Bike dumped.

Occasionally when one is out and about cycling one comes across a dumped bike.   I hate to see a bike just being dumped.  A bike that was once someone's pride and joy. 

What is strange about this one is that it is padlocked to a lamppost.   You feel sorry for it.

Perhaps someone will come and get it.   

There question is 

A promising effort?

A promising effort

     This example was created some years ago.  These pictures were taken in Hythe on the 9th.August 2014. Usually I hate Pinch-Points, but they have devised this arrangement with Cyclists in mind, which is good, but my criticism is that cyclists having negotiated the platform/Pinch-point the cyclist has to proceed down a lane edged by parked cars.

     I would like to see further calming in the straight road either side of this Pinch-Point. A 20 mph restriction would not guarantee anything.

A shared- space cycleway approaches a through road, and a slight off set takes one across, and up onto the promenade (and NCN Route 2).

    Why should cyclists dismount? Do drivers of M/Vs have to get out of their vehicles?  No!

Once on the road, motorists (funneled in by parked cars) must not try to squeeze past cyclists, but they do (well some do).

The road is straight like this either side of the Pinch-Point, and vehicles park on both sides of the road.

All in all, I think that it is a promising effort.

Bikes used in advertising and decorated.

Earlier in this blog we illustrated some statues related to bicycles, and decorated bikes.  When toring ones sees lots of bicycles used to advertise B & B, cycle shops etc.  The following were all recorded in July 2014.

Start with powered statue at Sommern in Holland (what a neat and tidy place that is, and very cycle friendly).

This one announces Ferien Wohnung (Holiday Appartment) just off the Weser Radweg.

Another apartment close to the Weser cycleway.

Bicycles, such as this one in Cuxhaven, are not just used to advertise accommodation!

Bikes in Holland and Germany are often decorated with flowers.

and so on.  These are just a selection.

And a cycle shop in Holland.