As an owner of Ortlieb panniers, Sport-Packer Plus front panniers and Bike-Packer Plus rear panniers I honestly hadn’t really considered what the names mean but clearly it was causing confusion somewhere as Ortlieb USA have published a nice little graphic explaining the pannier names. The only problem with their graphic is that they seem to […]
Archive | January, 2015
Cycling Infrastructure: International Best Practice
Transport for London have released a report, International Cycling Infrastructure Best Practice Study, the outcome of a Transport for London commissioned study which focused on the design approaches in cities with high levels of cycling and/or recent significant growth in cycling numbers. While the report has a London focus it also informative for other cities […]
December 2014 Australian Cyclist Road Toll
December 2014 road toll data has been released by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics. The number of bicycle riders killed on our roads in the 12 months to December 2014 declined to 45. At last we had a relatively safe month, which at least saw the yearly figure […]
Recumbent Bicycles: The Social Construction of the Recumbent Bicycle
Ahmed, Qureshi & Khan (2015) is an interesting research note, that as the authors describe, is an attempt to “explain the historical and social perspectives that led to the rejection of the recumbent bicycle by utilizing the theory of Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) and Bijker’s two power theory, providing a contrast with the adoption […]
Hi-Viz and Bicycle Riding – A Sample of One
I have previously blogged on the effectiveness of hi-viz and bicycle riding (cycling) and by chance I have an Adidas bright yellow/green sports shirt which has reflective stripes in my riding kit. I actually brought it for wearing when touring where I have to ride on highways. I found it helped in making me more […]