Spend enough time on social media in the “cycling” space and it won’t be long before someone mentions the “T-word”. “You don’t pay tax” they’ll say. Of course, most of us know that the “road tax” they allude to was … Continue reading “You don’t pay tax…”
The good news just keeps on coming. The council has announced that two new trial cycleways are going to be installed –the much needed cross-city route from Leckwith Road to Newport Road, plus a new bay route linking Tyndall Street with Callaghan Square, Penarth Road etc. Continue reading New east-west cycleway on the way as part of the city’s recovery plan
I think it is fair to say that Cardiff Council are not mucking about at the moment. They’re building some fantastic infrastructure and they seem to be doing it really quickly. Continue reading New & Shiny…
Some time ago we had a little chat about marketing. We talked about how car manufacturers had become experts at selling people the lifestyle, but conveniently gloss over the realities of motoring.
However, we also came to the depressing realisation that nobody is really trying to sell us utility cycling, or the benefits of seeing the cycling as a mode of transport. Even the pro cyclists on our screens were selling us cars. Until now that is… Continue reading How to sell bicycles…
Cardiff Council is to put forward its plan for how a socially-distanced Cardiff City Centre will function and it’s pretty exciting. A greater emphasis on outdoor space, reducing vehicle traffic with match-day style restrictions and providing dining and “spill out” … Continue reading About that “next” we were talking about…
Inspired by a message left on our Facebook page, we got to thinking about where someone might go for a ride with their family, once they’d exhausted all the Taff and Ely Trails had to offer. Then it occurred to … Continue reading Caerphilly Castle…
One of the very few upsides to this lockdown experience, aside from normalising working from home, is that cycling is now seeing a resurgence. People are being advised to jump on a bike rather than head to the bus stop … Continue reading Lockdown Bike Thefts…
I’ve been racking my brain trying to make sense of everything. One day in the spring of 2020 the world unilaterally decided to stop everything –everything that was previously seen as so precious that nothing should be allowed to stand … Continue reading So, what happens next?
If and when the world does start to return to something resembling ‘normal’, chances are it is going to look very different to the one we’ve just left.
No longer will it be acceptable for trains and buses to resemble the mosh pit of a Pantera gig, with people eager to maintain a safe distance from each other. Furthermore, the road network is unlikely to cope with a surge of new drivers on the morning commute. Some of us are going to have to find a new way to get to work. Continue reading Well, that escalated quickly… – Modal Shift in Unusual Times…
Wow, I completely missed February. It’s funny, time just seems to fly by these days. It could be a side effect of my advancing years, but more likely having so much going on that there’s barely any time to take … Continue reading Catching up…
