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Photos from Tour de France Yorkshire

July 7, 2014July 7, 2014 by tejvan

Some selected photos from the Tour de France in Yorkshire.

Thanks to photographers who offered creative commons photos.

See also: Blog from day 1 | Blog from day 2

Buttertubs pass packed to the rafters. – photo: Dave Haygarth, flick cc.2.0

Stage Two Winner – Vicenzo Nibali, – just outside Addingham. Photo: Lynne Pettinger flickr

Geraint Thomas on Holme Moss, stage two. photo Duncan Palmer, Flickr

Grinton Moor, stage one. Photo Adam Bowie, flickr

Top of Cragg Vale, after stage 2. Photo Dave Haygarth, flick cc.2.0

Near the top of Cragg Vale. Photo Dave Haygarth, flick cc.2.0

Buttertubs pass Dave Haygarth, flick cc.2.0 (click to enlarge)

Buttertubs pass Dave Haygarth, flick cc.2.0

Silsden Town centre. Photo amsterdame flick cc.2.0

On the road to Harrogate. Photo Adam Bowie, flickr

Thomas Voekler on Holme Moss, stage two. photo Duncan Palmer, Flickr

Stage Two, on the road to Sheffield. Photo Event Coverage – Eventcoverage, flickr

Photos cycling in Oxford

June 12, 2015May 16, 2014 by tejvan

Some of my favourite cycling photos from Oxford in the past five years.

Cyclists do help reduce congestion.

A good way to get to work. Donnington Bridge.

Patient cyclists.

Off to the exam. (More photos of cycling in subfusc)

High Street

At the lights. Sandwiched between van and bus.

Everyone cycles in Oxford.

Turning right

A traffic jam of cyclists

November 13, 2014February 6, 2014 by tejvan

I’m impressed at the patience of these Oxford cyclists in rush hour. Who says the British can’t still queue?

I have to admit I would have a temptation to sprint along the inside and then sprint away from the lights. But, when everyone is so well behaved it wouldn’t feel right to spoil the good natured patience. I tend to avoid the ‘cycling queue’ by going straight on and turning right later on. Definitely, when you see people acting courteously it influences other people to do the same. Similarly when some start flouting the laws it has a big influence on other people.

Right hand lane waiting for lights to change. Left hand lane is straight on up the high street.

The only problem with this feeder lane is that cyclists are coming up the middle between two lanes of traffic. But, at least the traffic is usually slow moving around here. (20mph speed limit, which isn’t exceeded by too much)

This is a dangerous possibility. The huge and very long London Tube bus was wanting to get in the left hand lane, but cyclists were squeezing through on the inside (along the dotted cycle lane). It’s not clear who has right of way or who should give way in this situation. Eventually the bus driver got frustrated with waiting and started beeping his horn, hoping some cyclists would stop allowing him to get in left hand lane. But, if one cyclist goes on the inside, other people often follow suit. (same principle with car drivers overtaking on the wrong side of road)

Cyclists in the First world war – and don’t forget your helmet

January 30, 2014 by tejvan

I was looking through some photos from World War One. There were quite a few showing soldiers using bicycles. The British army even had a specific bicycle corps.

cyclists-through-mud — And I thought Oxford roads were bad at the moment..

Soldiers were given bicycles to help faster troop movement, but it looks this roads was too muddy to cycle on.

These cyclists don’t even seem to be wearing a cycle helmet. Talks about socially irresponsibility! I don’t see many hi viz jersey amongst the platoon either. I don’t know how they managed to avoid being run over by tanks!

And don’t get me on to their position in the middle of the road.

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but it was too depressing to say anything serious about this cycling ad, which got banned for being socially irresponsible.

Funny or not, around 50% of Premiership sides are sponsored by gambling companies.

Classic cycling photos

September 28, 2015January 8, 2014 by tejvan

This is another collection of classic time trial photos from the Bernard Thompson collection. I have already published some of these on my last cycling blog, but this is a new collection from the 280 images, and bigger sized (640px) than last blog. I hope you enjoy these insights into the ‘golden era’ of domestic British cycling and time trialling.

Thanks to Peter Whitfield for including this CD of copyright free images in his excellent cycling books – ’12 Champions’ and ‘History of Time trialling’

Beryl Burton start with crowds — Beryl Burton at the start with large crowd.

A familiar scene for early morning Sunday time trials. Time keeper and pusher-off.

A road with no markings, must have been relatively quiet.

A classic shot from the Catford CC hill climb – the oldest cycle race in the world.

At the start of the national 100.

Looks like this rider got a good push from the pusher off. Many people checking watches and looking on.

Time Trial Legends

The 1960s was the peak of the BAR competition with the best timetriallist competing with the best road men.

Alf Engers set a new competition record of 49.24 for 25 mile TT in 1978, before the advent of tri bars and disc wheels. It was the first sub 50 25 mile TT. He had a habit of annoying the establishment, but he was a class act on the bike. Engers was national 25 mile TT champion in 1969 and 1972-1976.

Cycling in Leeds

December 19, 2013 by tejvan

Recently I was in Leeds during the rush hour. I took a few photos of cyclists and the basic cycle infrastructure.

Leeds has a fairly low % of residents who cycle once a month. According to the Department of transport just 11% of residents cycle at least once a month. It’s not the lowest rate in the UK, but it lags behind other cities.

Leeds cycle facilities

In the city centre there are some dedicated cycle facilities. It’s not much, but they seemed to be well used during rush hour.

Dedicated cycle path

A temporary brake in the cycle path. The cyclists I saw used their common sense and were cycling at low speed to avoid any problems with pedestrians. But, it does seem to sum up the patchy cycle lane provision.

Leeds cycling campaign.

The Leeds cycling campaign is working with the city council to try and improve facilities for cyclists and make the city more attractive place for cycling. (Leeds Cycling Campaign)

Proposals for better cycling facilities. Cycle vision for Leeds