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Padua is a great place to be a cyclist – and with added Cycle Chic
Although it is much less well known than some of its more famous neighbours Venice and Verona I think Padua is a great place to ride a bike and should make a good stopping point for any passing cycle...
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Can anyone tell me how this is supposed to sell bikes?
At bike shows there are rules. Fixies must be bling. Electric motors must crop up slightly unexpectedly. And somewhere there must be a lovely Bianchi in celeste blue. These are given. The company will...
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Taipei Cycle Show – here we go again
Just looked back at last year’s blog posts when I was a novice blogger and a bit overwhelmed by the Taipei Cycle Show. Where else does the President turn up to open a bike show and I get to shake …...
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Folding bike – seats three
These diminutive machines are quite common on the streets of Taipei. I never actually saw one with the extra passenger on the back but I saw a few with a child in the front seat, unfortunately never...
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Not despairing at Eurobike 2013 – the cycling industry’s family gathering
This year’s reflections from the world’s biggest bike show. No, not the Tour de France or the streets of Copenhagen where cycling itself is on show. This is the biggest show of bikes, bits and all the...
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Charming Ravensburg, Germany
One of the pleasures of this year’s Eurobike was further discovery of Ravensberg, the town we stay at in the Allgäu region of southern Germany. I stayed there last year and found it was charming town...
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Story of Taipei Week – the rise and rise of Youbike
End of a another Taipei Cycle Show week and a great kick off for the Velo-city conference for Taipei 2016. Lots of photos and contacts to talk about. But if there is a theme of the week it is the …...
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Now our bikes have got an obesity problem. Fat bikes the trend at Taipei...
When I go to the big bike shows I try to have a wander round and see if there are any trends that catch my eye. After a while the sea of alloy and carbon can become overwhelming so the … Continue...
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Impressions of Eurobike 2014 – cycling with style
Fortunately I am not a cycling writer, at least not one who has to write about bikes and bits for a living. There are over 1300 exhibitors at the world’s biggest bike show so it is hard to get an …...
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A bit wobbly at the Unibike bike show in Madrid
I was at the Unibike Cycle Show in Madrid today speaking on panel about the role of National Cycling Plans in cycling policy. After my speech I had the chance to look around the show. It is...
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When asked “what’s hot in sport?” never for one moment did I imagine the...
A small diversion away from cycling on my travels, and a tribute to my Nan’s knitwear output. I have written numerous times about my visits to bike shows around the world, but this week I have taken a...
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Brilliant day’s cycling in Taiwan – brief report
There will be time for better edited, clearer photos. There will be more time for ride and route information. And there will be special thanks to my friends at the Formosa Lohas Cycling Association who...
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Eating and cycling combined in Taiwan – put it on your culinary bucket list
It is going to be very hard in the next few blog posts to not just turn this into”101 reasons why you should visit Taiwan in 2016.” We have our major international cycling conference there in March...
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An “I love my job” kind of day – cycling, talking about cycling, looking at...
This is the first of a number of posts from my now annual trip to Eurobike, the massive bike show at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance (the Bodensee). I’ll pick out a few individual stories and of...
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Taipei’s cycling fairy story – through the wardrobe to Narnia, or down...
My fifth time here in Taipei and the start of a great 10 days, Velo-city Global and Taipei Cycle Show back to back. It was a gleam of an idea four years ago, now it is a reality. But before … Continue...
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Taipei for a day – hospitality, food, traffic madness and cycling already
I am on my annual trip to the Taipei Cycle Show and already I feel like I have been here a week, before I even get to the bike show. I guess it must be an attempt to ward off … Continue reading →
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Eurobike 2017 gallery – or the storm and the calm
It has been one long, intensive and ultimately very satisfying week at the global cycling show Eurobike in Germany. Podiums, politics, presentations, workshops, rides – we increased our programme again...
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