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Lane Campaign

City cyclists across the world lack protection. Check out these innovative ideas for ad hoc bike lanes.

Conceived as part of the Power to the Pedal Competition, the Contrail - a name inspired by the condensation trail left by aircraft - gives cyclists the chance to re-write the city to their own specification. A series of chalk trails create a record of their travels and remind drivers that cyclists have just as much right to the road as they do.

The high tech version is just as exciting, although less of an artistic experiment and more focused on a genuine solution. By projecting a lane from under the bike seat via a set of lasers, the motorist can easily become aware of the cyclists and gauge how much room to give. Very clever.

Fixed Expression

THE STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL REVOLUTION

They are stunning things. Elegant in their simplicity, purity and detail. They are lighter, faster and cheaper to maintain than normal road bikes. But it goes much deeper than that. Fixed Gear cycling is a way of life.

You Don't Know What You're Missing

To all those yet to partake in a spot of cycling, even after our little call to action a few weeks back, what’s stopping you? Probably something like this, an extract we came across in Rapha's endlessly fascinating and visually stunning Rouleur Magazine:

“So, in front there was Tchmil, then there was Museeuw, then there was another guy from Gewiss in between, I think, then there was me and Baldato, riding two-up as hard as we could. I was puking up on the bike. And we came to the last sector and we caught Musseuw and the other guy, and came onto the Carrefour de l”Arbre, the last sector. There, I dropped the others, so I was second on the road - with the crowd and just going for it, that was the ultimate experience to be second on the road in the Paris-Roubaix, in shit weather, covered in shit.” SEAN YATES after finishing 5th in Paris-Roubaix ’94.

Still don’t fancy it?

What's It All About Eh?

Cyclists. Unnecessarily tight clothing. Difficult to get past in your car.

That’s about as much as I knew about those who choose to cycle mile after mile on their beloved weekends. But that’s because I didn’t understand the sport at all. And not understanding something invariably means it means nothing.

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