred the first half of this year?s contest. Not only has there been an extremely high number of riders hitting the deck, but [...]

Source: http://www.teamradioshack.us/tdf-halfway-point-havoc-mayhem-carnage/

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No Room for Cyclists

Sorry, no room for a cyclist. Delivery vans block the way. Obstacles in road to slow down motorists, but means you can’t cycle past. But, you can get to breathe in the car exhaust fumes whilst you wait.   This ‘cycle path’ has concentrated too much on the eco-friendly approach. A cycle path that lasts at least until the next junction. Good luck!   Cycle paths for van parking The British integrated transport system. Car Parking facilities conveniently situated at end of cycle path. Related Guide to cycle paths Give Cyclists room

Source: http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/cycling/no-room-for-cyclists/

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A West Riding hiding, or a Yorkshire Dales century ride over two days

When Winifred Holtby wrote her novel ?South Riding? – it was published a year after her death in the 1930s – she set it in a fictional part of Yorkshire, although there were thinly veiled references to real places and people in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (I wanted to believe the stories I thought [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/west-riding-yorkshire-dales-century-ride

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An overnight bike trip to the Snoqualmie Tunnel finds a popular destination

On an overnight bike trip to the John Wayne Pioneer Trail last weekend, my biking buddy and I discovered that the newly reopened Snoqualmie Tunnel is drawing a lot of visitors.

Mostly they're day-trippers on bicycles, but some come by foot and at least a couple packed in with their llamas carrying their burdens.

The cyclists we talked with were taking advantage of the 18-mile downhill slope that greets them after they pass through the tunnel heading west.

They either came in groups and dropped off cars in Hyak and the Iron Horse Trail State Park lot in Cedar Falls, or contacted the shuttle service that carries passengers and bicycles to the Hyak trailhead ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/8/3/4871747.html

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Dan's Sing around Iceland cycle tour ? let's build a bike!

Singing around Iceland … OK, the gloves are on (almost), the promises and bold pledges made, the flight tickets, travel money and insurance bought… now all I have to do is actually do it! Greetings from Iceland! – a three-hour flight and a world away from where I was a week ago. Currently 00:24 and [...]

Source: http://cycleseven.org/dans-sing-around-iceland-cycle-tour

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