The second issue of The Ride, from avid cycling brothers Phillip and Andrew Diprose is a collection of sympathetically written journals from the cycling fraternity mated together with great illustrations and photography. What makes this a great book to own is that it is about the love for bicycles, cycling and how they become a significant part of our lives. There is no prejudice for what you ride, just a common love of riding. The Diprose brothers have put together another collectable edition that makes an inspiring bedtime read. I went along to the issue 2 launch party and hooked up with a bunch of likeminded souls who could talk about bikes forever and that sort of passion is beautifully delivered in this book.
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The Ride Journal
Wed, Apr 08, 2009 10:49
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Mr Blackbird 25 minutes ago
@the little onion It is quite galling to read that Cabango is the Swansea Captain. He is hardly setting a good example to his team mates and fans etc.
a1white 36 minutes ago
@leedorney Great, me neither, but reviews are written for people other than you and I. These are "Tubeless Ready" tyres. They are marketed to work as Tubeless, so it wouldn't be good if the reviewer didn't test them as tubeless for those buying them for tubeless use.
mitsky 39 minutes ago
@wtjs Entirely possible that it was a lie. Given the ban is in place, if he doesn't move his family could he be charged with lying in court?
a1white 43 minutes ago
@tomlew With that logic we should ban all laptops and mobile phones from trains.
wtjs 56 minutes ago
@mitsky the ban would require him to move his family He was just telling a tale- it would be easier and cheaper to just pay for a driver/ chauffeur! Bet he doesn't move.
Jack Sexty 59 minutes ago
@mdavidford Or even A Clockwork Orange, another dystopian classic by Tim Burgess.
mdavidford 1 hour ago
It also tells you NOT to overtake on the approach to a junction or a bend, and specifically and repeatedly admonishes cyclists to take great care passing vehicles near junctions. The driver may well have seen the cyclist on the approach and reasonably assumed that they wouldn't make a suicide dive up the inside of the turn. They should have indicated, but I'm not convinced it would have made any difference to the situation.
mitsky 1 hour ago
The clip states that Ben Cabango pled for mercy as the ban would require him to move his family. This is an "exceptional hardship" plea. Which was ignored. That is the most serious one I've heard of (having to move family), alongside others such as "losing job" etc. So if that sort of plea can be disregarded, why can't other lesser pleas?
wtjs 1 hour ago
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wtjs 2 hours ago
@the little onion Should have gone to Lancashire!
3 thoughts on “The Ride Journal”
I bought Issue 2 as well –
I bought Issue 2 as well – it’s a thing of beauty, with some really good writing from across the spectrum of cycling.
My colleague Dave and I have
My colleague Dave and I have taken Ride into the lab and conducted a series of experiments.
In our first experiment we concluded that at £7 Ride represents excellent value set against a bike mag like C+ that’s about* £4 and has about a quarter of the information.
In a later experiment we measured the thickness of a copy and then compared that to a the thickness of a copy of Rouleur – £9. Our data suggests that Ride is twice as thick.
Next, we’re going to read it
*about – that’s a scientific term that is
I bought it on the back of a
I bought it on the back of a recommendation on the Singletrack forum. But I am saving it for my holidays so wont be able to review it until July.