This is an issue we come across a LOT. Afro hair just won’t fit into a traditional bike helmet – or not without a lot of persuasion. Why can’t the cycle helmet manufacturers address this important issue? A difficult question with a lot of contentious answers to it. Interesting article here: https://buff.ly/37Ftdgu #camberwell #justride #commutinglondon #londontravel #pedalpower
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Posts by Stewart Vanns
Bike Fix
Snodland drop-in bike fix. Saturday 14h May, 2pm till 4.30pm at Snodland Co-op car park. FREE fix or tune-up by qualified, professional mechanics. Just come by with your bike! @wearecyclinguk #BigBikeRevival
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Cycle safety
Trudy Harrison, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport, who is the Government minister responsible for Active Travel, admitted that she has “pleaded” with her daughters not to ride their bikes near her home in Cumbria due to lack of safe cycle infrastructure. She is not alone! – but what a truly sad state of affairs. Can’t wait for her to actually do something about this. there is currently small pockets of excellent infrastructure in, mainly, big cities. The rest of the country, the vast majority of the car-mad country, there is next to nothing. “I really want to see us, this
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Phoenix bikes
Awesome stuff from Phoenix Bikes in the USA. Their youth mechanic programme is in full swing. They teach repair skills to kids and then donate the refurbed bikes to those in need. 700 children in need have received a bike from the scheme Impressive stuff! Read it all here: https://buff.ly/3Dbigih
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SBC meetups
Snodland Bike Club rider meetups are starting again! Tuesday evenings, 6pm till 7.30pm, starting next Tuesday 26th March 2022. Skills > games > fun races > snacks Kids 11 to 17 all welcome. To register your interest, click here: https://ccw.bike/sbc-eoi @kentreconnect
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Bike Buddies
Here is a great project to remove barriers to cycling for Primary School Children in Scotland.: https://buff.ly/36wmXXz As part of the Bike Buddies Scheme, it’s a partnership which is run by Forth Environment Link and funded by the Scottish government. The Active Travel Coordinator of the scheme, Shirley Paterson said: “We know that the final years of primary school are a crucial time for establishing healthy behaviours that have the potential to last into secondary school and beyond”. It’s a job to disagree with that!
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Big wheel and walk
It is fantastic to see @SchwalbeUK partnering with @Sustrans to promote the benefits of everyday cycling to young people. Bike tyre manufacturer Schwalbe are looking beyond a post-pandemic spike in sales in an attempt to prolong the cycling boom by supporting Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel campaign. https://buff.ly/3L2L13d #BigWalkAndWheel
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Mech bending
Here’s a terrific short video explainer by Manon from @gcntweet on how to straighten a bent rear mech hanger using the correct tool, and also a home hack if you don’t have one:
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Workstand for the ages
Here is a great review of a workhorse of a bike repair stand written by @vickybalfour from the good people at Bike Radar. It is one of those things like saucepans and kitchen knives: buy quality and buy once! It’s just a humble workstand, but it will last you a lifetime and makes bike repairs so much easier. https://buff.ly/3qmjphO #homebikemechanics #bikerepairs #cycling #bikemechanics #biketools #repairandreuse
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Fat clothing
Clothing retailer Fat Face has teamed up with Raleigh to produce a range of clothing featuring some of Raleigh’s most memorable bikes. Just look at those graphics….mmmm! Definitely a pure 1980s Raleigh Burner vibe going on here: https://buff.ly/3IzX9qF
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