age of the bicycle

What a fun little video, made by London Transport - it really does the business. I think London might actually be starting to be a little bit more bike friendly. After July 7th bombings the number of bicycles in London ballooned, my friend Andy said that there were a couple of days when some bike shops were short on stock.

Perhaps this is the opportunity to talk about Matt Seaton who writes a column in the guardian and who wrote one of the finest books about cycling I've ever read, called The Escape Artist, a superb book, an autobiography of a cyclist. Its a moving book, dealing in parts with the death of his partner, the writer Ruth Picardie. a recommended read.