Summer in the city

by simonnurse

I’ve just started a monthly guest blog slot for YourCardiff, the community pages of Wales online.  The first offering can be found here , contains some details of the Cardiff cycling festival, some… Read More →

Wild at heart

by simonnurse

Not the David Lynch film, but rather our fantastic hills and in this particular case; Assynt. Filmed by Rapha and tweeted by Nick Hand yesterday  (given that he’s cycled around the coastline of… Read More →

Somewhere North of here

by simonnurse

Cycling isn’t simply about the beauty of the machine, its ease of use and its practicality, its thrill satisfying abilities or its mile crunching life. Cycling is quite often a state of mind… Read More →

Street art, Cardiff style

by simonnurse

No doubt inspired by local boy (and former Cardiff JIF member) Geraint Thomas, the monochrome pursuit team motivates Adamsdown kids in this cracking piece of street art. A sign of our changing times?… Read More →

Travel odyssey

by simonnurse

As predicted, on the weekend I enjoyed – rather than endured – the trip from Hull* to London (THAT trip – cyclists and straphangers). I rode by folder to the station. I folded… Read More →

Simply beautiful; Vuelo Velo

by simonnurse

Every now and then my internet meanderings stumble across a treat. Here’s Vuelo Velo, a beautiful short, featuring some of my favourite things; beautiful bikes, a beautiful city (Sydney) and beautiful music (the… Read More →

Be an ambassador

by simonnurse

Cycling to work through the rain soaked city centre this morning, I was getting a little fed up of end to end taillights and cars that come so close that if you attached… Read More →

A dreary day…

by simonnurse

…needs enlivening with art (and music. Quantic, actually – brighter than a 1000 watt bulb). Love these prints from Adam Turman (of Bicycle Times cover art fame). Looking at this screen (and listening… Read More →

The Papercycle – Scottish utility

by simonnurse

It’s bank holiday weekend (in the UK at least), so I couldn’t resist popping up this lovely picture from Scotland based Nick Lobnitz. Hopefully the weather will remain clement and we can cast… Read More →

The Periodic table according to the Tour De France

by simonnurse

I have a vague and distant memory of studying the periodic table at school. Chemistry was my least favourite of the scientific disciplines, but like many schoolboys keen on classifying, cataloguing and arranging,… Read More →