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MCRcycling: Wheelers' Brunch
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Championed by LC of Naturally Cycling: Manchester. The Wheelers' Brunch is a group to celebrate the bike as a means of transport. There are many groups concerned with cycling as sport, whereas the Wheelers' Brunch is aimed at people who cycle for transport and those who would like to cycle, but are put off by present conditions. The brunch is an opportunity for like minded people to get together and exchange ideas. For more information contact. Cycle A 2 B.
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MCRcycling: Moving to Chester
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Sunday, 12 February 2012. I've lived in Manchester for quite a few years. During that time I've had some great times in this wonderful city. I started cycling again after a few years away from bikes. I went to university here. I started this blog and got to know a lot of other local bloggers in the process. This later led me to become involved in The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain. Needless to say, I am quite attached to Manchester. Subscribe to: Post C...
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MCRcycling: February 2012
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Sunday, 12 February 2012. I've lived in Manchester for quite a few years. During that time I've had some great times in this wonderful city. I started cycling again after a few years away from bikes. I went to university here. I started this blog and got to know a lot of other local bloggers in the process. This later led me to become involved in The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain. Needless to say, I am quite attached to Manchester. Campaign, I have bee...
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MCRcycling: The Bikes
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. I have three bikes which are in regular service:. Raleigh Tourist De Luxe (DL-1):. The history of the Brompton and its development has already been written. I have also sold or retired several bikes:. Revolution Cuillin Sport '08:. Sadly, after buying the Brompton, I no longer had much use for the Twenty, nor the space to store it. It is currently living with my dad, I hope he gets as much enjoyment out of it as I did. 16 April 2011 at 15:13. Middlewood S...
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MCRcycling: Re-gearing the Brompton
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Saturday, 3 December 2011. Second-hand bikes can be a great way to get a good bike at a more affordable price. The downside is that you get a bike which has been set-up according to the preferences of its previous owner. When I purchased the Brompton. Back in February, it had been set-up with obscenely high gearing, a 50-tooth chain-ring with a 13-tooth rear sprocket. With the Sturmey Archer. Left crank, with the original Brompton. Original below, again t...
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MCRcycling: Manchester Cycling Strategy
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Monday, 30 January 2012. The Interim Strategy for Cycling in Manchester (draft) was recently brought to my attention via. The draft can be found here. Hat tip: Manchester FOE). The Manchester Cycling Strategy (MCS) is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding. The relevance of British Cycling to transport cycling is at best, dubious. Whilst British Cycling. In cycling, the distinction is less commonly made, perhaps because there are so few people who re...
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MCRcycling: December 2011
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Saturday, 31 December 2011. Farewell 2012 - a Year in Cycling. The format of this piece is borrowed from David Mitchell's yearly piece. Were planning a Soylent. Variant of their popular B17 saddle. The company to issue a statement apologising for the move, "We misread the market," claimed a Brooks. Spokesperson, adding "It seems it just isn't the time for this type product right now.". Earlier this year Adobe. Released the Re-animation Suite. The resultin...
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MCRcycling: January 2012
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Monday, 30 January 2012. The Interim Strategy for Cycling in Manchester (draft) was recently brought to my attention via. The draft can be found here. Hat tip: Manchester FOE). The Manchester Cycling Strategy (MCS) is a result of the Memorandum of Understanding. The relevance of British Cycling to transport cycling is at best, dubious. Whilst British Cycling. In cycling, the distinction is less commonly made, perhaps because there are so few people who re...
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MCRcycling: Greater Manchester LPT3 Consultation
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This blog has moved. This blog has re-located to. Wednesday, 16 February 2011. Greater Manchester LPT3 Consultation. I have been reviewing the preliminary information coming out of the Greater Manchester LTP3 consultation. It lists the specific responses given to the proposal by various organisation, in addition to the broad trends seen in individual's responses:. Comments on Cycling and Walking Issues. 39 comments were made encouraging the development of cycle. The link between health and the economy.
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A view from the cycle path: The Grid - How the Dutch found that the only thing which really encouraged cycling was a dense network of high quality infrastructure
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Wednesday, 3 September 2008. The Grid - How the Dutch found that the only thing which really encouraged cycling was a dense network of high quality infrastructure. The map on the right shows an area which is approximately 6.5 km wide. That on the left shows main routes only on a small portion of the map on the right, just over 2 km wide. Nearly all the coloured lines show the positions of good quality cycle paths separated from the road. So these provide a tighter grid than is shown in the picture. That ...
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