The Bugle | Blast 376
Friday 1st March 2019
Early Summer Edition
RISKY QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Around 5% of gardeners - compared to 4% of cyclists - were found to require medical care for an injury related to their respective activity"
BICYCLIST OF THE WEEK
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Meet 9-year old Lotta Crok - Amsterdam's junior cycling mayor. Amsterdam which has more bikes than people and 63% cycle every day is beyond dreams to any Croydon cyclist. Yet the remaining cars still threaten the well being of many - especially the young.
Lotta says: “The three biggest problems for us are cars, cycling tourists and scooters. The cars take up too much space, the tourists are always swaying side to side and stop when you least expect it, and the scooters simply run you over.”
At 'em Lotta!
OFFICE BICYCLE OF THE WEEK
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Sitting is bad for you, cycling is good for you, work doesn't have to make you do the bad thing.
This isn't training, it isn't sweat making, its just keeping the blood flowing to make you a better and fitter worker. So next time you decide to swop around your office think about throwing out the low table. Ikea do high adjustable ones like this from about £150.
This office bike was retailing at £141 but is out of stock. Indeed they are hard to find: https://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Autonomous-Office-Electronic-Bike-Black-White/17288229/product.html
However, beware of 'under-desk ' training bikes like this:
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They are popular but they really don't work for many people under normal height desks. Its not just the issue of banging your knees if you have long calves but the whole posture for cycling is bad. There are issues with inducing back pain.
Better just to get a high desk and stand.
CONGRATS TO OUR ANERLEY SWIMATHONIANS
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Well done everyone who took part in the swimathon last night - Tim, Belinda, John D, Frank, Sandy, Rob, Jenny, Jo G & Denise. We managed 117 lengths between us in 1 hour. Thanks to everyone who sponsored us - its not too late to donate and help raise money for Purley Rotary charities together with our nominated charity iChurch. Click below on the link: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/anerleybc2019
HERNE HILL TUESDAY
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Next week's Tuesday Ride will be to ... Herne Hill. To learn how to cycle (in a group). Hopefully you have already signed up - otherwise you are all very welcome to come and spectate.
The session is 11:30 until 13:30 at the Velodrome. I believe people will be leaving from Shurguard from 09:30. Best check up with Mark if you don't want to find your own way.
RIDE REPORTS
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Saturday 23rd February: Hot & cold to Pond View at Otford. Introducing Tayyiba (pronounced Tay Baa): https://anerleybc.org/saturday-ride-23rd-february-2019/
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Sundays 24th February. Mark makes his mark with an Anerley themed lunch in Richmond Park: https://anerleybc.org/sunday-ride-24th-february-2019/
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UPCOMING RIDES
Saturday 2nd March: Meet 9:00 at 501/Shurguard.We are are going OFF ROAD again! Hybrid friendly, just no skinny slicks. Out Via Old Lodge Lane, Up Farthing Down, down Shepherds hill and then round the back of Godstone to Flower farm for Tea. Back via Flower Lane, and the North Downs to Pub stop at The Harrow on the Hill. 25 miles
Sunday 3rd March: Meet Shurguard/501 Brighton Road at NOTE EARLIER 9AM START. Mark will be leading to Ightham Mote for lunch. 11:30. Back in Purley 15.00pm
Tuesday 5th March: No ride - replaced by Herne Hill group training session - see above.
Thursday 7h March: Meet Shurguard at 10:00 am.
Destination: tba
FINALLY: FAKE LONDON CYCLE NETWORK?
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Boris might have pinched is eponymous bike scheme from Ken and blew a fair portion of the transport budget on ill-thought out schemes like the Garden, Bridge, Conductor buses and that areaial thing no-one uses - BUT, BUT he did have a major impact on cycling in London. It wasn't just splashing blue paint around. It was real hard infrastructure pushing back on the dominance of moto traffic.
A great deal of what wa achieved was down to his cycling czar - Andrew Gilligan. Anyone who has met him will know that whether you agree with him politically or not - he is a grade 1 cyclist. Committed, knowledgeable and can make stuff happen.
Which is why, perhaps, we should take his repor in this week's Guardian seriously that most of the current Mayor's 'achievements' in improving cycling routes in London is little less than vapourware. The claimed 140km of new structurre is actually old sstructure rebranded, a few signs and many places non-existent.
Read the report of a man who claims to have cycled it: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2019/feb/25/londons-cycle-network-overhaul-has-come-to-a-standstill
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