Useful Tips
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...
Alternative Uses For Bikes (& Their Parts)
13/12/2012
It goes without saying that we love bikes here at Bikeminded Towers and so recently while chatting over coffee, we got talking about alternative uses for bicycles and about other than riding them, what could you use bikes and their parts for? Here are a few things we found: This lovely bicycle wheel clock from Recycle Chicken not only tells the...
What the mini me wants for Xmas…
30/11/2012
We’ve asked around some very knowledgeable parents and little people we know to bring you a comprehensive list of fabulous things to gift your mini me. For the important little person in your life it is best to plant the seeds early. A onesie like this one in 100% organic cotton therefore makes a...
Welcome to Movember
01/11/2012
This month the moustache is king as the world is overcome by the annual facial hair growing fest that is Movember. This incredibly popular charity has grown from its humble beginnings in Melbourne in 2003 to having raised almost £80 million across the world last year. The money goes toward a number of very worthy...
Anywhere working
03/09/2012
Do you sometimes need to get some work done on the way to a meeting, or would you simply like to get out for some fresh air whilst completing the monthly budget statement? Then you might find that this solution is right up your street… The mobile office was kitted out with a...
Made Good, the ultimate cyclist resource
02/08/2012
We had an email from Will Stewart, the Director of Made Good, telling us about his new website. We opened the link and were pleasantly surprised to see a beautifully crafted and enormously useful new website. Will has produced over 70 films detailing everything from how to fit a hollow crank to how to wash...
On your marks…
25/07/2012
Just three days until the London Olympics gets going, and for those of you who left your homes this morning, you’ll probably have noticed that those Olympic Lanes are in action. Depending on where you’ve been travelling to each day, you may have already experienced some changes to your journey- we’ve certainly been ‘enjoying’ the daily...
London Cyclist: the Handbook
20/07/2012
Our friend Andreas produces just about the most useful and interesting website for cycling, the London Cyclist, which we’re sure you’ve all seen. If you’d ever thought that all of his excellent content would make a good book, then you’ll be pleased to hear that he’s gone and done just that. The London Cyclist Handbook...
