Here are instructions for your “Trek Time Watch” otherwise known as “Montre Trek Time”. I have no idea why there are no instructions either on the box or printed on a bit of paper and included in the box. So 20th century? I bought one for my wife to fix on the handlebar of her [...]
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My friend Matthew in Singapore sent me this. It is magnetic sign that can be thrown on to a passing car. It is the idea of artist Peter Miller. I have had a few near misses from cars and buses but I am not sure a polite notice is the answer. In my experience most [...]
I have been celebrating Easter. I was preaching about Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. At last they were happy be identified with Jesus as they asked for the body of Jesus in order to bury him. I wonder how they got his body to the tomb, was it on a cart or did some people [...]
Is this what the wise men used as they travelled to Bethlehem? Was that the star? Probably not! The satnav function on Nokia phones is excellent now that it is a free download. It is a dream on the larger touchscreen on the N97 mini I have been trialling, but it is still great on [...]
We have snow again in York. I thought I had seen the last of that for this year. The tyres on my bikes are a bit too narrow and slippery for snow. But look at this! This would get me about. It is a kit called the Ktrak that can be added to a normal [...]
It’s not as small as a Brompton (I do love my Brompton). It’s not as light as a Dahon (though not all Dahons are light). And it’s not as finely engineered as a Moulton (and my Moulton is). So why do the makers of this new design by Makoto Asawa think it is going to [...]
Paris’s on-street bicycle hire scheme is called Vélib and in less than a year it has gone some way to transforming the transport habits of that city. I wonder how long it will be before we see the like in this country. Now in Paris they are to take it further with Autolib. Following the [...]