More Articles About Cycling and Fashion

Another article on fashion and cycling.
This one, worryingly, seems to suggest that the reason women don’t cycle is because cycling just isn’t fashionable enough, but now that there are cute and retro cycling accessories at Topshop that could all change. Happily, some of the comments attempt to balance out the ridiculous line of thought put [...]

Non au Vélib-vandalisme

This story from the BBC news site has saddened me somewhat. If you’ve read my post from a while ago about the joy of using Paris’s Vélib scheme, you’ll understand why.
I sincerely hope that JC Decaux’s fears about costs don’t put a stop to the Vélib scheme – or, indeed, bike schemes in other cities. [...]

Troubled bridge over water

One would like to say that the death of a cyclist on the south-side of Harold’s Cross Bridge yesterday morning is a wake-up call for the drivers, cyclists and other road users in Dublin city, but it’s difficult to say this is the case.
Personally, the event made me more careful when cycling home last night, [...]

Anti-cyclist

A pretty horrible story here about an angry motorist running down members of the Dublin Wheelers Cycling Club while they were out on a spin in Co Meath earlier in November. The vehicle was actually travelling in the opposite direction to the cyclists. The driver then turned around after the cyclists motioned at him to [...]

Car trouble

The centre of Dublin is in danger of grinding to a halt as a result of increasing car ownership in the next 12 years. Dublin City Council are searching for solutions to this problem, and the planning department will state in a forthcoming report that ‘there is no room for additional cars on the city’s [...]

Budgeting for bicycles

Ah, the Budget, the big and scary Budget. It’s being read out at the moment (live on RTE, mais oui), though if you don’t want to drown in a sea of figures and shouting from the benches, I recommend the nicely bullet-pointed version you’ll get on the news later.
So, what does this have to do [...]

Mapping cycle lanes

The Dublin Transportation Office have mapped Dublin’s cycle lanes on their site here. According to DTO director John Henry:
We hope the maps which show on-road and off-road routes, will help persuade non-cyclists to venture out on their bikes for the first time and they might encourage experienced cyclists to try out new parts of Dublin [...]

Le chic, c’est freak

Further to the continuing discussion taking place on this here blog about what (or what not to) wear while cycling, I feel compelled to write about a specific aspect of this general debate which, it seems, has become rather preeminent of late – the general idea of “cycle chic”.
“Cycle chic” has become a phenomenon to [...]

More songs about bike racks and bikes

Ex-Talking Heads lead singer David Byrne is also a cyclist, and a multimedia artist – some of the bike racks he designed are in various locations around Manhattan. See them here.

Various toys for visibility

Last week I got some money, and invested it in some new lights for my bike. Raiding Thinkbike in Rathmines (formerly Commuting Solutions [formerly the Rathmines Bike Shop]), I picked up a replacement simple rear red light, a dangly sort of flashing red medallion thing that hangs off your backpack, and a 5-LED white lamp [...]