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Category Archives: Cycling
Cycling Photos Transport Travel WillCambodian roads
2018, October 8 – 03:19
Thai shrine bling
2018, October 8 – 00:12
I find the Buddhist shrines here in Thailand incredibly intriguing- wish I knew more about what the meanings are. They’re ridiculously pretty in any case.
Biking in the rainy season in Asia
2018, October 6 – 02:11
Well I’ve done 11 days on the bike now since Ho Chi Minh City. I think my legs are starting to build some stamina and my system’s getting a bit used to biking in a different climate.
Biking Cambodia
2018, October 6 – 01:40
A quick ride through the south coast of Cambodia leaves me slightly in awe of this country and its history.
It’s great for my supermarket-oriented eyes to see fresh veg, fish and fruit that you’ve just spotted growing in the countryside -or being caught at sea- displayed for sale. Pic below is market in Koh Kong.
Ho Chi Minh City to Thanh Hoa
2018, September 25 – 00:34
Will’s first proper day on the road in Asia! Sad to leave Saigon but pretty exciting to gradually leave the city behind and, just for a moment, hear only the noise of the bike’s tyres rolling through Vietnam after the city mayhem.
Visiting Barcelona’s Superblocks
2017, December 9 – 14:17
Barcelona in Spain is a city that suffers air pollution, much of it from transport.
Reducing dependence on cars for short trips is one way of tackling pollution, so on a visit there I looked at one of Barcelona’s tactics in weaning short journeys off the car: Superblocks. Here are some photos from my visit to the Poblenou neighbourhood.
Road capacity
2017, February 28 – 09:47
I wasn’t aware of this research by Botma and Papendrecht. A striking set of figures.
Cycling in Berlin
2016, June 13 – 20:19
Typical Berlin scene
We stayed in Neukölln, an inner suburb of Berlin, for a few weeks and looked at cycling infrastructure and how cyclists seemed to be faring.
Cycling in Barcelona
2016, June 3 – 06:50
I took some snaps of the beautiful cyclists of Barcelona -2016- May and June.
The experience of cycling here seems a bit of a patchwork, as in many big cities. Some segregated lanes have been built, some two-way -at the side of larger streets, or sometimes along the street centreline. But a typical ride would seem to involve a bit of painted lane very close to moving cars & vans, up & down the footpath for a few hundred metres, a quiet street where you’ll roll slowly to share with pedestrians, and some nice segregated lanes along a multi-lane arterial road. Then you’ll be left to fend for yourself on a stretch of one-way road, sharing with buses and trucks.
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Report from VéloCity 2016 for Cyclist.ie
2016, March 25 – 22:10
Every second year there’s a global get-together for all those interested in the promotion of cycling. Transportation experts, mayors, town councillors, consultants for ‘liveable cities’, documentary film-makers -and of course cycling advocates- attend the Vélo-city Global Conference.
The European Cycling Federation organises the event, and this year it was held in Taipei, Taiwan. VéloCity Global alternates with the European-focussed VéloCity Conference. Next year this event will be in Nijmegen, Holland – the home of cycling for entirely different reasons, and the next VéloCity Global will be in Rio de Janeiro. read more
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