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I do not understand how an accident involving a car clipping a cyclist on the other side of the road can be anything but driving without due care and attention. The other convictions would surely follow or not exist at all without the first crime?

These attitudes towards cycling are the problem, no one will protect you out there or after an accident but yourself, and even then - cycling at 18mph on your side of your road you can still face a 3-tonne death cage. Its just exasperating, if not terrifying.

Made by Hand / No 5 The Bike Maker

"A project from bureauofcommongoods.com, Made by Hand is a new short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand—sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft.
Our fifth film turns to bike maker Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles), who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. When the cancer threatens to shatter his love of bikes, Ezra survives by documenting his illness as thoroughly as his craft."

Although the series shares the same title as your book this guys story is quite a good one.

whats a bike?

I had two seperate instances of police enforcing the cyclist box at junctions this morning: Quoth one at Stockwell speaking to a motor cyclist "you must be a right idiot pulling in here right in front of me" he the proceeded to make him wheel it back out of the box.

Now a good start would be similar enforcement efforts every day for the foreseeable future

Unfortunately I cant see old bill standing on the streets en-force reprimanding every motorist that brazenly pulls into that box every day. Its also "illegal" for cyclist to enter this box not through the broken line on the inside (promoting dangerous undertaking). Cameras to catch number plates and consistent fining however... I read an article a while back that TFL were going trying to take over the duty of carrying out these fines (as they did with the yellow box junctions and bus lanes, do you see anyone in these?). Anyone know anything about this?

Shamefully I watched Triple Rush, a tv show that followed three courier companies in NYC. I believe that this kind of method is used by the Mess Kollective, no controller, companies fill out a form online and it sends out an SMS to all riders who then can accept or reject. Seems to work but then I suppose without a controller how do you string runs together? You could be riding across the entire city and back for two pickups.

the hoverboards from back to the future

Intolerable. RIP Riders.

Ride safe.

that second picture is brilliant.

Did you get the po-po involved?

So do we need to have more deaths, into the thousands in one year, for change to happen, or does drastic change need to happen if conditions are not as bad as they were in 70's Netherlands? In my book, one is too many. As many deaths occurred in Afghanistan to British soldiers in a week as have happened on the streets of London to cyclists. The difference being this is not a war zone and these deaths are entirely preventable should a fraction of the military budget be applied to planning for alternative and safer transport methods for all, not just cyclists.

Just found the short the above image reminds me of, if you haven't seen this short documentary on Dutch cycling infrastructure, I do suggest you go here.

To summarise:

Changes occurred to Dutch transport polices due to:

1. Cities steadily grew more and more unable to cope with the increase in road traffic.
   
2. Public outrage grew at space given to motorised traffic.
   
3. The intolerable and ever-increasing amount of road traffic deaths lead to mass public protests under the banner of "Stop Der Kindermord" ("Stop the child murder).
   
4. An ongoing oil and economic crisis leading to gas shortages and high prices for energy.
   
   

Solution:
A political will on both national and municipal level with decision makers and planners working together to deal with the situation, leading to the turning away for car centric policies and making way for alternative transports, such as cycling.

How much of the above can be applied to London and the UK?

I don't usually frequent this thread.
I'll leave it to those more knowledgeable, articulate and well thought through then myself.

But fucking hell.
4 fatalities in 1 week.

When do we do this...?

This. Where do I sign.

RIP riders. Quick recovery to others, though I can understand if they dont want to get back out on the streets.

Just to turn this thread back to its origin...

Me cycling at pace in bus lane down Woburn Place towards Southampton Row.

Black cab had been tailgating for most of the Woburn.

Taxi overtakes and when rear wheel is in line with me notices ped signalling for a pickup, so does the standard indicate mid-manoeuvre towards the pavement, with me still on the inside. As he can no longer see me I guess I dont exist.

I cant overtake as on the inside with the front end of the vehicle closing against the pavement fast and emergency braking would see me caught between the taxi and the kerb. Pull out the sideways-hit-the-ground-running dismount onto the pavement and as I'm still holding onto the handlebars Im able to fling the bike out of harms way but quite a long way across said pavement, cartwheeling between peds (missing everyone fortunately).

Many scuffs, tears etc to bike components, and extremely rattled nerves. I go over to taxi window to be told "You shouldn't undertake".

Only had sense to reply "****ing taxi drivers." before he and his fare drove off into the sunset.

pics please! is it ride away-able?

My cousin has recently moved to town and is as skint as any other Londoner at any given time. He is, however, an avid rider who has recently found him self bikeless (bolt cutters - so lockless too) and I cannot abide him walking to work and want to put together a beater to get him back on the road.

If anyone has any old parts that are festering in damp terrace-house gardens, clogging up hallways/sheds/attics/bedrooms/kitchens/cupboards that they are prepared to donate to this unlucky fellow I will cycle over (depending on distance) and take off your hands for you, be eternally grateful and owe you a favour. I work in Camden and live south of the river so my commute takes me most places.

I do have a budget, not very much, but open to offers should you have anything you cant donate but might sell (including lonely, old and disused builds).

Many thanks.

Here's the LFGSS Bridges ride incident in a nut shell - shattered that I made it to 500m of finishing the ride... lol

^this

Quality :) - Keramic, I mean, not the scars.

I wanted the scars to be quality. Damn healing qualities.

Beautiful frame, I've taken some interest in this!

Could be a Claude Butler frame? Lug work looks similar to this kind of design and a googling of butler sprint frames returns some similar looking work.

Other models also have similar work around the bottom bracket shell to what I can make out in your images.

Shame dropouts are horrible, and after a lot of googling I cant find a model that has those same style horizontal dropouts, seems strange they would appear on a frame with such nice lugs, perhaps these are custom? I do not know but hope this is some help...

2 years later.

Accurate depiction of events.

end result.

Both those images are lifted from other sources, might be a "the condors have gone but I also have..." job.

Cash point nearby? I'm there

This now looks like this:

When I picked her up:

BSA headbadge:

(iron on studs to replace those pulled off sometime in its past)

Stages of production/learning:

Homemade headset press.

Pipe cutter shattered, trusty junior hacksaw did a superior job.

Actually found this frame through gumtree and then found out about this forum later by searching for info on it, finding myself on this page.

Andre, big thanks to you and your brother for sorting out sale/pickup of this - I cant actually PM andrecustodio56 as am a newbie so if anyone else still exists feel free to if you feel like it.

This was my first entry into bike-building and have so learnt much along the way (thanks largely to this forum). I'm hooked, older, slightly wiser and much poorer.

Hi all,

Long time watcher, signed up a while ago but havent posted yet. Been riding singlespeed for a few years now and just making footsteps into fixie (for as long as the knees can take it). Forum has been incredibly useful in turning this (first project)...

into this...

So big thanks to all who have posted and yet to post, I am so addicted to this forum.

(edits on picture size welcome, that is beyond my comprehension)