Surprise Surprise

Here’s a story from the local paper. THE PRESS: Cyclist taken to hospital after Piccadilly junction collision Unfortunately, this doesn’t surprise me at all: I’ve had two near misses riding my bike round that junction since I moved to York, I really don’t consider it to be very safe. I wonder how this crash happened? [...]

Letter to Hugh Bayley, City of York MP, regarding Millennium Bridge

Dear Hugh Bayley, I write concerning the state of the Millennium Bridge river crossing. For the past three weeks it has been covered in snow and ice, and there has been no evidence of any gritting or other clearing activity. I am a research student at the university and have recently moved to South Bank, [...]

Fixie Culture finally hits York

Fixed gear: check Deep section wheels: check Narrow bars: check Lots of spurious bits of white: check Spoke cards (vomit): check Ladies and gentlemen, hipster fixie culture has finally hit York University. I’ve seen a couple of fixed gear bikes around York before, but they’ve looked more like this next one, which I also saw [...]