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Useful Contacts Members meetings 5 broken glass and burnt-out cars. about speeding, pavement parking They now have a quick response etc. Thu 5 Aug Summer Bike Ride Problems with Bristol’s traffic-free policy to broken glass. Redfield Beat Police for Bristol end Meet at the Cornubia 19.30 for 20.00 then ride the long way round greenways Have you visited our of Railway Path 0117 945-5727 to the Watershed, to enjoy the opening night of the Cyclescreen Bristol & Bath Railway Path 0117 Parking hotline – 0117 903 8070 to Film Festival and talk about how the summer has been going and website recently? 922-3719 report illegal parking on yellow line(s) South Gloucestershire Council where the Campaign goes next. Ashton Pill Path 0117 903-6822 &/or adjacent pavement when park- “Streetcare” The site is now being updated more regularly Malago Greenway 0117 922-2100 with loads of interesting stuff – it’s more colourful, ing is banned 01454-868000 Thu 2 Sep Tim Wye option 3 has new rides, meetings and members pages. All The new director of Life Cycle UK will be talking about his vision this is in preparation for a complete relaunch later in Smoky diesels (National no) 0870- Environmental Transport Associa- for Bristol’s main cycling Problems on the highway 0117 the year with a brand spanking new look and even 6060-440 option 6 tion To claim discount: Quote Ref promotion charity. 922-2100 Mon-Fri 8.30am-8.00pm. Traffic light problems 0800-854- number 1506 1999 and your BCC more great features. Helpful line with various options for 229 membership number Thu 7 Oct “Beauty and the Bike - It’s the infrastructure stupid!” reporting problems If you have any suggestions for the website or any 55 minute documentary film presented by Veronica Pollard inves- 3 with road surfaces & on shared things you’d like to see up there, please let the Police 0117 927-7777 for all depart- Potholes in roads: fillthathole.org.uk tigating why British teenage girls stop cycling when their counter- pavements webmaster know: ments. Use this line to complain parts in Germany are happy to continue. 4 street-lighting [email protected] Followed by a debate chaired by Martin McDonnell: is it just about infrastructure or is there something more? Shops giving discount to BCyC members Other cycling groups in the Bristol area Meetings are at 8pm at the Cornubia pub - see back pages for details , Queens Ave, Clifton………………..……10% Bike CTC ZeroG www.ctcwest.org.uk/bristol Unit 6, Willow Centre, Downend…………..…..10% 12-14 Park Street, off College Green………....10% Drop-in evening bike workshops Cyclebag East 11-12 North St, Bedminster...... 10% www.digitalbristol.org/members/cyclebag/intro.html Jake’s Bikes are running new “fix your own bike” drop-in sessions designed for people who already do a bit of work on their , Henleaze Road, Henleaze...... 10% Harvey’s own bike, but perhaps don’t have the space or tools to do it all at home. The sessions take place every Thursday evening , 80 Stokes Croft 07920 095198.10% Jakes’ Bikes Avon Outdoor Activities Club from 6:00 to 8:30 and cost £5 per person. For this you get the Park Street - free Summit Club Kathmandu, (summer rides only) www.aoac.co.uk/ use of professional tools and workstands, a helping hand from membership………………10%; certain items..25% other attendees and from staff, and easy access to more new , The Grove, off Queen Square…....10% Mud Dock Mountain Biking and used components than you can possibly imagine! Overbury’s, Sussex Place, Montpelier…...... 10% www bristolmountainbikeclub.com & www bristolmtb. Pembury Cycles co.uk At present the sessions are open to all, but if they become Highridge Road, Bishopsworth……………...….10%v popular they may have to limit numbers, so to avoid 41 Gloucester Rd,Bishopston………………...... 10% Bath cycling & walking groups: disappointment please check their website before you turn up. (parts and accessories only) “Recycle Your Sundays” bike ridesv hazelpennington@ 236 North Street,Bedminster……….....10% Strada, waitrose.com Lifecycle UK are also running ‘Bike Kitchens’ at the Park , Abbotsford Rd, Redland……...... 10% Psyclewerx in Knowle West on Monday evenings from 6-8.30pm throughout the summer unitl September 6. These drop-in bike maintenance workshops are free of charge and open to all - just turn up with your bike. You can use all the tools you want and need only pay for any spare parts that you use.

Contact: Jakes Bikes, Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, Designed by Car Busters in Prague (www.carbusters.org) we distribute these and use the slogan as part of our membership of the 07920 095198 jakesbikes.co.uk/content/fyob.php World-Car-Free-Network. This long thin sticker (approx 10 inches long) fits along your top-bar or similar part of your bike. Shows that The Park, Daventry Road, BS4 1DQ, 0117 9039770 you’re “not part of the problem but part of the solution”! Cost just 50p each or three-for-a-pound. Available at meetings, our stalls, or through the post with a 2nd class stamp. FFI contact [email protected] Help solve cycling’s greatest mystery!

How many times have people said for Cycling City said: bone.” to you ‘I’d like to cycle, but I’m too scared of traffic’? “By giving cyclists the “By carrying out this survey knowledge to keep themselves into the causes of non-collision Not many people know that most on the road, we hope to incidents, we hope to help serious injuries sustained by encourage more people out people avoid the irritating cyclists don’t involve cars or even onto their bikes.” incidents that can sometimes any other road user. People just result in serious injury.” fall off their bikes! . But, oddly, we don’t have much NHS organisations and their partners Real life non-collision incidents idea why. Have you had a ‘non- collision incident’ on your are working to reduce emergency “My crank broke. It was more of a surprise than anything – I thought the gear had slipped, but when I looked down and Now NHS Bristol, working bike? admissions to hospital, and saw bits of my old bike in the road I realised what had happened. I wasn’t hurt badly - just scratched, but I was lucky in partnership with Greater need to understand the causes not to have gashed my leg badly”. Bristol’s Cycling City team and Log onto http://www.betterbybike.info/ of non-collision injuries so that “Silly thing really – I was getting ready to go from a bike ‘hoop’ set into paving slabs, under a tree. The slabs were the West of England Road non-collision-incidents and tell NHS appropriate safety messages Safety Partnership, is urging damp and the front wheel skidded away from me. I kept my balance, but only just”. Bristol more about it - no matter can be integrated with publicity cyclists to help find out more about promoting the many health “When I was really little I thought “what happens if I just yank the handlebar round as hard as I can”. So I tried it. I how trivial or serious what causes ‘non-collision cycling benefits of activity such as cycling crashed. I can’t remember any injury though”. incidents’. and walking. “It’s Rob, Bristol. Non-collision injuries do not involve interesting that the biggest This project is part of Cycling City’s collisions with lampposts, trees or hazards cyclists face appears plans to get more people cycling, “During a cold snap and while riding my bicycle in Bath at the beginning of 2009, I came off my bicycle on a patch of other ‘fixed and stationary objects’, to be, more or less, under our more safely and more often in Bristol black ice. This happened outside the front of Bath Spa station. As I turned into the station my bicycle slipped away other cyclists, or pedestrians. own influence, as I know all too and South Gloucestershire. very quickly and I found myself sprawled across my bike. There were no other vehicles involved. The incident was well after slipping on wet leaves reported to the station staff and during a visit to the bike shop (AVC) behind the station – I discovered I had not been The vast majority of non-collision last year and breaking my collar the only cyclist to have slipped on this bit of ice during the last few days. incidents are mere inconveniences that may not lead to injury at all, but I visited my GP a few weeks later because my chest was still painful to be told I had probably broken a rib”. in England last year, 8,540 cyclists were admitted to a hospital bed in an All figures quoted in this article are from Hospital Episode Statistics produced Simon, Frome, North Somerset. emergency following a non-collision by the NHS from records supplied by Hospital Trusts in England. Causes incident – more than four times more of admissions are coded according to the International Classification of “I was cycling in the Alps with my brother. We had taken the bikes up the mountain on a ski lift so we could ride down than all those knocked off their bikes Diseases 10, which includes 49 transport accident and collision codes. by cars, pick up trucks, vans lorries on the loose gravel trails. We had reached one of the last bends at the bottom, where I’d slowed to about 5mph because there were people walking. Going round the bend, the front wheel slid away and I crashed down, hitting a and buses (http://www.hesonline.nhs. Non-collision injuries to cyclists resulting in 9,584 people needing to be rock and breaking a rib.” uk/). admitted to a hospital bed in England during 2007/08. In 2007/08, 8,666 of the 9,584 admissions (90%) of admissions were emergency admissions. Alex, Berkshire. Non-collision incidents are probably caused by all sorts of things: slipping Admission to hospital is different from attendance at an emergency on ice, hitting potholes, bad bike department where typically people are treated as an outpatient. Only maintenance, getting clothing caught, people with the most serious circumstances are admitted. We do not have Fancy being paid for doing tricks and even riding under the any reliable figures about the numbers treated in Emergency Departments riding a bike? influence of alcohol are all possible as a result of non-collision cycling incidents. causes. Pedal Walla is a new company Road collisions that are attended by a police officer are recorded in the bringing pedicabs to Bristol as a But because the police are rarely STATS19 database. Non-collision cycling injuries are very unlikely to sustainable, green alternative to the involved, we know little about the appear in this database. old gas guzzler. They are looking for pattern of incidents and injuries that keen riders to help out. result. However, since they do not The average age of all non-collision cycling admissions is currently 25 involve anybody else, the cyclist is years Contact Tommy at pedalwalla. com more in control of the events that lead to these incidents. If we can raise Non-collision injuries are not subject to the ‘safety-in-numbers’ phenomenon [email protected] awareness of the biggest causes, we (Jacobsen, 2003) that has been observed to result in reduction in injury 01172 30 50 80 can reduce the numbers of injuries. rate due to collision between cyclists and other vehicles as the numbers of cyclists increase. Cllr Jon Rogers, former Bristol City Council Executive Member did, with a turn out of about 200. Our 1,700 km itinerary is focused World Naked Bike Ride Clothes flew off and body painting around mobilisations for climate with slogans such as “more ass, justice and will take us more than two Bristol’s first World Naked Bike Ride went with a swing! less gas”, “blooms not fumes”, and months: from 25 June until August 31 “does my ass look big in this?” were 2010. slapped on as people got ready for Bristols World Naked Bike Ride. The Ecotopia Biketour is not just Bristol is gearing up for one of the across Bristol to enjoy pedalling any roadtrip of simple pedal power biggest fringe festival the city has ever through two-weeks of all things bike through picturesque panoramas, it’s Terry Miller said ‘The response from seen – theatre, tours, choirs, city- and beautiful.” spectators was warm, friendly & en- full of environmental campaigning and wide games, fashion, talks, activism, actions too. thusiastic with grins, waves off-the-grid stages, carnival, food and “We started as just a small hub of toots, wolf whistles; even waves & more – all inspired by the bicycle. enthusiasts with an idea but the interest brief siren bursts of support from We will participate in campaigns at has been phenomenal, and the idea is places we pass: supporting front-line strategically positioned fire engines. With over 50 events across the city, spinning out in every direction. This is Tourists had broad grins and communities in reclaiming their land organized by the great Bristol public going to be the start of a festival which against polluting industries; debunking many were diving for their cameras September 11-26, Bristol Cycle will be the cycling culture expo for & videos. nuclear power myths; taking direct Festival will showcase the diversity Bristol for years to come.” action against the oil and coal of all things bike. Already more than ‘At Baldwin Street one topless industries; highlighting alternatives to 30 groups, including cycling clubs, “We have created the hub – now we highway expansions; supporting the lass's pedal fell off & the four of us community and arts organisations, need you, the spokes, to make this at the end got left behind. Even transition to carfree cities; at the same schools, companies and enthusiasts wheel turn.” time as organising ourselves the way that became hilarious - blank face are getting involved to create a chain responses from pedestrians to the we wish to see global issues dealt of events that will explore, celebrate Visit bristolcyclefestival.com to with. question"which way did the rest of and promote cycling Bristol-wide. download the event planning resource the naked cyclists go?" Relieved pack and grant pack, read the festival Each week there will be workshops, when we caught up with the rest in A growing coalition of Bristol groups blog, check out the event diary, submit The Bristol World Naked Bike Ride After a little tension caused when a po- discussions and (without doubt) Nelson Street. is getting the wheels in motion for the event ideas, contact the festival is a protest against oil dependency lice misunderstanding threatened to fun & games. Some of the biggest two-week cycling festival. Shambala team and get involved. and is also a promotion of Car Free de-nude the ride (and arrest those not ‘What an amazing experience! Festival, Team Rubber, Bristol City Sundays in the city centre. It is also complying) just 3 days before, a letter Many many thanks to Sylvie & the Council’s Neighbourhood Arts team, (not a little) symbolic of the vulner- arrived stating that the ride could go Full Moon. When is the next one?!’ Sustrans, Spoke n’ Chain and many ability of cyclists and pedestrians in on, nude as planned, as long as there others have collaborated with Greater traffic, and a party in the streets! weren’t any serious complaints. And it With thanks to Terry and Bristol Indymedia Bristol’s Cycling City team to plan the festival and now is the time for the rest of Bristol’s bike-loving community to get involved. tour helps erous efforts and talents of Lorraine brilliant way to raise funds to support raise £380 for Palmer from Bishopston. Barbara the work of all children’s hospices. It Get in Gear grants now online Gelb, Chief Executive of Children’s was great fun and we simply couldn’t ‘Get in Gear’ grants are now available Children’s Hospices Hospices UK said “Everyone who have done it without the tremendous for individuals and community groups turned out for the event seemed to support of Bristol Cycling Campaign.” who want to put on their own event UK love every minute of it day. What a within the carnival and festival. Thirty grants of up to £500 will be awarded, In April, over 30 cyclists took part in and all events will be publicised in the a charity cycle ride following a tour of festival program. The deadline for the Banksy’s artwork across Bristol to raise second round of grants (‘the Sweaty stops will be at the Towards Carfree money for Children’s Hospices UK, the Saddle session’) is between 14th Cities Conference at the end of national voice for all children’s hospic- June and 21 July. Cycle for climate June, the French climate camp in es. July and the German climate camp in Grant applications are already justice in Western August. All along the route we hope Inspired by last summer’s Banksy ex- freewheeling in, including bike to meet, stay with and learn from local hibition, the cyclists were treated to a monologues, talks and stories, street Europe communities who take sustainable tour which included some of Banksy’s shows, bike fairs, races and tours, development into their own most famous street artworks in North bike workshops, long and short bike Join the Ecotopia Biketour! hands: home-made, home grown, Bristol. These included: gorilla with rides and on-bike treasure hunts. permaculture, renewables, recycling, Laura and Moritz of Ecotopia Biketour pink mask on Road; the Cycle Festival organiser Chris preservation of natural reserves... And invite you to join them... green dogs at the Kebele Community Johnson said: there’s going to be a whole lot more: Centre (shown right); and the elephant We aren’t worried about volcano ash the Ecotopia Biketour is whatever we with Polaris missile in St Andrews. The “This festival is all about building on clouds getting in our way: we’re going make it. intrepid riders were then rewarded for the Bristol’s existing diverse cycling to cycle from North Yorkshire (United their efforts with delicious soup and culture, linking up all the exciting Kingdom), via Leeds, Bristol, Caen, Le If you want to join (a part) of cake, all home made thanks to the gen- projects, getting all the cogs moving Havre, Calais, Ostende and Brussels to the biketour, you can register at the same time and helping people Cologne (Germany). at ecotopiabiketour.net. The ideal tandem is the ‘kiddy back’ the pedals removed which you can with your child on the road. And here’s version in which the rear seat is re-fit once the child has mastered the rub. Bristol’s roads can be pretty CYCLING WITH CHILDREN scaled to the child from the outset. balance and steering. intimidating, even for adult cyclists. Alternatively, you can sometimes I will come back to this in the next Do you have young children? Like to take them out on the bike, but not sure how to start? adapt an adult tandem, for example Buying a by fitting kiddy cranks or crank bike shorteners. Kiddy cranks are a child- William Baker shares his experiences of cycling with his young son sized chainset attached to the tandem Make sure chain-ring by an extra chain (see the bike picture below). Crank shorteners are fits your Bristol Cycle Campaign’s vision is of accepts it as he or she gets older. You deserved the huge cream cake at the cranks that you bolt onto the adult child. This a city in which cycling, walking and will find the bike easy to handle when top. cranks and bring the pedals about 2 is important public transport are the main ways the baby is still relatively light. And inches closer to the child. This was for safety. by which we travel. Cars will have you should have little trouble adapting Child trailers provide an alternative all I needed for converting my adult Bikes are their place but at a far reduced and to the change in bike handling as the way of carrying small children tandem so that my 6 year old son not like sustainable level. But if cycling is to child’s weight gradually increases. and have many advantages over could cycle it. a school become a mainstream method of child seats. Many will take two uniform transport, we have to start young. Child seats work best with mountain children, as well as shopping and Pedalling independently which the Many children would like to cycle. or hybrid type bikes but most bikes child paraphernalia. They are more child can It’s egalitarian, it’s cheap, it’s healthy will do. Wider lower pressure tyres comfortable for the child and provide Most children can learn to ride a bike ‘grow into and above all its fun. better protection against between age 3 and 6. The secret of it’. Try and Surveys show that 50 the weather. Some can cycling is balance, not pedalling. So get as light per cent of children say covert to prams or even start with a ‘balance bike’ or normal a bike as they would like to cycle take skis. However, they child’s bike with the pedals removed. possible, to school, yet only 2 are harder work for the Make sure the seat is low enough for particularly per cent do. cyclist, particularly up the child to put both feel flat on the in the early hills. Fellow Campaign ground. Find a gentle slope, stand in years. You will carry it a lot. Avoid issue. Bear in mind that cycling on The Campaign is member, Emma, uses front of the bike and, fingers crossed, suspension – it adds weight and pavements is not a criminal offence starting to look at how her trailer all the time the child will coast effortlessly towards is of little use. More gears are not for children under 10 and most people it can achieve its vision and swears by it, despite you. Alternatively, gently support them necessarily better; front derailleurs accept this as the norm for younger of family and children the odd disparaging to start with by guiding them at the top are superfluous until the child is at children. However, you should be able cycling as a normal, remark from uninformed of their backs. least 11. Make sure the brakes and to cycle with children on some of the every day way of life. motorists. (See left) cranks are sized properly and aim for quieter roads. This is not utopian. It is My son started off on a bargain Lidl’s a fairly upright riding position. already commonplace Pedalling passengers balance bike at age 2 and went The basics for children are that they in many European everywhere on it. He was given his Isla bikes are the gold standard for are a competent cyclist, know their cities – 50 per cent of A ‘trailer bike’ is in effect first proper bike at age 3 and was children’s bikes. They are beautifully left from the right and will respond Danish children cycle a child’s bike in which the confidently cycling it within half an made, tough but light. They are not to instructions. In terms of road to school, for example. front wheel is replaced cheap but positioning, the child leads with the But we have a long by a long towbar. This is represent a parent cycling a bike length behind. way to go. In the next issue I will look also help since they absorb the attached to the adult bike either at the much better Make sure the child can hear your at some of the problems in Bristol but bumps. Always make sure you strap seat post or to a special rear pannier deal than instructions and ride alongside them also describe some excellent projects the child’s feet in and the child is rack. Rack-attached trailer bikes are the average when coming up to side roads. And of to address them. wrapped up warm. Reclining child much better, although they cost more. Xbox and course, make sure the child (and you) seats are particularly good because Trailer bikes can be hard work for the games. My is wearing high visibility clothes. You In this issue I give some practical young children tend to drop off to cyclist, particularly on longer rides. son is on might also want to find out about cycle advice on how to cycle with children, sleep almost as soon as you set off However, they do allow the child to his second training. There is a lot of free provision how to cycle as a family and how on your trip. feel like they are joining in. Trailer Isla bike and for children in Bristol which I will say to encourage children to cycle bikes are suitable for children aged will soon be more about in the next issue. independently. Much of it is based on Most child seats fit onto the pannier from about 4 to 9. (See front cover ready for his my own experience, having cycled rack which stops you carrying picture). third. I have Bristol Cycle Campaign wants to with my son since he was 6 months panniers. So fit low rider front panniers found that encourage family cycling, both for old. for carrying all the baby paraphernalia. I rode with my son on a trailer bike Isla bikes utility and leisure. We have launched Far better than a rucksack on your many times, including quite a few are highly a series of rides for families, children Babies and toddlers back. Make sure you build in plenty Campaign Sunday rides (and he still sought and and less confident adult cyclists. of breaks for your child to run around enjoys cycling!). However, our cycling command a These rides are short, either off road Child seats provide the easiest way during longer rides. was transformed once he grew tall good second or on very quiet roads and include lots of carrying very small children. You enough to fit on my tandem (with hand value – of breaks and often fun activities. If can start using them from about 6-9 I cycled many miles with my son in adaptations). Tandems are certainly at least half you are interested, visit the ‘Discover months (or once the baby can hold a child seat (see picture top right), the most efficient and sociable hour. A proud moment for a cycle-mad their original price. Bristol’ website discoverbristol.org.uk. up its head properly) to 4 to 5 years both for getting around town and for method of cycling with young children. dad. old, depending on weight. It is better longer rides in the country. Cycling However, they are expensive and take Road cycling with parents Next issue: children cycling in Bristol, to start when the child is young. The up Cheddar Gorge was one of the up room in your house. Try to avoid stabilisers if possible. cycling to school and initiatives to baby takes it for granted and happily tougher challenges – I certainly felt I Better for the child to use a bike with At some point you will want to cycle encourage children to cycle. If you can cope with getting up to them (and our Bromptons By Brompton through Italy managed most of the hills) there are stunning mediaeval hill top Breakdowns, beautiful scenery and bemused locals were just some of the things Sue Black and her towns every few kilometres, husband encountered on their tour of the Via Flamina on Brompton folding bikes. certainly in the areas we travelled Sue takes up the tale... in (Le Marche, Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany). We stayed in B&Bs or “Your bike’s making a funny town of Urbino which we reached less common than rather busier cheap hotels, and never once had noise” I said as we cycled into by bus, the next day found us in bits. And as we got nearer to problems finding accommodation, Fano on the Italian Adriatic coast, Rome rather sooner than planned Rome the road got busier and though we were quite adaptable, start of the ancient Via Flaminia and a visit to said agent soon had busier, till we were riding with especially to Italian plumbing and our long-planned cycle along us with two complete bikes again. 4 lanes of traffic each way. I’d and Italian breakfasts! On the it to Rome. We had arrived late We can heartily recommend cheerfully suggested that we set subject of food even the smallest the previous evening on the train BBikes in Rome for the efficient, out from our Fawlty Towers hotel café or shop had fresh, local and from Milan, and were ready to friendly service we had from 30 km from Rome “nice and early” seasonal ingredients, wonderful orientate ourselves and prepare them, and dead cheap. to avoid the Monday morning rush coffee, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, for departure the next day. hour traffic, forgetting that car salads, icecream. One Italian Instead we trailed around Fano So back up the Via Flaminia by drivers have the same thought take-away shop even had cooked in the wake of Franco, a cycle train to Foligno and start again a and can go faster!! spinach on offer, not something friendly café owner, who took bit further along the road. I got that is seen often over here. lanes, but Florence was brilliant breakdown front, as by the time us to every cycle shop in town the idea of riding the Via Flaminia So there we were, sandwiched with its red painted riverside bike we got to Florence, hubby’s in an effort between cars Everywhere we went were art lanes and bike routes marked gears were held together with to get the 3 with scooters treasures and architectural gems everywhere. an opened paper clip, a very broken spokes winding their from Roman to Renaissance and successful manoeuvre as it mended frantic way beyond. Just popping in to a On the way back we renewed turned out, it kept him cycling up that were around us, in local church on spec revealed a acqaintance with the green quite steep hills albeit with only the cause of the pouring rain tryptich by Pinturicchio (Spello) bike paths of Paris, which were two gears (legs trained courtesy the problem in the Monday or a breathtaking Roman mosaic especially pleasant as that of Bristol’s hills!). However the (probably morning snarl floor (Bevagna). particular morning was a bank situation gradually deteriorated, acquired when up with no holiday and the streets were because the next problem tightly packed other cyclists in We of course spent many hours in almost deserted between Gare de was that the free wheel facility into the boot sight. Cheerful Rome and Florence exploring the Lyon and Gare du Nord. disappeared, which meant that of a car on “Buon giorno’s” art galleries and buildings, and in because his legs simply couldn’t the way out to adjacent car all these cities we pottered along By the time of our return journey go round fast enough to keep up here, but that’s drivers simply on our Bromptons. Rome didn’t there had been some more with the pedals going downhill, another story!) confirmed seem to have too many bike developments on the Brompton they (the legs) were placed on to them our the cross bar out of the way, a Hubby was complete somewhat precarious position cursing that idiocy as they and not to be wholeheartedly he had not concentrated on recommended for stability, but it brought spare tearing their hair got him back home. spokes, and and tooting the done that idiot in the car in Now I expect that there are Brompton front. However many folks out there throwing maintenance they were very up your hands in horror at this course before cycle tolerant account, but don’t you think it leaving. None if bemused demonstrates a spirit of ingenuity of the cycle mechanics were from reading Ann Mustoe’s and we finally got safely inside and determination? Well anyway, game to dismantle the back book “A Bike Ride, 12,000 miles Rome for a welcome respite and that Brompton maintenance wheel of this strange and (in Italy) around the world”, a marvellous coffee in the Piazza Flaminia. course is definitely on the to-do unknown little bike. read. However I gradually came After that we kept to the routes list!! to realise that her trip having recommended in the Lonely We were able to establish that been done 23 years previously, Planet “Cycling in Italy” book, with Do you have an interesting cycling the nearest Brompton agent levels of traffic have increased great success. tale to tell? The Editor would love to was in Rome so having spent somewhat since then! There hear from you! Please email editor@ a wonderful interlude over the were some lovely quiet stretches The Via Flaminia aside, Italy is bristolcyclingcampiagn.org.uk weekend in the stunning hill top of the road, but sadly these were simply stunning for cycle touring. we have two years of his detailed but it was not personally sustainable. correspondent shortly before his thoughts and analysis recorded. As As he wrote to me a month before his death: “I’ve found it quite difficult he wrote in hisfirst post, “At the very death, “I’ve been blogging/campaign- to blog lately, partly because I has Chris Hutt RIP least (the blog is) no more than a ing more or less non-stop for a year to prioritise paid work but there’s Bristol lost one of its most dedicated green campaigners earlier this year, when Chris Hutt – erstwhile personal record of my thoughts and and a half and haven’t had something else BCyC committee member, founder of Cyclebag, green blogger, councillors’ bugbear and self-styled deeds, recorded for my dotage so a decent holiday for years. “Institutional Motorism” - which seems that I can see that I was once a I know Bristol is just a drop a deep rooted prejudice in to be missing. ‘grumpy old man’ – was found dead in his home. Chris was well known for his thought-provoking and literate and rational person (or so in the ocean of humanity Perhaps I’ve outspoken blog ‘Green Bristol Blog’, as well as for his work campaigning for sustainable transport over I now think) and of course some- but it’s the drop where I favour of motorised traffic burnt myself many decades, and his passing inspired many tributes in print and online. thing for posterity, to show the fu- can have some influence at the expense even of the out, as they ture world that I once existed and so I feel obliged to do what safety, let alone the conve- say...My 60th thought.” His blog became the go I can.” nience, of those that dare birthday is next Chris described himself as “a Green restraint and traffic calming as well As he explained on his blog, “So why to place for transport campaigners to travel on foot or bicycle October, al- in the broadest sense of someone as the promotion of cycling.” is it failing? Well in the first place it and politicians alike as the caliber “Sadly, we won’t be read- From Chris’s blog, 2010 though being who considers caring for our envi- set itself hopelessly unrealistic tar- of discourse around transport is- ing any further posts on of a gloomy ronment a fundamental duty”, and Sadly, over the years Chris became gets, especially doubling the number sues was so high. As a politician, the Green Bristol Blog, but disposition I’m campaigned passionately and tire- steadily more disil- of cyclists within you ignored his blog at your peril. we can honour his memory by ensur- already getting used to the idea. It’s lessly all his life to promote cycling lusioned with what the three years, ing that the Bristol and Bath pathway a bit of a shock really because 60 We shall miss Chris, but we “He was one of those rare human that he was partly responsible for cre- is definitely ‘old’ rather than middle and combat car dependency. His he called “the lack shall also remember him. Ev- and so by its own best known and most lasting leg- of progress and the criteria it’s bound beings who lived for the truth. He ating (and defending in recent years), aged. Surely this can’t be happen- eryone who walks or cycles acy will undoubtedly be as one of relentless rise in our to fail. If it was tirelessly and selflessly worked on ing to me! I’m quite worried about the founder members of Cyclebag, car dependency”. the Railway Path is benefiting merely a ques- his own time to improve our public what’s going on on the inside too the forerunner of Sustrans, and his He also became from the work he and others tion of setting streets and pathways...He realized – starting to experience discomfort work with Cyclebag in designing estranged from put in to building that path, over ambitious that what we were up against was around chest which is a new thing”. and building the Bristol-Bath Rail- Sustrans, which he and it exists as a wonderful targets Cycling not just bad policies, but something Despite these prescient words, his way path. criticised for con- memorial to everyone who City might be for- more deeply rooted - he coined the death still came as a shock to all term on his blog last month, “Insti- who knew him and followed his centrating on off- wanted to change our city, to given - we’ve all In the words of one blogger, “As road cycle routes been there. But tutional Motorism – a deep rooted blog. make it a better place. prejudice in favour of motorised an environmentalist, as a trans- at the expense of Bristol Traffic the problems are port campaigner and as a cycling promoting decent more fundamen- traffic at the expense even of the His funeral was held at Canford champion he worked furiously over on-road cycle provi- tal than that...In safety, let alone the convenience, Crematorium on the 30th April four decades arguing for change, sion. essence in comes down to a lack of of those that dare to travel on foot 2010. His son Chris wrote on promoting new ideas and raging honesty and openness which we can or bicycle.” May the memory of his Green Bristol Blog after the funeral, against the motor car, the harm it Chris was strongly critical of car- trace back a very long way, through life inspire us to dig this fetid beast “I adapted and decorated a does to our city and the big money centric council policies over the the previous Labour administration of up by the root and replace it with large bicycle to carry my dad’s and political support it always at- years, and was strongly opposed to Bristol City Council to Cycling Eng- something more beautiful, kind and coffin with a cavalcade of cy- tracts.” Bristol being awarded Cycling City land and Sustrans.” humane. clists following behind the cy- status. Earlier this year he ap- is protected from development and cle hearse to the crematorium. As Chris himself put it, “I bear some peared on BBC West’s ‘Inside Out’ One of the most eloquent online trib- “You could tell that the injustice of diesel fumes forever. Step up, Bristol Around 80 people turned up to say responsibility for changes in trans- programme to explain why he con- utes which appeared after Chris’s the world hurt him deeply- he saw City Council.” farewell. Thank you all, I was very port thinking in Bristol that emerged sidered Cycling City to be a failure. death came from Josh Hart of onthe- clearly that the people who are do- touched and pleased that so many in the 1980s and 90s, notably traffic levelblog. Josh wrote: ing the most Only weeks before his people made it”. to preserve He was the most gifted route death, Chris had blogged “Chris was a hero for the world finder in Britain and sur- about the continuing A fitting end to a life devoted to cy- as we know threat to the Bristol- cling and cycle campaigning. cycling and the en- veyed much of the National it- those get- Bath Railway Path from vironment, dedicat- Cycle Network in the 90s. He ing huge chunks of ting around Bus Rapid Transit plans by bike and had this uncanny knack of still being promulgated his time to improving finding the optimum route our streets and try- foot- are also by the West of England which would be most likely ing to turn the tide of those who Partnership. Many oth- increasing motoriza- are suffering to attract people, and that is er commentators have tion. the worst im- what it is all about. echoed Josh’s call for pacts of our John Grimshaw, co-founder of the Council to honour We are all fortu- car depen- Sustrans Chris’s memory by guar- nate that he started dent system. anteeing the future of the the Green Bristol Railway Path as a green Blog in May 2008, so “A part of me thinks he was aware corridor safe from fumes and danger. that he was not long for this world- A cavalcade of the fervor with which he cam- Chris passed away peacefully in his cyclists follows the paigned for a sane and humane armchair at home in late February Chris may be gone but his thoughts cycle-drawn hearse transport system has been terribly this year, aged only 59. He had been live on - read his blog at at Chris’s funeral important for the development of suffering from tiredness and chest greenbristolblog.blogspot.org Bristol’s livable streets movement, pains for some time. He wrote to one Do you have a More seaside bike trains! Cyclist’s Inferiority Complex? The seaside trains continue over the summer, and there’s now a Saturday service to Weymouth Full details are below, with thanks to Terry Miller Veronica Pollard can help... Due to a shortage of “ordinary trains” on some First Great Western routes, the Department for Transport have hired I am writing this article because when hug the kerb and not get in the way of makes following drivers happier “old fashioned train sets” with “top & tail” diesel freight engines at the front & back. This great news for cyclists as half I train adults I realise that the main other traffic. as they can see you all the time. of one carriage provides luggage space with room for many cycles. Using these “real trains” is like travelling in a time- problem with a surprising number of • We can cycle in a place on the warp with tables at all seats! They are ideal for a train assisted family or group cycle ride e.g. Yatton for the Strawberry them is just as the title suggests. But In turning this idea on its head, road that is visible to drivers line – or further afield. 3 or more passengers travelling off-peak can take advantage of the GroupSave ticket offer to we don’t have to become smug and who will not be looking towards save money on tickets. The “cycle trains” are indistinguishable from ordinary trains on FGW’s timetables & website, in However I would like to make a few superior, we can just take our rightful the kerb when they come out case the old fashioned train sets are unavailable. However, we can give the following details for the summer service: points that may suggest that we have place in the traffic with courtesy of side roads, or they cross no need to feel as if we should ‘stay ,good communication, and a law- oncoming traffic to turn right into WEEKDAY service 24th May 2010 - 10th December 2010 out of the way‘ of motor vehicles and abiding relationship to the Highway a side road. They will be mostly that we have every right to take our Code. After all if we have equal looking at where most of the well earned place on the roads. rights, we must also have the same traffic is. Paignton Dep 1247 responsibilities. • We can cycle in a narrow lane Exeter St Davids Dep 1334 Taunton Dep 0728 1102 1411 1616 1917 For a start, we ride vehicles and as in a way that prevents following Weston-super-Mare Dep 0806 1145 1445 1651 2007 such have as much right to be on the Once we have got over our almost traffic from squeezing by and Yatton Dep 0821 1156 1457 --- 2020 road as all other vehicles. makes them overtake us Bristol Temple Meads Dep 0619 0847 1221 1521 1721 2045 We all pay for roads. There is no properly (and give us far more Bristol Parkway Arr ---- 0905 ------Newport Arr 0701 ---- 1300 1606 1759 such thing as ‘road tax’ – it was room!). Cardiff Arr 0720 ---- 1322 1629 1818 abolished in the thirties. Motor • We can wait at junctions in a vehicles attract Vehicle Excise position that prevents drivers Cardiff Dep 0800 ---- 1400 1700 1900 Duty, but road building and going the same way from Newport Dep 0815 ---- 1415 1715 1915 maintenance come out of general squeezing in next to us and Bristol Parkway Dep ---- 0912 ------Bristol Temple Meads Dep 0855 0925 1453 1753 1955 taxation. People who ride bikes preventing us seeing what’s Yatton Dep 0912 0944 1508 1813 2013 pay for roads but do almost no happening. Weston-super-Mare Arr 0926 1003 1524 1829 2029 damage to them. • We can leave the same Taunton Arr 1002 1604 1908 2110 distance from parked cars as Exeter St Davids Arr 1033 Paignton Arr 1127 Bicycle riders were on the roads drivers do and be more visible long before car drivers, which may to those who may be thinking of Saturday Summer services – 4 September 2010 make the case that tarmacadam opening the car door. was developed to make cyclists’ • We don’t have to keep out of rides a little more comfortable. the way of traffic, because we Bristol Temple Meads Dep 0909 People who ride bikes rather than are part of the traffic and can Keynsham Dep 0917 driving bring huge benefits to move to safer places if we have Oldfield Park Dep 0924 Bath Spa Arr 0927 Dep 0928 the roads and the city – they are good reason to do so and if we Bradford-on-Avon Dep 0941 quiet, they don’t pollute the air, communicate effectively. Trowbridge Dep 0949 • Westbury Arr 0956 Dep 1002 they mostly don’t take as much Communication can be just a Castle Cary Dep 1026 space on the carriageway, the bike good look behind at the driver, Yeovil Pen Mill Arr 1047 Dep 1049 has a tiny cradle-to-grave carbon it can be a hand signal, it can Weymouth Arr 1142 footprint when compared to a car be a road position you have Weymouth Dep 1655 and they are healthier and happier already taken up, it can be a Yeovil Pen Mill Arr 1739 Dep 1741 employees, parents, friends and instinctive feelings of inferiority, we ‘thank you’ wave, it could be eye Castle Cary Dep 1805 Westbury Arr 1833 Dep 1838 neighbours etc. may be able to see more clearly that contact with someone waiting to Trowbridge Arr 1844 the fact is that all of us, whether we come out of a side road and it Bradford-on-Avon Arr 1850 In Copenhagen they have worked out are sitting in a car or riding a bike, are can also be a ring of your bell. Bath Spa Arr 1906 Dep 1907 Oldfield Park Arr 1909 that when someone drives a car, it people using the roads to get from A Keynsham Arr 1917 costs the city money. When someone to B. The good news is that anyone who would Bristol Temple Meads Arr 1929 does the same journey by bike it So here are some ideas that flow from like to try out any of these ideas and saves the city money (in terms of a changed point of view: doesn’t have the confidence, can now Tip - the bike coach is maroon; the others are blue. health costs, congestion, air pollution have an hour’s one to one confidence Unlike previous years, the train remains on the sidings at road damage, crashes etc). • We don’t have to hug the building session with a Bikeability Weymouth until it comes back at 1655. kerb and keep swinging back instructor for just £5 (courtesy of Cycling However despite all of the above, a lot towards the kerb at every City and Bristol City Council) For timetables with details of local station stops see of people have this feeling of inferiority opportunity. We can keep Contact Life Cycle UK : 0117 3534580 http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4934 –perhaps with some of its basis in old- in a straight line with our lifecycleuk.org.uk Timetable no 27 for Bristol - Weymouth fashioned cycle proficiency training reference the stream of traffic [email protected] that taught children that they should rather than the kerb. This Infrastructure update Bristol Cycling Campaign contacts Chairman Martin Tweddell Mail (including articles for this magazine if you don’t Cycling City Infrastructure Ride [email protected] have email): BCyC, Box 60, Booty, 82 Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5BB Rob Gallagher and other members of Bristol Cycling Campaign accompanied members of the Cycling CIty team to Hon Secretary Martin McDonnell inspect new and planned infrastructure projects. Rob reports on what they saw and what they thought of it. [email protected] A site ride was organised for the Cycling City programme, at the latter facility may be one of Website www.bristolcyclingcampaign.org.uk Veronica Pollard Bristol Bike Forum on Thursday least. this year’s best projects, as it Membership Join via our website or email: 7 Alpha Rd, Bristol BS3 1DH 27th May to inspect new Cycling potentially connects up several [email protected] [email protected] City infrastructure. The ride was (2) The new schemes were mostly cycle routes running north- For other information email: info@bristolcyclingcam- led by officers from Bristol City focused on off-road routes. south and east-west. paign.org.uk Martin Tweddell Council’s Walking and Cycling There were good reasons for Treasurer Email for magazine articles: [email protected] Team, and attended by about this – for example, encouraging (4) It was interesting that some [email protected] 20 people (officers and Forum less experienced cyclists; of the routes visited were new [email protected] members). The ride was over 17 the ability to be implemented (even unknown) to some of Website miles long, and included visits to quickly; the ability to use land the Forum members. This BCyC e-group This is a useful way of keeping in touch Cathy Sampson 0117 9669414 Ashton Sidings, Hartcliffe Way, already owned by the Council; shows that there are gaps in Magazine with what’s happening cycle-wise in Bristol and is dead [email protected] easy to join. You can subscribe with a few clicks from the Articles to Box 60, Booty, 82 Colston St, Bristol BS1 5BB BCC website at www.bristolcyclingcampaign.org.uk – just click on ‘Contact’ and follow the instructions. Rides Philippe Cazalis 0117 9669414 [email protected] Monthly meetings We meet on the first Meeting agenda items – send to Thursday of each month [email protected] in the upstairs room of Box 60, Booty, 82 Colston St, Bristol BS15BB the Cornubia pub, off Victoria Street (which General enquiries info@ bristolcyclingcampaign.org.uk links Temple vMeads and (non-urgent) Box 60, Booty, 82 Colston St, Bristol Bristol Bridge). Meet- BS15BB ings kick off at 7.30pm and the main business Stall and publicity materials starts at 8pm. [email protected] All welcome! Please try and turn up, even if it’s just to share a drink – we are very informal

main roads being addressed people’s knowledge of routes, Whitchurch Railway Path, St. The BCyC committee are Georges Park Link, Speedwell under the Greater Bristol Bus even for regular cyclists, and Link (Ridgeway Playing Fields), Network programme. Some emphasises the need for good Chairman and Treasurer Martin Tweddell Eastville Park and Muller Road of the off-road routes were route signing and a more Crossing. The route can be viewed completely new (e.g. Speedwell prominently-defined city route Vice-chairman and Recruitment Steve Kinsella at Link, Ashton Sidings); others network. Rob Gallagher Hon Secretary and Website Martin McDonnell http://www.mapmyride.com/route/ involved upgrading of existing Treasurer Martin Tweddell Media Emma Barraclough gb/bristol/287127349413889685 routes (e.g. Whitchurch Railway Infrastructure problems Terry Miller Rides coordinator Philippe Cazalis Path, Eastville Park). The Infrastructure - is it the key to Cycling City representative and Membership Veronica Pollard Campaign members were generally upgrading made them more encouraging cycling? Magazine Editor Cathy Sampson impressed, both with the completed prominent, attractive and easier facilities and the enthusiasm of to use. However, the emphasis Come to out meeting on Thur 7 Oct Rob Gallagher William Baker the officers who led the tour. We on off-road routes means there to find out! all agreed it was a really useful is still a huge amount to be exercise, and should be repeated done on Bristol’s busy on-road Veronica Pollard presents a docu- routes. mentary ‘Beauty and the Bike’ in- next year, if not sooner. Seeing Who are Bristol Cycling Campaign? the new infrastructure was quite vestigating why British teenage girls inspiring. Some of the impressions (3) We saw some innovative new stop cycling when their counterparts Unlike big organisations with loads of funding, we’re just a collection of activists who believe in cycling as part of a sustain- I gained from the visit included: measures – particularly solar- in Germany are happy to continue, able transport system. All of the members of the committee and the other people involved in the running of the organisation powered floor-level lighting, followed by a debate: is it just about are volunteers who give up their time for free. The articles in the magazine are all submitted by members, and anyone is (1) Three years is far too short to and a new Toucan crossing at infrastructure or is there something welcome to submit an article. make a sufficient impact on Muller Road that responded more? Bristol’s cycling infrastructure. to the approach of cyclists If you would like to get involved, or contribute to the magazine, please get in touch – our contact details are above! A big city needs a five year (reducing waiting times). The 8pm, Cornubia pub, Victoria St Cathy Sampson 07935 625946

Starting points General advice warm layers, gloves, socks, hat, etc. Summer bike rides Valentine Bridge is the 'bendy' Many regular riders will know these Pack a waterproof jacket and maybe bridge between the Wetherspoons things already, but for those new to also waterproof trousers. We have two series of rides over the summer - our usual weekly Sunday rides, and a fortnightly series of family-friendly pub and Bristol & West office that cycling or to the group here are a few ‘Discover Bristol’ rides held every other Saturday. links the back of Temple Meads sta- tips that you may find helpful. Always carry food with you, even if tion to Avon Street. (It's closed right it’s only a banana! Cycling is exercise Sunday rides are mostly suitable for all, though some are more challenging - consult the table to see if they are for you. now, but you can cross the river at The times shown are the START and you will get hungry. Preferably the next-door Meads Reach Bridge) times of the rides. Although some some carbohydrates – sandwiches, ‘Discover Bristol’ rides are short rides based on off-road paths and quiet roads. They are suitable for families, small children may wait a few minutes for a chat, it’s flapjacks, cereal-bars, and fresh/ and novice or returning cyclists. Most feature a visit to a playground or other destination of interest for children. . Start outside Arnolfini Arts best not to rely on this. Arrive earlier dried fruit are some examples. Centre which is near Prince Street rather than later and don’t get left Bridge, at the south east end of Nar- behind. On the road, behave responsibly – Date Ride leader Route details Approx Lunch stop Start row Quay part of harbour from the don’t obstruct traffic and only stop + contact Length Centre. Make sure your bike is in good work- where it’s safe to do so. It’s also ing order. If you think it needs more nice if you warn others behind you of SAT Emma Barraclough ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 5 miles Yes 10:00 centre of 10 July 07894 207310 Pill Path and Create Centre Queen Square Start of Railway Path – officially than a “tweak” then it’s probably bet- potholes or other obstructions in the road. Eric Booth Ride organised by Bristol 10 miles Yes St 10:30 am known as the Bristol & Bath Railway ter to get it serviced at a bike shop. 11 July 07501 355 600 Cycling City to see some of the Werburgh’s Arnolfini Path and often called “the Cycleway” You are wise to carry a few basic achievements so far. city farm starts at the junction of Trinity Street repair items with you, such as pump, These tips aren’t meant to put you off More information on or make you think a day’s bike ride is www.petitlien.fr/velo and St Phillips Road, off Old Market. puncture repair kit or, even better, an inner tube of the right size and like climbing Everest! But with a little 18 July Jason Radstock 55 miles No Pub or café 10:15 Bitton forethought you will enjoy the adven- 07796904664 station , Bristol- Blaise Castle cafe - café in the car basic tools. If you’re new to cycling Bath Railway park at the Kings Weston Rd en- and don’t know how to use them, the ture of a day out even more. You’ll Path trance to Blaise Estate chances are someone else will show notice we often suggest a picnic or SAT Martin McDonnell ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 7 miles Yes 11.00 am you (that’s how most of us learned!) packed lunch, or a visit a pub. Our 24 July Redland Water tower, Durdham Down is the rides are often built round a theme or Station concrete tower on Durdham Down In winter you are more likely to be local beauty-spot of place of interest. 25 July TBC – see website for details near the top of Blackboy Hill. riding home in the dark, so bring your We are a convivial group who make 1 August Sue Nichols Over the bridge to Wales 40 miles No 10 am at the bike lights and hi-vis wear. Remem- new-comers welcome and we usually 07760 197 567 Water Tower Millennium Square -by the shiny ber the temperature can drop signifi- ride at moderate pace. Contact the SAT Martin Tweddell ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 5 miles Yes 2pm globe next to @bristol in the centre cantly in the evenings, so bring extra ride-leader if you’re unsure. 7 August 07748 652 674 Water Tower

8 August Jason Chepstow 50 miles No Café/pub 10 am Arnolfini 07796904664 15 August Martin Tweddell The Fountains of Bristol 15 miles Yes Café/pub 10:30 am 07748 652 674 Arnolfini SAT ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 21 August Details tbc – see website 22 August Jason Keynsham 17 miles No Café/pub 11 am 07796904664 Start of Bristol- Bath path 29 August David Portishead via the scenic route 28 miles No Pub or 10 am, 0117 973 0846 picnic (you Bristol side of can choose Suspension on the day) Bridge SAT Cathy Sampson ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 6 miles Yes 10 am 4 Sept 07935 625946 Eastiville Park and the Railway Start of Bristol- Path Bath path 5 Sept Chris Whitlock Castle Combe and other 42 miles No Pub 10 am 0117 915 7422 picturesque Cotswold villages, Start of Bristol- returning via Dyrham Park. Bath path SAT 11 ‘Doors Open Day’ ride – 20 miles Yes Cafe/picnic 10 am September visit some of Bristol’s most Millennium interesting buildings Square SAT ‘Discover Bristol’ family ride 18 Sept TREASURE HUNT Details TBC - see discoverbristol.org.uk 19 Philippe Cazalis Around the Chew & Blagdon 55 miles, No Pub 10 am Arnolfini September 07981 402 839 lakes (with a swim if weather hilly permits!)

For more information and updates, see bristolcyclingcampiagn.org.uk For full information about ‘Discover Bristol’ family rides, see discoverbristol.org.uk Philippe and Martin model our new DIY ‘Bristol Cyclinjg Campaign’ T-shirts at the Bike to Work breakfast during Bike Week

If you would like to customise your favourite T-shirt with one of our iron-on transfers, get in touch with Martin McDonnell [email protected]

Recruiting new members at the