Alex
@alexsz.bsky.social
Cycling, urbanism, politics, housing, London, sometimes dogs
There are some very surprising stats about cycling by borough. Hounslow has the same percentage of trips as WF? I rode around both, very different infra.
We have a lot to do in Outer London.
We have a lot to do in Outer London.
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
There are some very surprising stats about cycling by borough. Hounslow has the same percentage of trips as WF? I rode around both, very different infra.
We have a lot to do in Outer London.
We have a lot to do in Outer London.
Once I had something like this and it turned out it needed a specific weighted stretch in my lower arm (?!?) to fix it (see picture). I found it accidentally, but it would have been easier to get a physio apt straight away. Said to say, but it is a lot easier to go private with this.
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Once I had something like this and it turned out it needed a specific weighted stretch in my lower arm (?!?) to fix it (see picture). I found it accidentally, but it would have been easier to get a physio apt straight away. Said to say, but it is a lot easier to go private with this.
When we demolish Canary Wharf to build something liveable in its place, there should be a way to preserve this view
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When we demolish Canary Wharf to build something liveable in its place, there should be a way to preserve this view
Kayaking is pretty awesome. It was a mistake to wait 44 years before learning how to do it.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Kayaking is pretty awesome. It was a mistake to wait 44 years before learning how to do it.
And the picture below shows how electricity is being generated:
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
And the picture below shows how electricity is being generated:
Not many pictures, but today's ride to Richmond park was great, and the pro-Palestine protest that I ran into was nice too.
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Not many pictures, but today's ride to Richmond park was great, and the pro-Palestine protest that I ran into was nice too.
This post reminded me of:
October 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This post reminded me of:
Extremely sidequest coded cat in Hackney.
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Extremely sidequest coded cat in Hackney.
Extremely sidequest coded cat in Hackney.
October 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Extremely sidequest coded cat in Hackney.
I saved this, as it might be a useful reaction later.
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I saved this, as it might be a useful reaction later.
October 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
September 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I would say people like the Oxford street pedestrianization idea.
September 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I would say people like the Oxford street pedestrianization idea.
If you have tips for a good route in London, don't keep it for yourself. My tip is, if you have a visitor who likes cycling and is relatively fit, and you want to show them around, take them from Hackney through the City, down to Embankment-Green park-Hyde park-Richmond park.
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you have tips for a good route in London, don't keep it for yourself. My tip is, if you have a visitor who likes cycling and is relatively fit, and you want to show them around, take them from Hackney through the City, down to Embankment-Green park-Hyde park-Richmond park.
Routes through parks are not replacements for separated bike lanes on main roads, but even those low hanging fruits are rarely taken. There could be several low traffic routes for example from Lambeth to Richmond park. Or around Hainault or Epping forest
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Routes through parks are not replacements for separated bike lanes on main roads, but even those low hanging fruits are rarely taken. There could be several low traffic routes for example from Lambeth to Richmond park. Or around Hainault or Epping forest
there are still places like Kensington High Street, that are hard to avoid. Why even the 10 percent modal share is unlikely to be reached, is because of Outer London. Most boroughs beside Waltham Forest, are terrible. Behold the most dangerous paintlane I have ever seen. (B&D)
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
there are still places like Kensington High Street, that are hard to avoid. Why even the 10 percent modal share is unlikely to be reached, is because of Outer London. Most boroughs beside Waltham Forest, are terrible. Behold the most dangerous paintlane I have ever seen. (B&D)
I started going on longer rides in London regularly from 2020, the map below shows the last two years of these rides. I have some thoughts about the current state of cycling here, and it is time to collect these in a thread.
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I started going on longer rides in London regularly from 2020, the map below shows the last two years of these rides. I have some thoughts about the current state of cycling here, and it is time to collect these in a thread.
I made this video during the counter protest of the nazi march, while the nazis fought the police to reach us and we were having a party. If you ask what I love about London, well, exactly this spirit.
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I made this video during the counter protest of the nazi march, while the nazis fought the police to reach us and we were having a party. If you ask what I love about London, well, exactly this spirit.
15/ maybe I will continue this thread at some point, but this is how far I can get today.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
15/ maybe I will continue this thread at some point, but this is how far I can get today.
6/ We will not win just by reacting and defending. We need more explicitly anti-racist cultural projects that show the value of the worlds we built around diversity in British cities. Music, sports, tours, speeches, everything is already there we just need to give structure to it.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
6/ We will not win just by reacting and defending. We need more explicitly anti-racist cultural projects that show the value of the worlds we built around diversity in British cities. Music, sports, tours, speeches, everything is already there we just need to give structure to it.
2/ First it was boring, then rainy, then tense, then frightening, then defiant. I am not sure how much experience people there have, and how many of them have seen a collapsing line of riot police before, but I did see a few in Hungary between 2006-8. It is not pretty. This could have happened here.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
2/ First it was boring, then rainy, then tense, then frightening, then defiant. I am not sure how much experience people there have, and how many of them have seen a collapsing line of riot police before, but I did see a few in Hungary between 2006-8. It is not pretty. This could have happened here.
Thread about yesterday's counter protest. Writing it mostly to collect my thoughts and ideas. I don't have much knowledge about the organizations organizing yesterday, these are just my thoughts.
1. Yesterday we lost. We came out defiant, chanting, but we lost that day.
1. Yesterday we lost. We came out defiant, chanting, but we lost that day.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Thread about yesterday's counter protest. Writing it mostly to collect my thoughts and ideas. I don't have much knowledge about the organizations organizing yesterday, these are just my thoughts.
1. Yesterday we lost. We came out defiant, chanting, but we lost that day.
1. Yesterday we lost. We came out defiant, chanting, but we lost that day.
Perfect choice of music. Fingers pointing towards the nazis at the Trafalgar square. This whole party was the most surreal experience of my life. A few hundred meters in all directions nazis were battling the police to reach us. I will never hear Clash's London Calling without remembering today.
September 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Perfect choice of music. Fingers pointing towards the nazis at the Trafalgar square. This whole party was the most surreal experience of my life. A few hundred meters in all directions nazis were battling the police to reach us. I will never hear Clash's London Calling without remembering today.