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Roger
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Cyclist, statistician, folk aficionado, alliteration addict
GWR: Train services are expected to be busy on 27 and 28 December

Network Rail: We're going to close half the tracks into Paddington fron 27 December for track renewal work 🤦‍♂️
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I tried asking Google about bird bath tokens and its AI Overview was more than happy to put two and two (copper coins) together to make five (tokens)
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
No opportunities to volunteer within 60 miles of me
December 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The percentage increase in cycling trips per person in the whole of the UK between 2019 and 2024 was less than or equal to zero
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé chez moi à bicyclette! (dans un pannier, et sans fleurs)
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The middle name has since been deleted but...
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Sweden must have the safest transport in the world
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Could've get all three for the price of one in 2022. Damn, missed it. #totp
www.farnhamherald.com/news/toyah-l...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
He's not a Green voter though, the other guy just thought he looked like one
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Everything but the kitchen sink
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
That passage was still in Richard's New Bicycle Book (1990). It's 3 pages long – this is the climax, though not the end:
November 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Clever battery concealment, though 187 Wh battery capacity could be a bit limiting? Only slightly over half that of Electric G
www.cyclingelectric.com/news/pashley...
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Just realised she won that second stage (Walsall–Walsall), though my photo of her on the podium is overexposed unfortunately
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Amy at the 2021 Women's Tour. Hadn't realised that was her last race 💔
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The oddest assortment of things I've ever carried by bike, though nothing was sticking out of the pannier
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sorry but I think Wikipedia's version is closer to the truth
– ♂️ and ♀️ race 11 events each so there must be a total of 22 🥇s, 22 🥈s and 22 🥉s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UC...
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reminds me of this cartoon
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Signed up! I'll look forward to news from Professor Ian the Simple Ghost
October 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Stunning live vocals by Maria McKee – better than the studio version, and one of the best ever on #totp in my book.

McKee thinks it was one of her best too:
www.shortlist.com/news/maria-m...
October 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
She refers the questioner to www.cyclinguk.org/article/guid... which is far longer and more comprehensive than could fit in the printed mag and makes precisely that point
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Could someone please explain to me why Lucy Powell, who served as Leader of the House of Commons in Starmer's cabinet from July 2024 to September 2025, represents "the kind of division and disunity that fills the pages of the rightwing papers and energises our opponents"?
October 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM