Archive for February, 2007

Sunday, February 25th, 2007

trustedplaces.com party

I know this isn’t really about biking, but I went on my bike and these guys are the main sponsors for our Journey To Russia – so I think it counts.
The guys held a fantastic party this evening – full of energy, and fun – full of entertainment and great conversation. I think trustedplaces.com is [...]

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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

The battle draws to an end…

… no I’m talking about some big Hollywood blockbuster, I’m talking about the English weather. For the last four months we’ve been hit with rain, wind, snow, hail, ice, slippery leaves, not to mention a whole host of other strange weather like raining sand.
But now the end is near, we’re towards the end of [...]

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Monday, February 19th, 2007

Congestion Charging

Wrote an article today for londonbikers.com about the extension of the congestion charge zone in central London. The interesting thing for me is not the moaning mothers of Kensington but rather the amount of rich kids who’ll get round the charge by buying the latest, most stylish scooter, doing a CBT in short order, and [...]

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Thursday, February 8th, 2007

I’m an idiot

I tried to get in this morning because I had a really important meeting that I really didn’t want to miss… so even though the snow is a foot deep – I checked the BBC Jam Cams for Central London and decided to give it a go.
It’s only cost me an alternator plate on the [...]

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Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Snow

Yes I know I make a habit of calling London’s bikers – well London people in general – southern pussies when it comes to things like rain and snow…. but even I am considering the sense in going out on the bike today…

There’s a main road there somewhere… more photos on my flickr page

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Sunday, February 4th, 2007

London Motorcycle Show

There’s a great bike show in London – it’s just a shame half of it is at Ally Pally and the other half is at ExCeL.
The Superbike Show at Ally Pally this year didn’t go down well – just a quick read of the londonbikers.com thread on the topic shows how disappointed people were with [...]

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