Post 70:08 Social networking saves my bicycle

November 24, 2008 in Bicycles, Web 2.0, social networking

Last week my nicest bike, a road bike with carbon fibre forks,  was stolen.
I rode it to the station, locked it on a bike rack and … when I returned it had gone.
I parked it there because it is 10 metres from the entrance to a train station and in full view of a shop. [...]

Post 44:08 PR-ing bloggers vs. grass roots sponsorship (With an update!)

May 22, 2008 in Bicycles, P-aaaaargh!, Worst Pitch Ever?

I’ve known for a while that PRs target bloggers.
Now I have seen it at work and reaction to it among members of the bicycle club of which I am a member.
One of the members of the club runs a blog that mentions his cycling exploits, and received an email from a PR to this effect:
“ [...]

Post 25:08 Signing my life away

March 11, 2008 in Bicycles, Random, Sport

I’ve signed some scary documents lately.
One, which I signed last night, declared that as I am now a Volunteer Under 7 Soccer Team Manager I have not ever been convicted of a child sex offense. If I have lied about this and am found to be a sex offender who comes within a mile of [...]

Post 96a: Organised begging for a good cause

October 2, 2007 in Bicycles, Freelance life

Hi readers.
Some of you may know that last year I rode in the Sydney to Wollongong bike ride to raise money for Multiple Sclerosis.
Well I’m going again this year.
It is a terrible worthy cause and if you want to make a donation, click here for details of the wee team I have formed with some [...]

Post 77: Achoo! A modest proposal

August 27, 2007 in Bicycles, Politics

How long will it be before Horse Flu gets political?
Part of me thinks that in the current climate neither side will be immediately leaping into action.
But both sides are also finding it hard to pass up any sort of point-scoring opportunity. I reckon it won’t be long before some kind of rescue package gets [...]

Post 62: I really must stop taking phone calls on my bicycle

July 31, 2007 in Bicycles, Freelance life, P-aaaaargh!, Work

I really must stop taking mobile phone calls on my bicycle.
There seems to be some weird variant on Murphy’s Law that means if I ride my bike and the phone rings, it is PR person trying to pitch to me.
A very odd conversation ensues in which the poor PR, quite reasonably, finds it hard [...]

Post Forty Six: Bikers get it right

July 3, 2007 in Bicycles, Freelance life, P-aaaaargh!, Web 2.0

I try to ride a bicycle whenever possible. It’s fun and there are obvious benefits.
So why doesn’t everyone do it?
Laziness is one factor.
I also find the cycling lobby tends to be pretty sanctimonious with its promotion. And the clogging up of Sydney’s Harbour Bridge at peak hour is exactly the way to make yourself look [...]