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Doctor Doctor (Bike)!
07/02/2013
Are you new to cycling and would like some tips on how to look after your bike? Or perhaps you are a more experienced cyclist who would like to increase your general knowledge of bike maintenance a little more? Or maybe you don’t fancy either and you just want to visit the bike doctor? ...
How To Be Normal (On Your Bike)
30/01/2013
Having just read the article You Don’t Have To Be Superhuman To Commute By Bike by Sarah Goodyear on Atlantic Cities, it’s encouraging to see the media focus again on ‘normal’ people who just happen to use their bicycle as a mode of transport. Of course, this is not a unique concept with Mikael Colville-Andersen...
Are You An E-Bike Fan?
23/01/2013
It looks like a regular bicycle. It even feels like a regular bicycle. However, unlike a regular bicycle, it hasn’t been around as long, has a rechargeable battery, an electric motor, a control system and you can ride for miles and up steep inclines, without even a hint of breaking a sweat. Cycle enthusiast purists also...
Things To Do This Weekend
18/01/2013
London Bike Show With the UK’s first indoor criterium, a Penny Farthing Race, countless stands from cycling brands from all over the world and cycling stars such as Chris Hoy in attendance, this year’s London Bike Show looks like it’s the best ever. So get down while you have the chance. Ends on Sunday. ...
Looking After Your Bike
14/01/2013
Snow can be a wonderful thing, however it can provide a few challenges for the cyclist. So, with it snowing across London and the rest of the country and the prospect of more snow to come, it’s always a good idea to be sure that as well as keeping warm and dry and looking after ourselves when riding, that we...
Help us make a better Bikeminded
07/01/2013
As you might have guessed, we’re very proud of the work we do at Bikeminded and we are hugely grateful to you and all the other people who have supported our events, projects and social media channels. However, there’s always room for improvement, isn’t there? So, would you like to have a say to help...
What’s On This Weekend?
04/01/2013
Another year over, a new one just begun… Hope you had a good festive period enjoying time with friends, family and a tipple or two. Many people are back at work. Schools go back next week. So things are pretty much ‘back to normal’. However, if you’d like to extend it just a little more,...
Weird & Wonderful Wacky Bikey
21/12/2012
So with Christmas parties in full swing and Christmas itself only just around the corner, we thought we’d give you a little something to make you smile in this, our last blog of 2012. But what could we write about? Our favourite mince pie recipes? The best office Christmas party story? The most effective hangover cures?...
