Mourning the loss of a fellow cyclist

I'm often amazed at the consideration a lot of vehicles give cyclists. After a verbal exchange with a Calais driver the other morning I am really sad to hear that a cyclist was killed in the city this morning. The article is here.

If you asked me which vehicles were the least considerate I'd have to say busses. My CBD cycling buddies may disagree but given the circumstances of the accident and my experiences with them I have to say Bus Drivers beware, look out for cyclists!

On this sombre note my thoughts and prayers go to the family of the woman that was hit. I pray that something good comes out of it and would ask all my cycling friends to be wary of all vehicles when riding.

Watch out for that... median strip?

Welcome to Bike Boy's cycling adventures. Today we're learning the importance of observing the road surface and looking for carefully disguised median strips posing as flat sections of road.

Bike Boy was on his way to a friends place the other night and was cutting across a road when all of a sudden he noticed he was airborn and heading for certain disaster as he had recently purchased road shoes and was "clipped in" to his single speed. It seems that in Bike Boy's haste to cross the road he'd completely missed the fact that this particular road has a small median strip separating lanes so he had smashed into it at a decent speed and manage to flip over. Needless to say Bike Boy crashed hard! There is damage to the front wheel, again, which means a replacement and a pretty battered helmet which will also need to be replaced. A bit of skin of Bike Boy's elbow and a nice bit a gravel rash on his shoulder. What is really hurting him though is his bottom. When Bike Boy crashed he landed on his right cheek and it's still really sore. He has been walking around like an old man for most of the day.

Now he gets to go shopping for a new front wheel and he's wondering if he should spend money on a nice set of Velocity rims. The ultimate hipster single-speed rim!