Blog posts tagged "Cycling"

September 22, 2011 11:41 am 26 Comments

Inveterate cyclist Jon Snow experiences life at the sharp end of the NHS after taking a tumble from his bike.

June 1, 2011 8:39 am 34 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the environmental advantages of cycling as the world's worst global emissions figures are published, and asks if we're leaving it too late to tackle?

June 13, 2010 2:57 pm 8 Comments

Adz, I’m afraid that pretending to be my own identical twin brother is a rather tired joke. I have no twin! But I shall go on pretending, if I think my assailant will laugh. Meg, I agree. Indeed I believe my own late-onset wheezing is a product of particle pollution ingested on my biking about [...]

June 10, 2010 1:26 pm 26 Comments

I was stopped at the lights at the top of the Haymarket in Piccadilly Circus. My head was down over my handlebars. Then there they were at my left shoulder. Two stubbled chins, two shiny bald heads, two men in their late thirties astride two bicycles. Two brown identical twins in shorts, T-shirts, and trainers [...]

November 10, 2009 4:11 pm No Comments

Jon Snow tells the story of trees being planted on a busy street in north London.

September 10, 2009 3:36 pm 44 Comments

It has happened. I have had a dreadful premonition that it would, which has been very strong over the past few days. My bike has been nicked. My whole life depends up on it as I ride everywhere. Consequently I am at sea, trying to reconnect with public transport and horrified at the cost of [...]

July 27, 2009 10:15 am 7 Comments

The victory on the Champs Elysees by Britain’s Mark Cavendish in the final stage of the Tour de France, coupled with the amazing fourth place by Olympic gold medalist Bradley Wiggins seals a brilliant year for British cycling. it was a year that began with the record medals haul in Beijing last summer.

July 13, 2009 2:34 pm No Comments

Cycling in to work this morning, one of those wretched plastic bags blew into my derailleur gears, clogged them, tangled the chain, which flew into the pedals and jammed. I deteriorated from trying to unscramble it using Kleenex and litter that I found in the street, but realised after three minutes that I’d need to [...]

June 25, 2009 4:03 pm 29 Comments

Along a reasonably well-heeled street in the Camden area of north London, my attention is first drawn to an argument between a young man and a young woman on my left. And then, 50 yards later, I suddenly see a man in his 20s bashing a much younger woman’s face into the bonnet of a [...]

June 24, 2009 1:01 pm No Comments

So the government is setting up 10 cycle hubs across Britain – 10 railway stations where there will be state of the art cycle racks and a cycle shop within reach. I’m tempted to say they should have a ground anchorage for flying pigs. But let’s give them the benefit of the doubt.