TallBikeGuy
@thetallbikeguy.bsky.social
Just a tall guy, on a bike | Recent(ish) émigré to the fine city of Norwich | Occasionally drives a car. Saving up for an e-cargo bike | Chair of norwichcycling.bsky.social
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Send a strong message to the Labour government today.
Respond to this consultation and urge them to commit to a strategy for healthy travel that is bold, credible and properly funded.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Respond to this consultation and urge them to commit to a strategy for healthy travel that is bold, credible and properly funded.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Send a strong message to the Labour government today.
Respond to this consultation and urge them to commit to a strategy for healthy travel that is bold, credible and properly funded.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
Respond to this consultation and urge them to commit to a strategy for healthy travel that is bold, credible and properly funded.
actionnetwork.org/letters/help...
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Norfolk’s leaders chose not to intervene. Residents paid the price. People removing flags now face abuse, racist harassment and organised groups appearing on the streets.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
Left to danger: Norfolk council inaction leads to flag-related violence
As Norfolk refused to act on flag complaints, locals removing them instead found themselves threatened and violently attacked
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Norfolk’s leaders chose not to intervene. Residents paid the price. People removing flags now face abuse, racist harassment and organised groups appearing on the streets.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
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If you want to get involved in the #CWIS3 consultation but don't know how, I've put together some suggestions substack.com/home/post/p-...
...and a list of paths you could refer to ...
...and a list of paths you could refer to ...
December 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you want to get involved in the #CWIS3 consultation but don't know how, I've put together some suggestions substack.com/home/post/p-...
...and a list of paths you could refer to ...
...and a list of paths you could refer to ...
"Cycling alone in the dark – particularly as a woman – can be terrifying. In fact, I have a different route home in summer than I do in the dark, winter months."
metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
I was called disgusting and irresponsible on the school run
This is just one of the outbursts I’ve experienced as a cyclist in London.
metro.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Cycling alone in the dark – particularly as a woman – can be terrifying. In fact, I have a different route home in summer than I do in the dark, winter months."
metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/12/07/c...
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The famous yellow and blue Dutch public transport bicycle (OV-fiets), with which nearly 6 million trips were made last year, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. For this special occasion, it's now available as a limited-edition balance bike for toddlers! 😍🤌
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The famous yellow and blue Dutch public transport bicycle (OV-fiets), with which nearly 6 million trips were made last year, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. For this special occasion, it's now available as a limited-edition balance bike for toddlers! 😍🤌
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Copenhagen 🇩🇰 cyclists saved society $1.61 per mile traveled in 2022. Cars cost society $0.29 per mile traveled.
December 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Copenhagen 🇩🇰 cyclists saved society $1.61 per mile traveled in 2022. Cars cost society $0.29 per mile traveled.
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Exclusive: More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Exclusive: More than 50 groups connected to transport and public health have urged the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander, to set specific targets for levels of walking and cycling in England, warning that plans as they stand are too vague.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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139 flag complaints received by the county council, but FOI shows only one was removed. Hundreds were left to residents who faced intimidation and a serious assault when trying to remove them.
Left to danger: Norfolk council inaction leads to flag-related violence
As Norfolk refused to act on flag complaints, locals removing them instead found themselves threatened and violently attacked
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
139 flag complaints received by the county council, but FOI shows only one was removed. Hundreds were left to residents who faced intimidation and a serious assault when trying to remove them.
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De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
On why Farage doesn’t apologise for his schoolboy racism:
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
“if he apologised, he would be turning to his own support base and saying, ‘You’re all guilty too.’ ”
Exactly.
He is racist. So are his voters. He can’t be pissing them off by saying sorry.
#NeverPM
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Interesting what Crick notes.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
Farage like Mogg and Johnson are really just grown up versions of their teenage selves. Lots of public school boys leave fully formed - and armed with an entitlement and a sense of empowerment that takes them through the rest of their lives.
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Russia cannot be beaten.
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Russia cannot be beaten.
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"But Putin can. He’s losing, not winning. And sooner or later, like the tsars and totalitarians of old, that same eternal Russia whose name he glorifies will chew him up and spit him out."
Outstanding piece on Putin's deluded gambit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New London ferry can transport 100 people + bikes across the River Thames, linking Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf. share.google/zgQ5ltdX3iZI...
Joy for cyclists as 10-minute 'eco' ferry shuttle across the Thames launches
The Orbit Clipper, which will link Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf, is 100 per cent battery-powered
share.google
December 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
New London ferry can transport 100 people + bikes across the River Thames, linking Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf. share.google/zgQ5ltdX3iZI...
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‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
Cameras capture lone creature collecting materials for its lodge in riverside nature reserve
A wild beaver has been spotted in Norfolk for the first time since beavers were hunted to extinction in England at the beginning of the 16th century.
It was filmed dragging logs and establishing a lodge in a “perfect beaver habitat” on the River Wensun at Pensthorpe, a nature reserve near Fakenham in Norfolk. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
‘No one knows where it came from’: first wild beaver spotted in Norfolk for 400 years
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Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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What I find incredible and I had to pinch myself when I was reminded of it... was that Russia Today CONTINUED to broadcast in the UK after the Skripal attack. Seriously what the fuck was going on there?
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
What I find incredible and I had to pinch myself when I was reminded of it... was that Russia Today CONTINUED to broadcast in the UK after the Skripal attack. Seriously what the fuck was going on there?
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‘My God, what a story it would make’: film-maker Kevin Brownlow on It Happened Here and Winstanley
‘My God, what a story it would make’: film-maker Kevin Brownlow on It Happened Here and Winstanley
Brownlow is best known for restoring silent movies, but in conjunction with Andrew Mollo, he made two features, in 1964 and 1975, that look astonishingly prescient today
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 AM
‘My God, what a story it would make’: film-maker Kevin Brownlow on It Happened Here and Winstanley
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“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Your Comeback Guide to all the Anti-Cycling Arguments You’ll Hear This Year
Anti-bike arguments aren’t just frustrating—they’re outdated, inaccurate, and often repeated without a shred of evidence.
momentummag.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“We can’t all be expected to bike.”
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
Fair. But that’s not the point.
“Not everyone can or wants to bike. But some people can & do—and they deserve a safe, efficient, affordable way to move through the city. It’s about freedom of choice.”
This & other useful comebacks, in @momentummag.bsky.social.
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“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
No, Defensive Walking Isn't The Solution For Road Deaths - Jalopnik
It's victim-blaming, it's bull, and it's not the solution we need.
www.jalopnik.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
“In 2023, cars and their drivers killed 8,820 American pedestrians and bicyclists — 7,314 pedestrians and 1,166 cyclists. They injured another 136,281, an increase of over 5,300 injuries from 2022.”
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
Put the responsibility where it belongs.
Via @jalopnik.bsky.social
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"Support for cycling infrastructure and traffic restrictions [but] particularly opposed the removal of car parking... Cyclists and drivers favoured segregated cycling infrastructure"
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Support for cycling infrastructure and traffic restrictions [but] particularly opposed the removal of car parking... Cyclists and drivers favoured segregated cycling infrastructure"
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New UK study has some nuanced insights into what the public might support www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Noise pollution is harmful, unwanted, disruptive and negatively impacts people's health. And is often caused by motorised traffic 🚘 🛻 🚖
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Noise pollution is harmful, unwanted, disruptive and negatively impacts people's health. And is often caused by motorised traffic 🚘 🛻 🚖
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
That why cities deserve rush hour traffic where the loudest sound is that of squeaking bicycle brakes 🚲
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If in a parallel world the allegations against Nigel Farage were criminal eg historic sexual offences, I’d say the breadth and consistency of testimony would be enough that prosecutors would most likely charge him & believe they had a decent chance at conviction.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he was compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If in a parallel world the allegations against Nigel Farage were criminal eg historic sexual offences, I’d say the breadth and consistency of testimony would be enough that prosecutors would most likely charge him & believe they had a decent chance at conviction.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...