Monday 21 May 2012

Bobbin along

Saw a couple of Bobbin Shoppers for sale outside a bike shop in Oxford today.

Multi-modal in Oxford

Today, my wife and I went multi-modal in Oxford, city of dreaming spires.

Pointer update

I saw that Pointer Glorie again today - the same bike with the same panniers.
From the time and the place, I would guess it was returning from the station after a day's work in the capital.

Friday 11 May 2012

Talking Italian

As I have mentioned before, I ride an Italian bike.
It's a Cinzia pieghevole (Italian for folding bike!).
It is a "real" Italian bike, not just some generic model produced in the Far East with a few Italian stickers on it.
Here it is in all its beauty:

You can read more about my bike here.

Being a "real" Italian bike, it has the problems of a "real" Italian bike.

Wednesday 9 May 2012

Utilitaires (practical fun)

Utilitaires.
Bet you've never heard of them.

Mostly in the USA, amongst (from what I can make out) mostly women, "utilitaires" have a modest but dedicated following.
Think of them as "utility cycling".
You get a list of jobs, and try and do them using a bike.
Then you mark them off on the list, with details, when you have done them.
A typical Utilitaire list looks