Don’t miss the last chance to join one of the wonderful guided bike rides organised by the London Festival of Architecture. This Saturday, there are two (unfortunately clashing): Stations on the Move with Martin Harrison-Putnam Biodiversity in the City with Sarah Price Sunday’s ride, Subterranean London with Barry Mason, is fully booked. Jack Thurston has recorded six rides and they will soon be available as podcasts

On Sunday the Tour of Britain ended with a circuit stage in Central London. We were contracted by Transport for London to distribute cycling promotion leaflets. TfL holds the view that hosting premier cycling events in London will promote utility cycling in the capital; that is why they are aggressively bidding to host the opening stages of the 2007 Tour de France. The value of these initiatives is however indirect, through campaigns like the one we were involved in. People will not be persuaded to [...]

From Bicycle Meditations: “This meditation is to help you better use the tunes that come into your head while you’re riding. You know what I mean. You’re riding along, and a song goes into your brain and goes around and around in it. Sometimes you get a helpful song, one that reflects a good mood or helps you up a hill. Sometimes you get an annoying jingle from a stupid TV commercial. Rather than have these melodies come to you randomly, this meditation is designed [...]