http://www.rainmiles.com a cycling blog from northern ireland, a place where it rains every other day Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:22:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.rainmiles.comhttp://www.rainmiles.com/rainmiles-feedburner.pngrainmilescountdoublehttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/D0FeX5kA1e8/your-bike-biography.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/your-bike-biography.html#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 John Girvin http://localhost:84/?p=605 If you told the story of your life in terms of the bikes you've owned, what would it be?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/your-bike-biography.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=D0FeX5kA1e8:igAvFbkk70w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=D0FeX5kA1e8:igAvFbkk70w:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=D0FeX5kA1e8:igAvFbkk70w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/D0FeX5kA1e8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/your-bike-biography.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/your-bike-biography.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/1RmIvnmswtE/turbo-training-in-spring.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/turbo-training-in-spring.html#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:22:19 +0000 Shane http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2345 It&#8217;s coming to the end of March and the majority of both Northern Ireland and the UK is lying under a blanket of snow (quite a large blanket in many places).  This is bad news for all of us, getting to work, general commuting and then we have the farmers &#8211; their livelihood has been [...]<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/turbo-training-in-spring.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1RmIvnmswtE:davP9BfIPvo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1RmIvnmswtE:davP9BfIPvo:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1RmIvnmswtE:davP9BfIPvo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/1RmIvnmswtE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/turbo-training-in-spring.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/turbo-training-in-spring.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/MzDKp4_ppg8/2014-giro-start-in-belfast.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/2014-giro-start-in-belfast.html#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:25:52 +0000 Shane http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2334 It was announced this week that the 2014 Giro will start in none other than Belfast!  The first stage will see the riders starting in Belfast, crossing the border and then finish in Dublin &#8211; a ride that I&#8217;ve completed quite a few times myself! It seems that the legacy of British cycling from 2012 [...]<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/2014-giro-start-in-belfast.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MzDKp4_ppg8:RXKgSyqMigI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MzDKp4_ppg8:RXKgSyqMigI:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MzDKp4_ppg8:RXKgSyqMigI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/MzDKp4_ppg8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/2014-giro-start-in-belfast.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/2014-giro-start-in-belfast.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/pPwxif8EMGY/poll-women-in-cyclocross.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/poll-women-in-cyclocross.html#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:32:07 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2321 Lisa Millar is running a poll and needs as many female cyclists as possible (based in Ireland only) to complete it. Go complete the poll and help her out, and pass the link on.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/poll-women-in-cyclocross.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=pPwxif8EMGY:PR1IXMFB9Cg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=pPwxif8EMGY:PR1IXMFB9Cg:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=pPwxif8EMGY:PR1IXMFB9Cg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/pPwxif8EMGY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/poll-women-in-cyclocross.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/poll-women-in-cyclocross.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/BIUfmdKppOs/greenway-to-stay.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/greenway-to-stay.html#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:14:02 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2312 The DRD has started a public consultation process on it's plans for Belfast Rapid Transit (BRT), a new bus service for the city. One of the proposed routes would require redeveloping the Comber Greenway, seven miles of traffic free path that is very popular with cyclists and walkers.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/greenway-to-stay.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BIUfmdKppOs:6WXI92aG7mk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BIUfmdKppOs:6WXI92aG7mk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BIUfmdKppOs:6WXI92aG7mk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/BIUfmdKppOs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/greenway-to-stay.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/greenway-to-stay.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/plvLej7KA6g/belfasts-car-addiction.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfasts-car-addiction.html#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:57:14 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2305 The Campaign for Better Transport, an independent charity that works to provide "well-researched, practical solutions to transport problems", has published a survey on car dependency across European capital cities. Belfast came 12th out of 13, with only Rome doing worse.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfasts-car-addiction.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plvLej7KA6g:dTyKbFIIpZc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plvLej7KA6g:dTyKbFIIpZc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plvLej7KA6g:dTyKbFIIpZc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/plvLej7KA6g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfasts-car-addiction.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfasts-car-addiction.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6FQnc3moTOI/giant-success-for-ni-sportive.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giant-success-for-ni-sportive.html#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:15:34 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2298 Press release from the Giant's Causeway Coast Sportive...<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giant-success-for-ni-sportive.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6FQnc3moTOI:EYdpWtI5DWs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6FQnc3moTOI:EYdpWtI5DWs:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6FQnc3moTOI:EYdpWtI5DWs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6FQnc3moTOI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giant-success-for-ni-sportive.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giant-success-for-ni-sportive.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/wfeeyvUgM-s/highs-and-lows.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/highs-and-lows.html#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:03:04 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2294 It's been a mixed bag, bike-wise recently...<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/highs-and-lows.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wfeeyvUgM-s:Wlxy0wFwnRY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wfeeyvUgM-s:Wlxy0wFwnRY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wfeeyvUgM-s:Wlxy0wFwnRY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/wfeeyvUgM-s" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/highs-and-lows.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/highs-and-lows.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/2Afmc5mKOCg/lap-the-lough-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011.html#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:22:32 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2276 It was all change for Lap The Lough this year, with a new start point at Maghery Park and new anticlockwise route. Here's how it went.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2Afmc5mKOCg:aFCao5iJABg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2Afmc5mKOCg:aFCao5iJABg:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2Afmc5mKOCg:aFCao5iJABg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/2Afmc5mKOCg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/hUoo1XsvLyc/a-funny-thing-happened.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/a-funny-thing-happened.html#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:49:17 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2270 A funny thing happened on the way to the bike shop, leaving the BeOne up for a service prior to Lap The Lough this Sunday. Well, perhaps "funny" is the wrong word. The drivetrain jammed and threw the rear mech up into the wheel...<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/a-funny-thing-happened.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hUoo1XsvLyc:Mle0MaCuyj0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hUoo1XsvLyc:Mle0MaCuyj0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hUoo1XsvLyc:Mle0MaCuyj0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/hUoo1XsvLyc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/a-funny-thing-happened.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/a-funny-thing-happened.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/kta3genl-sI/on-your-bike.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/on-your-bike.html#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:01:35 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2264 QFT and the Belfast Film Festival invite you to get On Your Bike! on Sunday 4 September at the Belfast Waterfront, for an all-day, free family event about cycling on the big screen and in everyday life.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/on-your-bike.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=kta3genl-sI:ryrqlXGC5SM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=kta3genl-sI:ryrqlXGC5SM:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=kta3genl-sI:ryrqlXGC5SM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/kta3genl-sI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/on-your-bike.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/on-your-bike.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/yEAlFyJruLw/20110821.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110821.html#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:49:53 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2249 Nice we ride out with Adrian today. We met in Belfast city centre, then did a loop to Lisburn along Ballylesson Road, Carryduff via the Saintfield Road and B178, then continued on to Moneyreagh before dropping down to Castlereagh and returning to Belfast again. We only got rained on once, and it wasn't much.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110821.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yEAlFyJruLw:o1_IgaoWKq8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yEAlFyJruLw:o1_IgaoWKq8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yEAlFyJruLw:o1_IgaoWKq8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/yEAlFyJruLw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110821.html/feed 1 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WZASbqHCtww:3c8wF7p4xBY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WZASbqHCtww:3c8wF7p4xBY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/WZASbqHCtww" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-retail-store-opening-august-2011.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-retail-store-opening-august-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/TVAyHWDt7ho/marie-curie-limavady-cycle-2011-announced.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-limavady-cycle-2011-announced.html#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:16:59 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2241 Some more details of the Marie Curie Limavady Cycle have dropped into my inbox...<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-limavady-cycle-2011-announced.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=TVAyHWDt7ho:hwfbaqoNa9c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=TVAyHWDt7ho:hwfbaqoNa9c:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=TVAyHWDt7ho:hwfbaqoNa9c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/TVAyHWDt7ho" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-limavady-cycle-2011-announced.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-limavady-cycle-2011-announced.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/Ok5oVN9pkgU/august-september-diary-dates.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/august-september-diary-dates.html#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:54:09 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2238 Since I've been out of touch for a bit, here's a quick summary of some of the local cycling events coming up in the next month or so that I'm aware of.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/august-september-diary-dates.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Ok5oVN9pkgU:W9z0sYYRcbc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Ok5oVN9pkgU:W9z0sYYRcbc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Ok5oVN9pkgU:W9z0sYYRcbc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/Ok5oVN9pkgU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/august-september-diary-dates.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/august-september-diary-dates.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/lJvYPLTwCOQ/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-update.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-update.html#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:02:37 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2235 A nice letter arrived from Marie Curie: "I am writing to thank you for your contribution to the Craigavon Cycle Trail in 2011, be it small or large. At the time of writing I can reveal that the event has raised over £16,800 which is the best yet..."<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-update.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=lJvYPLTwCOQ:VlXeUQN9A5o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=lJvYPLTwCOQ:VlXeUQN9A5o:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=lJvYPLTwCOQ:VlXeUQN9A5o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/lJvYPLTwCOQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-update.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-update.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/T9Qrpsjcnys/not-dead-just-resting.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/not-dead-just-resting.html#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:37:28 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2228 Astute readers will have noticed a certain dearth of activity on here recently. Oh do stop rolling your eyes. This isn't one of those pointless "I promise to blog moar!" posts, I promise. It's not even another "I quit!". I've just been stupidly busy with a new job, that's all, and I kinda lost both my blogging and cycling mojo for a while there.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/not-dead-just-resting.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=T9Qrpsjcnys:SuoutN-uBBM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=T9Qrpsjcnys:SuoutN-uBBM:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=T9Qrpsjcnys:SuoutN-uBBM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/T9Qrpsjcnys" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/not-dead-just-resting.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/not-dead-just-resting.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/06mQlEq79NY/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011.html#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:29:22 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2206 Today was the day for a ride around the Ards Peninsula, with 1,000 other similarly inclined cyclists (or not, as it turned out). Today was the day of the 2011 NDCC Bangor Coastal Challenge.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=06mQlEq79NY:pXbPgnBkB-o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=06mQlEq79NY:pXbPgnBkB-o:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=06mQlEq79NY:pXbPgnBkB-o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/06mQlEq79NY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/ewB4_EMIYWE/sunday-craic-with-big-wee-bro.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-craic-with-big-wee-bro.html#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:38:38 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2173 And now, a Sunday Ride with a bit of a difference. The Bangor Coastal Challenge 2011 is only a week away and I didn't want to do anything too strenuous, so when my 6'3" 21st rugby playing "wee" brother mentioned he wanted to go for a 30 mile cycle today, I thought I'd tag along.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-craic-with-big-wee-bro.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ewB4_EMIYWE:_tkFU5HPsQ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ewB4_EMIYWE:_tkFU5HPsQ0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ewB4_EMIYWE:_tkFU5HPsQ0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/ewB4_EMIYWE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-craic-with-big-wee-bro.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-craic-with-big-wee-bro.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/juUxZ-JQ8q8/20110615.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110615.html#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:57:51 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2186 Just a quick run to keep the legs loose for Bangor Coastal Challenge 2011 on Sunday!<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110615.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juUxZ-JQ8q8:rQRjED3Qw-Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juUxZ-JQ8q8:rQRjED3Qw-Y:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juUxZ-JQ8q8:rQRjED3Qw-Y:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/juUxZ-JQ8q8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110615.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/20110615.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6C5wQL5_L-A/lap-the-lough-2011-announced.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011-announced.html#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:20:48 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2211 Details of this year's Lap The Lough: Lap 6 event have been released, and it's all change. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011-announced.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6C5wQL5_L-A:zKlg27twWaU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6C5wQL5_L-A:zKlg27twWaU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6C5wQL5_L-A:zKlg27twWaU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6C5wQL5_L-A" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011-announced.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2011-announced.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/y6MH4KZur5g/belfast-cycle-city-conference-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-conference-2011.html#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:35:04 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2167 The Belfast Cycle City campaign are holding another conference this year, much like 2010's very successful Visions for the Future event. Belfast Cycle City Conference: Creating a Cycling Culture takes place on 29th June at 5:45pm in the Empire Music Hall on Botanic Avenue, Belfast. Guest speakers from local government and Dublin will give talks about what Dublin is doing to create a cycling culture, and future plans for cycling in Belfast.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-conference-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=y6MH4KZur5g:ekyHmAjbQCw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=y6MH4KZur5g:ekyHmAjbQCw:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=y6MH4KZur5g:ekyHmAjbQCw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/y6MH4KZur5g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-conference-2011.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-conference-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/oenVYdjXoi8/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011.html#comments Sat, 21 May 2011 22:29:48 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2147 The 2011 Marie Curie Craigavon Cycle Trail, an organised organised 50Km or 80Km cycle around the Craigavon area in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity, took place on 21st May. Team Lard was represented once again.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=oenVYdjXoi8:asjZAgQ21Ig:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=oenVYdjXoi8:asjZAgQ21Ig:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=oenVYdjXoi8:asjZAgQ21Ig:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/oenVYdjXoi8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/plfMpogcB70/sponsor-john-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2011.html#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 09:25:08 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2137 Yes, I'm afraid it's that time of year again, when I tug at your heartstrings in an attempt to distract you as I rifle your wallet. Sponsor John 2011 is here.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plfMpogcB70:0BFdyhRfO8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plfMpogcB70:0BFdyhRfO8E:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=plfMpogcB70:0BFdyhRfO8E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/plfMpogcB70" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2011.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/5DJ7rRWSJVc/tesco-flat-pack-fork-fail.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/tesco-flat-pack-fork-fail.html#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:02:40 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2129 On a trip to my local Tesco recently I noticed some childrens' bikes on display near the store entrance, but something wasn't right. The forks were on backwards.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/tesco-flat-pack-fork-fail.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5DJ7rRWSJVc:GQ0xuXEbqv8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5DJ7rRWSJVc:GQ0xuXEbqv8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5DJ7rRWSJVc:GQ0xuXEbqv8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/5DJ7rRWSJVc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/tesco-flat-pack-fork-fail.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/tesco-flat-pack-fork-fail.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/m8YxlJMFjiY/giants-causeway-coast-sportive-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giants-causeway-coast-sportive-2011.html#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:34:50 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2122 CycleNI have announced a brand new, great looking sportive event for Northern Ireland: The Giant’s Causeway Coast Sportive.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giants-causeway-coast-sportive-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=m8YxlJMFjiY:Ul6yeNSvOE8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=m8YxlJMFjiY:Ul6yeNSvOE8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=m8YxlJMFjiY:Ul6yeNSvOE8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/m8YxlJMFjiY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giants-causeway-coast-sportive-2011.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/giants-causeway-coast-sportive-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/ZsXTjTpGPos/bikedock-bargain-bikes-weekend.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bikedock-bargain-bikes-weekend.html#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:30:04 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2115 Over 150 adult and children’s bicycles have been very generously donated to Belfast bicycle specialists Bikedock, who will revamp them for the "Bargain Bike Weekend" to raise funds for Northern Ireland’s leading local cancer charity the Ulster Cancer Foundation.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bikedock-bargain-bikes-weekend.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ZsXTjTpGPos:w3XXUaAY110:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ZsXTjTpGPos:w3XXUaAY110:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ZsXTjTpGPos:w3XXUaAY110:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/ZsXTjTpGPos" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bikedock-bargain-bikes-weekend.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bikedock-bargain-bikes-weekend.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/MWmaIZVqfJg/third-world-cycle-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/third-world-cycle-2011.html#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:25:58 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2111 This Sunday, 17th of April, the Third World Pedal Pushers are holding their annual charity cycle tour, with a choice of 10 or 60 mile routes. This is a very popular tour which caters for families as well as the "serious" cyclist.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/third-world-cycle-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MWmaIZVqfJg:NSDjNru-Xu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MWmaIZVqfJg:NSDjNru-Xu0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=MWmaIZVqfJg:NSDjNru-Xu0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/MWmaIZVqfJg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/third-world-cycle-2011.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/third-world-cycle-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/wl7iHeJ75M0/sunday-ride-20110410.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110410.html#comments Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:36:46 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2104 Is it summer yet? With temperatures already climbing towards 20C at 9am this morning, you could be forgiven for thinking so. Grand weather for a Team Lard Sunday Ride, wouldn't you say?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110410.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wl7iHeJ75M0:9Hcb1_jbBDc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wl7iHeJ75M0:9Hcb1_jbBDc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wl7iHeJ75M0:9Hcb1_jbBDc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/wl7iHeJ75M0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110410.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110410.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6jtZYSRefcE/sunday-ride-20110403.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110403.html#comments Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:56:23 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2094 A decidedly unmotivated and last-nights-curry laden me clambered aboard the BeOne for a Sunday spin this afternoon, but clamber aboard I did anyway and took in a 20 mile loop out to Dunadry and back.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110403.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6jtZYSRefcE:QsQSD9menU4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6jtZYSRefcE:QsQSD9menU4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6jtZYSRefcE:QsQSD9menU4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6jtZYSRefcE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110403.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20110403.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/ln5h6ansPz8/mr-gruntivator.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mr-gruntivator.html#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:23:44 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2095 A little anecdote about an event today that amused me: Girv vs. Gruntinator. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mr-gruntivator.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ln5h6ansPz8:GTHjRVrHjXo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ln5h6ansPz8:GTHjRVrHjXo:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ln5h6ansPz8:GTHjRVrHjXo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/ln5h6ansPz8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mr-gruntivator.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mr-gruntivator.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/GUcNYSYooRg/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud-update.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud-update.html#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:03:25 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2084 Previously, a number of Chain Reaction customers, including myself, had reported unauthorised transactions appearing on their credit cards after placing orders with the online retailer. Working with independent experts, the company has now found and permanently closed the security hole.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud-update.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=GUcNYSYooRg:OZtNQORKcm4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=GUcNYSYooRg:OZtNQORKcm4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=GUcNYSYooRg:OZtNQORKcm4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/GUcNYSYooRg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud-update.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud-update.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/__p6KW05e30/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud.html#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:20:36 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2077 Doagh based Chain Reaction Cycles have acknowledged that a number of customers have experienced unauthorised charges on their credit cards after ordering items from the Chain Reaction website. I, unfortunately, am one of those customers.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=__p6KW05e30:_FZPNH1wMrQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=__p6KW05e30:_FZPNH1wMrQ:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=__p6KW05e30:_FZPNH1wMrQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/__p6KW05e30" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chain-reaction-credit-card-fraud.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/UR2-KlhjSjk/ni-helmet-law-ctc-presents-the-evidence.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-ctc-presents-the-evidence.html#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:23:52 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2074 On 16th March, the CTC’s Roger Geffen joined forces with CTC volunteers and Sustrans staff in Londonderry to present evidence to the Environment Committee of the Assembly which is considering whether to make it illegal to ride a bike in Northern Ireland without wearing a helmet.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-ctc-presents-the-evidence.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=UR2-KlhjSjk:TqcoDwmee5M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=UR2-KlhjSjk:TqcoDwmee5M:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=UR2-KlhjSjk:TqcoDwmee5M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/UR2-KlhjSjk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-ctc-presents-the-evidence.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-ctc-presents-the-evidence.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/4bYXcbynDl0/cyclepedia-a-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cyclepedia-a-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs.html#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:25:34 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2069 Bicycle collector and photographer Micahel Embacher will shortly be launching a book containing stunning photographs of his extensive collection of famous bicycles.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cyclepedia-a-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4bYXcbynDl0:bai-vPES5Ng:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4bYXcbynDl0:bai-vPES5Ng:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4bYXcbynDl0:bai-vPES5Ng:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/4bYXcbynDl0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cyclepedia-a-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cyclepedia-a-tour-of-iconic-bicycle-designs.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/Fl6lFLxAXH8/sunday-ride-what.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-what.html#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:40:24 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2065 I know this may sound unbelievable, but I went for a bike ride today. On a bike, on an actual road, for the first time in about three months. And, oh, it was awful.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-what.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Fl6lFLxAXH8:IBe-ySc9Uc0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Fl6lFLxAXH8:IBe-ySc9Uc0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Fl6lFLxAXH8:IBe-ySc9Uc0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/Fl6lFLxAXH8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-what.html/feed 5 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-what.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/9F5bYlacTI0/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011-announced.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011-announced.html#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:21:23 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2058 Hot on the heels of the 2011 Craigavon Cycle Trail, and my own 2011 Diary, entries have now opened for the 2011 Bangor Coastal Challenge organised by North Down Cycle Club. Are you up for the challenge?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011-announced.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9F5bYlacTI0:l9ZZ56tt80M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9F5bYlacTI0:l9ZZ56tt80M:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9F5bYlacTI0:l9ZZ56tt80M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/9F5bYlacTI0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011-announced.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/bangor-coastal-challenge-2011-announced.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/VOpjLW2LWJk/diary-2011.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/diary-2011.html#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:25:10 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2054 Winter is fading and I've finally started to kick the evil lung lurgy that has plagued me for the past two months, so I've started making cycling plans for the coming year again.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/diary-2011.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VOpjLW2LWJk:vH7BgmAhntQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VOpjLW2LWJk:vH7BgmAhntQ:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VOpjLW2LWJk:vH7BgmAhntQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/VOpjLW2LWJk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/diary-2011.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/diary-2011.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/cvapTRXedE4/marie-curie-craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-announced.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-announced.html#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:25:59 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2049 Good news, everyone. Marie Curie Cancer Care's always excellent Craigavon Cycle Challenge is coming back for 2011, and this time it's longer.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-announced.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=cvapTRXedE4:kyRhn0uXdPE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=cvapTRXedE4:kyRhn0uXdPE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=cvapTRXedE4:kyRhn0uXdPE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/cvapTRXedE4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-announced.html/feed 7 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/marie-curie-craigavon-cycle-trail-2011-announced.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/hnGIT77z4sc/ni-helmet-law-goes-to-next-stage.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-goes-to-next-stage.html#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:19:06 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2042 After a 2.5 hour debate, Northern Ireland MLAs today voted for the Cyclists Protective Headgear Bill to move to the next stage of the legislative process.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-goes-to-next-stage.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hnGIT77z4sc:mVMqgKnYstA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hnGIT77z4sc:mVMqgKnYstA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hnGIT77z4sc:mVMqgKnYstA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/hnGIT77z4sc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-goes-to-next-stage.html/feed 16 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ni-helmet-law-goes-to-next-stage.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/FyIC5sRYvmc/another-winter-off-the-bike.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/another-winter-off-the-bike.html#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:33:54 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2036 As I write this it's been three and a half weeks since I've been near a bike. It's been been three and a half weeks since I've been near anything much but the sofa and TV, really, as I've been suffering from a particularly bad bout of seasonal 'flu coupled with a nasty green-spitting chest infection. Lovely.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/another-winter-off-the-bike.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FyIC5sRYvmc:z6gQwl9cVS4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FyIC5sRYvmc:z6gQwl9cVS4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FyIC5sRYvmc:z6gQwl9cVS4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/FyIC5sRYvmc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/another-winter-off-the-bike.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/another-winter-off-the-bike.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/v1eAumhzJa8/why-we-shouldnt-bike-with-a-helmet.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-we-shouldnt-bike-with-a-helmet.html#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:38:45 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2028 An interesting talk from Mikael Colville-Andersen, Copenhagen's "Bicycle Ambassador", about how important the bicycle is for liveable cities and how compulsory use of helmets has been shown to threaten cycling culture and reduce cycling in cities around the world where it has been implemented.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-we-shouldnt-bike-with-a-helmet.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=v1eAumhzJa8:6rdcRqFahPY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=v1eAumhzJa8:6rdcRqFahPY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=v1eAumhzJa8:6rdcRqFahPY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/v1eAumhzJa8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-we-shouldnt-bike-with-a-helmet.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-we-shouldnt-bike-with-a-helmet.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/1ZvcIItyRAw/hey-2010-howd-it-go.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-howd-it-go.html#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:12:38 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2025 2010 for me, in terms of cycling anyway, wasn't a great year at first glance. I had a couple of crashes, illness, injury and bad weather at both ends of the year kept me off the bike more than I'd like, and I missed out on the Bangor Coastal Challenge and my notional goal of doing "2010 in 2010". I also lost interest in this blog after it all got a bit too ranty and aggressive. Bah. But dig a bit deeper and there were many positives.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-howd-it-go.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1ZvcIItyRAw:UBbA1aUUw3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1ZvcIItyRAw:UBbA1aUUw3Q:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1ZvcIItyRAw:UBbA1aUUw3Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/1ZvcIItyRAw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-howd-it-go.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-howd-it-go.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/0TLWUHxCQj0/helmets-to-be-compulsory-in-northern-ireland.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/helmets-to-be-compulsory-in-northern-ireland.html#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:33:16 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2021 A piece of primary legislation has been put before the Northern Ireland Assembly that, if enacted into law, would require cyclists of all ages to wear a cycle helmet when cycling on a road or other public place. Those caught riding without a helmet would face a fixed penalty charge of £50.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/helmets-to-be-compulsory-in-northern-ireland.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0TLWUHxCQj0:Zr1VGHIHytU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0TLWUHxCQj0:Zr1VGHIHytU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0TLWUHxCQj0:Zr1VGHIHytU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/0TLWUHxCQj0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/helmets-to-be-compulsory-in-northern-ireland.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/helmets-to-be-compulsory-in-northern-ireland.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/Tx5SkqDSRvE/cycling-not-dancing.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycling-not-dancing.html#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:44:57 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2012 A few weeks ago I had a steroid injection in my right hip to deal with some tendon pain I'd been experiencing. At the time it hurt like a hurty thing and I was told to rest for a few days. I did that, but it kept on with the hurty, so I haven't been near a bike in three weeks. It's still sore to walk very far, but last night I decided to give the turbo trainer a go and see how my old man's hip held up.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycling-not-dancing.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Tx5SkqDSRvE:17FKPT_Brxk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Tx5SkqDSRvE:17FKPT_Brxk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Tx5SkqDSRvE:17FKPT_Brxk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/Tx5SkqDSRvE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycling-not-dancing.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycling-not-dancing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/S9emz3Mbfuo/no-dancing-this-weekend.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-dancing-this-weekend.html#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 21:05:22 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2009 Today I went for a steroid injection in my right leg. I've been having some niggling pain down that leg for some time, but, being a male, waited for the pain to get quite bad before I did anything about it. "Sure it'll probably clear up", I thought, but no. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-dancing-this-weekend.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=S9emz3Mbfuo:3bx6ndIP80s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=S9emz3Mbfuo:3bx6ndIP80s:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=S9emz3Mbfuo:3bx6ndIP80s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/S9emz3Mbfuo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-dancing-this-weekend.html/feed 5 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-dancing-this-weekend.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/azsC4Gn4m7k/carrera-virtuoso.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carrera-virtuoso.html#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:44:42 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=2006 For a month now, more or less, I've been shuttling back and forward to work on the my new winter bike, a Carrera Virtuoso from Halfords.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carrera-virtuoso.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=azsC4Gn4m7k:9Cn5FKpEY_E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=azsC4Gn4m7k:9Cn5FKpEY_E:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=azsC4Gn4m7k:9Cn5FKpEY_E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/azsC4Gn4m7k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carrera-virtuoso.html/feed 6 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carrera-virtuoso.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/N1xT_OUKdWE/cycle-city-protest-at-spending-cuts.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycle-city-protest-at-spending-cuts.html#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 14:26:07 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1982 Belfast Cycle City, who I've written about before, held a protest in Belfast today at news of a 98% cut in the spending allocation for cycling in the city. The event was well attended, with around 120 cyclists of all shapes and sizes taking part (including one brave soul on a Penny Farthing), cycling once around the city hall area with police escorts.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycle-city-protest-at-spending-cuts.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=N1xT_OUKdWE:LC69RcG6Lyw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=N1xT_OUKdWE:LC69RcG6Lyw:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=N1xT_OUKdWE:LC69RcG6Lyw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/N1xT_OUKdWE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycle-city-protest-at-spending-cuts.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cycle-city-protest-at-spending-cuts.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/JNckOdAViV4/sunday-ride-42.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-42.html#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:10:23 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1975 10/10/10. It's a Binary Day, or 42 Day if you're a geek like me, and if you're a geek like me you'll also know that 42 is the true answer to ultimate question of life, the universe and everything. Kinda like getting out on your bike, no? That's what I did anyway, on this day of days, taking myself off for a wee spin down the Sustrans M5 cycle path into Belfast and back again.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-42.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JNckOdAViV4:x3SziocDVtc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JNckOdAViV4:x3SziocDVtc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JNckOdAViV4:x3SziocDVtc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/JNckOdAViV4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-42.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-42.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/JsB-pSzBUg0/sponsor-john-2010.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2010.html#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:26:24 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1969 Much like last year, in 2010 I used my efforts in dragging myself (and a bike) around Lough Neagh in Lap The Lough to pester people into sponsoring me to raise much needed funds for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in Northern Ireland. The pledges have now all been collected, cross referenced, tallied, summed and all the other things you do with promises of money, and the grand total for 2010 came to an impressive £575!<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2010.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JsB-pSzBUg0:o5jQL3Jk4G4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JsB-pSzBUg0:o5jQL3Jk4G4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=JsB-pSzBUg0:o5jQL3Jk4G4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/JsB-pSzBUg0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2010.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-john-2010.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/r1hx5IPEoQ0/magheramorne-quarry-world-cycling-centre.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/magheramorne-quarry-world-cycling-centre.html#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:46:49 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1964 News comes to me, via Phill and MBUK Magazine, of an ambitious plan to build a world class mountain biking centre on a derelict quarry site near Larne, here in Northern Ireland.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/magheramorne-quarry-world-cycling-centre.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=r1hx5IPEoQ0:xR9UlGcB3dc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=r1hx5IPEoQ0:xR9UlGcB3dc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=r1hx5IPEoQ0:xR9UlGcB3dc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/r1hx5IPEoQ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/magheramorne-quarry-world-cycling-centre.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/magheramorne-quarry-world-cycling-centre.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/HUn4Q4wIqv0/change-of-light.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/change-of-light.html#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:23:07 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1961 I think I have a new signifier for the end of summer. I was all set for a long-way commute this morning until I looked out the window. It was too dark to hit the country roads without lights!<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/change-of-light.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HUn4Q4wIqv0:t_0N9ZjH1VE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HUn4Q4wIqv0:t_0N9ZjH1VE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HUn4Q4wIqv0:t_0N9ZjH1VE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/HUn4Q4wIqv0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/change-of-light.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/change-of-light.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/KsZrSl5rvXw/lap-the-lough-2010.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2010.html#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:34:20 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1935 Sunday, 6am, cold, wet and windy. After the week I'd had it was not a likely time to be awake, but today I was getting up, getting fed, getting dressed and heading for Craigavon regardless. It's Lap The Lough 2010, after all.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2010.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=KsZrSl5rvXw:CwlFY0hAgho:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=KsZrSl5rvXw:CwlFY0hAgho:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=KsZrSl5rvXw:CwlFY0hAgho:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/KsZrSl5rvXw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2010.html/feed 5 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/lap-the-lough-2010.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/9ErrrgXKMQ8/carry-on-regardless.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carry-on-regardless.html#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:26:38 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1930 Less than a week to go until Lap The Lough 2010 and it's all gone quiet over Rain Miles way? Pesky work. Pesky real life. I'll attempt a summary of the last couple of weeks.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carry-on-regardless.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9ErrrgXKMQ8:DSGHnGrBCCE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9ErrrgXKMQ8:DSGHnGrBCCE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9ErrrgXKMQ8:DSGHnGrBCCE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/9ErrrgXKMQ8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carry-on-regardless.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/carry-on-regardless.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/juBjSapxV40/back-and-with-a-science-part.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/back-and-with-a-science-part.html#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:56:06 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1924 I'd taken a bit of a break after a fairly disastrous ride into work last week, forgoing even my usual Sunday long ride. Sometimes you just know, right? So this morning I thought it was worth another shot at my 25 mile commute route, and I also took the chance to experiment with fuelling a little ahead of the big event. Here comes the science part. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/back-and-with-a-science-part.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juBjSapxV40:LrYO9cBnE8k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juBjSapxV40:LrYO9cBnE8k:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=juBjSapxV40:LrYO9cBnE8k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/juBjSapxV40" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/back-and-with-a-science-part.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/back-and-with-a-science-part.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/VTLrl9DnspE/sometimes-you-just-know.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sometimes-you-just-know.html#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:00:30 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1919 Some mornings you just know that a cycle commute is the last thing your body wants or needs, but you still go anyway. That was me this morning. On both counts.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sometimes-you-just-know.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VTLrl9DnspE:82gImoYZddg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VTLrl9DnspE:82gImoYZddg:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=VTLrl9DnspE:82gImoYZddg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/VTLrl9DnspE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sometimes-you-just-know.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sometimes-you-just-know.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/WON-VPSdlIA/belfast-telegraph-lagan-cycle-rage-shocker.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-telegraph-lagan-cycle-rage-shocker.html#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:13:57 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1912 The Belfast Telegraph informs us that PSNI officers on bikes are to be deployed along the Lagan Towpath to tackle "cycle rage". I take issue with this article. It's sensationalist, misleading and short on detail.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-telegraph-lagan-cycle-rage-shocker.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WON-VPSdlIA:8xPhoDj3B2Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WON-VPSdlIA:8xPhoDj3B2Q:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WON-VPSdlIA:8xPhoDj3B2Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/WON-VPSdlIA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-telegraph-lagan-cycle-rage-shocker.html/feed 5 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-telegraph-lagan-cycle-rage-shocker.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/HS7qwhArnk0/sponsor-me-for-lap-the-lough.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-me-for-lap-the-lough.html#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:18:28 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1906 35Km long, 25Km wide, 150Km around, Lough Neagh is the largest lake in Ireland and Britain and the third largest in Western Europe. On Sunday 29th of August I'll be cycling around it with 1,500 other idiots in Northern Ireland's largest cycling event. Once again, I'm using the event to raise sponsorship money for RNIB NI via my Sponsor John! website.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-me-for-lap-the-lough.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HS7qwhArnk0:jfrqOrDXxps:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HS7qwhArnk0:jfrqOrDXxps:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=HS7qwhArnk0:jfrqOrDXxps:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/HS7qwhArnk0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-me-for-lap-the-lough.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sponsor-me-for-lap-the-lough.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/0-THIonNI0w/thirty-nine-seconds.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/thirty-nine-seconds.html#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:35:30 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1896 So, Blue Ribble, today we were like Schleck and Contador in Le Tour 2010, evenly matched for most of our run down the Antrim Road. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/thirty-nine-seconds.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0-THIonNI0w:ZNFG8D3_W1A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0-THIonNI0w:ZNFG8D3_W1A:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=0-THIonNI0w:ZNFG8D3_W1A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/0-THIonNI0w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/thirty-nine-seconds.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/thirty-nine-seconds.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/4LZd3T2rFbk/fast-lost-fastlost-slow.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fast-lost-fastlost-slow.html#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:59:08 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1901 It was a tired and slightly reluctant me that dragged itself out of bed at 6:30am on a Sunday-friggin'-morning for a prearranged 50(ish) mile lap(ish) of the Ards Peninsula with Allan and Graham. Tired and reluctant due to being at a barbeque the night before, which was great fun and all, but had me feeling like the MEAT was still sitting in a solid, undigested lump in my guts. Still, up I dragged, got ready and set off for Newtownards.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fast-lost-fastlost-slow.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4LZd3T2rFbk:ruH01pTp6Ys:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4LZd3T2rFbk:ruH01pTp6Ys:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=4LZd3T2rFbk:ruH01pTp6Ys:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/4LZd3T2rFbk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fast-lost-fastlost-slow.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fast-lost-fastlost-slow.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/5KHxiHO3AgQ/strangford-lap-20100718.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/strangford-lap-20100718.html#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:48:56 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1884 After postponing last week due to there being a storm outside and quite a lot on TV inside, this week I finally headed out for a tour of Strangford Lough, with Allan for company.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/strangford-lap-20100718.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5KHxiHO3AgQ:bT7JtQUtSLM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5KHxiHO3AgQ:bT7JtQUtSLM:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=5KHxiHO3AgQ:bT7JtQUtSLM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/5KHxiHO3AgQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/strangford-lap-20100718.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/strangford-lap-20100718.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/sMpRGhFcixI/chapeau-silver-saracen.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chapeau-silver-saracen.html#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:36:20 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1880 Chapeau, silver haired guy on the old looking Saracen road bike that I encountered on the M5 cycle path this morning.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chapeau-silver-saracen.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sMpRGhFcixI:rwSHCBMPtHk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sMpRGhFcixI:rwSHCBMPtHk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sMpRGhFcixI:rwSHCBMPtHk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/sMpRGhFcixI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chapeau-silver-saracen.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/chapeau-silver-saracen.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/s1Kv1aDAu8U/one-ride-three-types-of-idiot.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-ride-three-types-of-idiot.html#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:56:25 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1876 You'd think a short 10-ish mile commute on what is still mostly a holiday here in Northern Ireland would be quiet and trouble free. Not so today.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-ride-three-types-of-idiot.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=s1Kv1aDAu8U:BDnckWrdR-c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=s1Kv1aDAu8U:BDnckWrdR-c:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=s1Kv1aDAu8U:BDnckWrdR-c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/s1Kv1aDAu8U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-ride-three-types-of-idiot.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-ride-three-types-of-idiot.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6hnwlBonrSY/1000-up-2010.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/1000-up-2010.html#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:54:49 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1871 A picture's worth a thousand words, they say, or in this case a thousand miles. Sunday's ride nudged me over the 1,000 mile mark for 2010 and I didn't even notice until now.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/1000-up-2010.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6hnwlBonrSY:i3qyLrkqW9s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6hnwlBonrSY:i3qyLrkqW9s:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6hnwlBonrSY:i3qyLrkqW9s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6hnwlBonrSY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/1000-up-2010.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/1000-up-2010.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/L2UOlO4lX-g/sunday-ride-20100711.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100711.html#comments Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:41:22 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1865 Plans were laid with Allan for a lap of Strangford Lough this morning. 50 miles of scenic roads and a little jaunt on the ferry sure sounded like fun, but as battle plans do not survive contact with the enemy so our plans did not survive contact with the weather. So the planned morning Strangford Lap was aborted, but as the afternoon got going the storm died back and I decided to head out for a ride anyway. The conditions were still far from ideal, but with parades and bonfire debris likely tomorrow today was the better day to ride. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100711.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=L2UOlO4lX-g:vuFwpw2QweM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=L2UOlO4lX-g:vuFwpw2QweM:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=L2UOlO4lX-g:vuFwpw2QweM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/L2UOlO4lX-g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100711.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100711.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/2GhzUXkdNao/ass-on-the-grass.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ass-on-the-grass.html#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:43:42 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1855 As I left my office in Belfast City Centre yesterday evening the weather wasn't looking great. It was very overcast, with a blustery wind that brought spots and promises of rain, so a perfect evening for an attempt on the 900ft Col du Cave Hill. It didn't go so well.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ass-on-the-grass.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2GhzUXkdNao:zU6ZfOtCngA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2GhzUXkdNao:zU6ZfOtCngA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=2GhzUXkdNao:zU6ZfOtCngA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/2GhzUXkdNao" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ass-on-the-grass.html/feed 5 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ass-on-the-grass.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/1gzcSGTzCLc/june-100-challenge-results.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge-results.html#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:20:34 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1850 The June 100 Challenge was a simple one: can you cycle 100 leisure miles in the month of June? For 24 of the 31 participants, including myself, the answer was "yes we can" !<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge-results.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1gzcSGTzCLc:34cb_iPCNtU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1gzcSGTzCLc:34cb_iPCNtU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1gzcSGTzCLc:34cb_iPCNtU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/1gzcSGTzCLc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge-results.html/feed 6 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge-results.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/ytS3IsDSC0U/one-hundred-and-eighty.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-hundred-and-eighty.html#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:31:31 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1839 Thanks to some unseasonably (it's summer here in Northern Ireland) dry weather and competitive urging from the June 100 Challenge, I've racked up quite a few miles in the last week and a bit. One hundred and eighty, as you may have already guessed. It's the most intensive period of cycling that I've undertaken for quite some time. Possibly ever. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-hundred-and-eighty.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ytS3IsDSC0U:Im9OlIePxOk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ytS3IsDSC0U:Im9OlIePxOk:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=ytS3IsDSC0U:Im9OlIePxOk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/ytS3IsDSC0U" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-hundred-and-eighty.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/one-hundred-and-eighty.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/xi3NGVdxX50/halfords-tour-series-belfast.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast.html#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:18:52 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1824 The Belfast round of the two-race Halfords Tour Series Ireland hit town on Friday night, and I was there to watch the action.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=xi3NGVdxX50:iG8O1WXrDgA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=xi3NGVdxX50:iG8O1WXrDgA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=xi3NGVdxX50:iG8O1WXrDgA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/xi3NGVdxX50" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/BDB2i_p_Jig/halfords-tour-series-belfast-maps-and-details.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast-maps-and-details.html#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:44:17 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1793 The Halford's Tour Series comes to Belfast city centre this Friday 18th June 2010. Details of the race route and traffic restrictions are now available in a release from Belfast City Centre Management.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast-maps-and-details.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BDB2i_p_Jig:3s7NvKnbg-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BDB2i_p_Jig:3s7NvKnbg-0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=BDB2i_p_Jig:3s7NvKnbg-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/BDB2i_p_Jig" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast-maps-and-details.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-belfast-maps-and-details.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/OOx6YCScDOk/sunday-ride-20100613.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100613.html#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:02:42 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1803 No charity invitations today, so I was free to have a sneaky lie in and follow my own route. A quote I'd seen on Twitter during the week had inspired me, so I set myself a bit of a challenge with a route that was longer and hillier than anything I'd attempted this year so far. And with no sensible reason other than "Let's go to Lisburn", I plotted a path through Belfast and set out.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100613.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=OOx6YCScDOk:GHAyrDhap-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=OOx6YCScDOk:GHAyrDhap-0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=OOx6YCScDOk:GHAyrDhap-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/OOx6YCScDOk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100613.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100613.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/FwM3-Djk0Fw/fleet-headquarters.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fleet-headquarters.html#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:45:35 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1812 I have a fleet of bikes now, and every good fleet needs a headquarters. So I built one.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fleet-headquarters.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FwM3-Djk0Fw:7HGSzdV8b2w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FwM3-Djk0Fw:7HGSzdV8b2w:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=FwM3-Djk0Fw:7HGSzdV8b2w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/FwM3-Djk0Fw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fleet-headquarters.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/fleet-headquarters.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/yYs2eRGGBzY/june-100-ride-20100610.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-ride-20100610.html#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:17:27 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1775 June 100 is nothing if not motivational. I had a bit of time to kill this afternoon, and after checking the June 100 standings I saw that a quick 15 mile ride would move me well up the table. It was a sunny day, I had time on my hands; what to do?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-ride-20100610.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yYs2eRGGBzY:I_N5E5gtnxU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yYs2eRGGBzY:I_N5E5gtnxU:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=yYs2eRGGBzY:I_N5E5gtnxU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/yYs2eRGGBzY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-ride-20100610.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-ride-20100610.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/LIsyUcFh2F4/take-the-long-way.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/take-the-long-way.html#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:14:04 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1767 If you're here, reading this, I'm going to take a wild guess that you do a bit of cycling. It doesn't matter how much; maybe it's just in the park with the kids at the weekend or maybe it's commuting a couple of miles twice a week. Whatever your cycling pedigree, I'm also going to guess that you have a few regular routes that you know like the back of your hand and take all the time. So here's a crazy motivational idea: why not occasionally take the long way instead?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/take-the-long-way.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=LIsyUcFh2F4:y3QXQe2D1eY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=LIsyUcFh2F4:y3QXQe2D1eY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=LIsyUcFh2F4:y3QXQe2D1eY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/LIsyUcFh2F4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/take-the-long-way.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/take-the-long-way.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/jKq4h-VlNcc/benefits-of-commuting-by-bike-132.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/benefits-of-commuting-by-bike-132.html#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:32:08 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1780 @nevsutter on Twitter brought a benefit of commuting to work by bike to my attention today that I'd missed up until now.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/benefits-of-commuting-by-bike-132.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=jKq4h-VlNcc:45C1DSOKVr8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=jKq4h-VlNcc:45C1DSOKVr8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=jKq4h-VlNcc:45C1DSOKVr8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/jKq4h-VlNcc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/benefits-of-commuting-by-bike-132.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/benefits-of-commuting-by-bike-132.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/wNh2XnbWRcY/sunday-ride-20100606.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100606.html#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 22:46:25 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1772 Today I was invited to a charity 50Km in aid of Habitat for Humanity. However circumstances conspired against me and I couldn't make it to start start line in time, so as a penance of sorts and with the June 100 Challenge in mind, I plotted a 60Km+ route and headed out.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100606.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wNh2XnbWRcY:SyxgorjjdFQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wNh2XnbWRcY:SyxgorjjdFQ:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=wNh2XnbWRcY:SyxgorjjdFQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/wNh2XnbWRcY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100606.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/sunday-ride-20100606.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/vyRPHrq8e-I/visions-for-the-future-conference.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/visions-for-the-future-conference.html#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:03:53 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1729 Last night I attended a packed Black Box for the Belfast Cycle City: Visions For The Future conference, where speakers from the Northern Ireland Department for Regional Development, Cycling England, Dublin City Council, Sustrans and Friends of the Earth talked about the successes and problems they've had with promoting cycling and discussed how these could be applied to Belfast.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/visions-for-the-future-conference.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=vyRPHrq8e-I:WoLJ8qUvgwQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=vyRPHrq8e-I:WoLJ8qUvgwQ:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=vyRPHrq8e-I:WoLJ8qUvgwQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/vyRPHrq8e-I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/visions-for-the-future-conference.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/visions-for-the-future-conference.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/g-PpqNu40dQ/long-way-commute-20100602.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/long-way-commute-20100602.html#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:30:55 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1758 It was such a beautifully sunny morning I just had to take the long way into Belfast, heading (roughly) for Ballycarry along the Old Carrick Road for a few miles before turning back for the city. I took a few snaps along the way. Tell me again why I'd want to sit in traffic for an hour on a day like this?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/long-way-commute-20100602.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=g-PpqNu40dQ:bq_v8qxSc4A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=g-PpqNu40dQ:bq_v8qxSc4A:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=g-PpqNu40dQ:bq_v8qxSc4A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/g-PpqNu40dQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/long-way-commute-20100602.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/long-way-commute-20100602.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/-C2MDUm8E7w/june-100-challenge.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge.html#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:17:56 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1726 Phill with the Irregular Cycles has come up with a fun challenge to encourage you (and himself) to get out on your bike some more in June: The June 100 Challenge. Can you cycle 100 miles in the month of June?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=-C2MDUm8E7w:cPRQOiL6C9M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=-C2MDUm8E7w:cPRQOiL6C9M:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=-C2MDUm8E7w:cPRQOiL6C9M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/-C2MDUm8E7w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/june-100-challenge.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6uO5USzfbo4/belfast-cycle-city-visions-for-the-future.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-visions-for-the-future.html#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 11:11:06 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1682 Belfast Cycle City, a campaign run by Friends of the Earth in cooperation with Sustrans, is hosting a free conference to discuss the future of cycling provision in Belfast. Belfast Cycle City: Visions for the Future is being held in The Black Box on June 1st 2010. Doors open at 5:45pm and entrance is free. Pizza is also free.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-visions-for-the-future.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6uO5USzfbo4:t61OuXtRMBE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6uO5USzfbo4:t61OuXtRMBE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6uO5USzfbo4:t61OuXtRMBE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6uO5USzfbo4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-visions-for-the-future.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/belfast-cycle-city-visions-for-the-future.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/_kdbhnqLqQE/craigavon-cycle-trail-2010.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2010.html#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 08:56:26 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1715 The 2010 Marie Curie Craigavon Cycle Trail, an organised 10Km or 50Km cycle around the Craigavon area in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity, took place on 22nd May. Three of us attempted the 50Km course, and this is how we fared!<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2010.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=_kdbhnqLqQE:ymNxw6cj-1c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=_kdbhnqLqQE:ymNxw6cj-1c:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=_kdbhnqLqQE:ymNxw6cj-1c:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/_kdbhnqLqQE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2010.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/craigavon-cycle-trail-2010.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/nKRq_-dp-hE/new-bike-carrera-virtuoso.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/new-bike-carrera-virtuoso.html#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 21:26:33 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1703 What's the correct number of bikes to have? n+1, goes the wisdom. Today I took delivery of a new +1: a Carrera Virtuoso road bike, courtesy of Halfords and the government Cycle To Work scheme, and accompanied by a good haul of accessories. Tax free, thank you very much.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/new-bike-carrera-virtuoso.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=nKRq_-dp-hE:aa9TMsDgIKI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=nKRq_-dp-hE:aa9TMsDgIKI:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=nKRq_-dp-hE:aa9TMsDgIKI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/nKRq_-dp-hE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/new-bike-carrera-virtuoso.html/feed 4 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/new-bike-carrera-virtuoso.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/l3peNHSFvlY/hey-2010-hows-it-going.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-hows-it-going.html#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 21:08:16 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1689 As it's been a few months since I've posted anything, I figured a quick update on how 2010 is going for me (in terms of cycling) was in order. In a word, it sucks. It's hard not to make this next bit whiny, but bear with me.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-hows-it-going.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=l3peNHSFvlY:RSf1dj_ylkY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=l3peNHSFvlY:RSf1dj_ylkY:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=l3peNHSFvlY:RSf1dj_ylkY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/l3peNHSFvlY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-hows-it-going.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/hey-2010-hows-it-going.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/EaTw4pQUm_8/halfords-tour-series-comes-to-belfast.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-comes-to-belfast.html#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 09:06:45 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1699 There's some exciting news from Belfast City Council (really), with a press release announcing the arrival of competitive cycling in Belfast city centre. The "Halfords Tour Series Belfast" will have some of the UK's top cycling teams competing in a race around a city centre circuit.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-comes-to-belfast.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=EaTw4pQUm_8:n4Vibus8Czw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=EaTw4pQUm_8:n4Vibus8Czw:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=EaTw4pQUm_8:n4Vibus8Czw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/EaTw4pQUm_8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-comes-to-belfast.html/feed 6 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/halfords-tour-series-comes-to-belfast.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/75SOr5_l7lo/no-promises.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-promises.html#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 10:06:35 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1679 So, we're back. I've been motivated by myself and a couple of others to restart this blog, but this time it'll have to be a bit different.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-promises.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=75SOr5_l7lo:yeVreDTqod0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=75SOr5_l7lo:yeVreDTqod0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=75SOr5_l7lo:yeVreDTqod0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/75SOr5_l7lo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-promises.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/no-promises.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/WWiAKhIoBis/the-end.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/the-end.html#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:46:07 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1671 Is this the end of the ride? Maybe, maybe not. It's the end of the beginning at least. Rain Miles is taking a break.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/the-end.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WWiAKhIoBis:jSnIygBF6Lw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WWiAKhIoBis:jSnIygBF6Lw:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=WWiAKhIoBis:jSnIygBF6Lw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/WWiAKhIoBis" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/the-end.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/the-end.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/hfQSefJP9es/its-not-me-its-you.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/its-not-me-its-you.html#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:47:19 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1642 When you're riding in traffic, do you ever feel like they're all out to get you? You might not be too far wrong, as a number of recent studies show just how dangerous it can be to cycle on the roads in the UK. And you know what else? It looks like the motorists are generally the ones at fault.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/its-not-me-its-you.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hfQSefJP9es:doOaY2ZFQ_4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hfQSefJP9es:doOaY2ZFQ_4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=hfQSefJP9es:doOaY2ZFQ_4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/hfQSefJP9es" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/its-not-me-its-you.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/its-not-me-its-you.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/w76dvdMi-fw/just-want-punch-luke-collins-in-head.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/just-want-punch-luke-collins-in-head.html#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:56:19 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1644 Facebook threw up a real eye-opener recently, in the form of an anti-cycling group set up by a young man by the name of Luke Collins. The excellently spelled "just want punch cyclest in the head when they wont move out your way" group. The group, before it was deleted, was a litany of violent anti-cyclist comments from motorists, and showed just how aggressive, selfish and stupid many drivers can be. Not to mention semi-literate and homophobic.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/just-want-punch-luke-collins-in-head.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=w76dvdMi-fw:z03K6eI-zO8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=w76dvdMi-fw:z03K6eI-zO8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=w76dvdMi-fw:z03K6eI-zO8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/w76dvdMi-fw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/just-want-punch-luke-collins-in-head.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/just-want-punch-luke-collins-in-head.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/Xb5Ggwa1JKI/ipod-zombie-poll-result.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ipod-zombie-poll-result.html#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:43:53 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1637 Following the recent complaints about cyclists riding while listening to music, cycling news site road.cc ran a poll asking what cyclists themselves thought about the issue. The results are now in. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ipod-zombie-poll-result.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Xb5Ggwa1JKI:rr-zGLs210U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Xb5Ggwa1JKI:rr-zGLs210U:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=Xb5Ggwa1JKI:rr-zGLs210U:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/Xb5Ggwa1JKI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ipod-zombie-poll-result.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/ipod-zombie-poll-result.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/9-nHZf3Mfz4/alas-poor-moustache.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/alas-poor-moustache.html#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:26:29 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1632 Today we bid farewell to a faithful, if relatively recent, friend. It is my duty to report that the stick-on moustache that was presented to me (along with all the other riders) at the start of 2009's Lap The Lough, finally succumbed to the Northern Ireland weather and fell off my helmet where it had lived since the event.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/alas-poor-moustache.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9-nHZf3Mfz4:RbrgI0mlHW4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9-nHZf3Mfz4:RbrgI0mlHW4:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=9-nHZf3Mfz4:RbrgI0mlHW4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/9-nHZf3Mfz4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/alas-poor-moustache.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/alas-poor-moustache.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/sv9U756bAuk/will-belfast-get-a-cycle-scheme.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/will-belfast-get-a-cycle-scheme.html#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:50:09 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1630 Alan In Belfast has uncovered something of interest to Belfast cyclists in the minutes of a council meeting held in October. In a nutshell, the council's Development Committee discussed introducing a cycle scheme (similar to Dublin or Paris) to Belfast.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/will-belfast-get-a-cycle-scheme.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sv9U756bAuk:b5BHA4YRRAc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sv9U756bAuk:b5BHA4YRRAc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=sv9U756bAuk:b5BHA4YRRAc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/sv9U756bAuk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/will-belfast-get-a-cycle-scheme.html/feed 2 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/will-belfast-get-a-cycle-scheme.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/tSQU-XCUEX4/why-is-the-cyclist-keeping-left.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-is-the-cyclist-keeping-left.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:11:58 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1625 Pop quiz, hotshot. You are approaching a roundabout and a cyclist is signalling a right turn, but keeping to the left. What do you do? WHAT DO YOU DO?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-is-the-cyclist-keeping-left.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=tSQU-XCUEX4:L6dAg-CiYZE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=tSQU-XCUEX4:L6dAg-CiYZE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=tSQU-XCUEX4:L6dAg-CiYZE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/tSQU-XCUEX4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-is-the-cyclist-keeping-left.html/feed 12 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/why-is-the-cyclist-keeping-left.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/6lqg24Z3eck/peter-robinson-on-the-comber-greenway.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/peter-robinson-on-the-comber-greenway.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:19:14 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1620 Our very own First Minister, the Right Honourable Peter Robinson MLA, took a trip to see one of my favourite stretches of cycle path recently, the award winning Comber Greenway. Here's what he had to say.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/peter-robinson-on-the-comber-greenway.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6lqg24Z3eck:v_xTZwKCAro:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6lqg24Z3eck:v_xTZwKCAro:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=6lqg24Z3eck:v_xTZwKCAro:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/6lqg24Z3eck" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/peter-robinson-on-the-comber-greenway.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/peter-robinson-on-the-comber-greenway.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/mjQSFXoSg54/are-you-an-ipod-zombie.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/are-you-an-ipod-zombie.html#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:15:47 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1617 I've complained before about what I call "iPeds" - pedestrians who wander out into the roads completely unaware of danger due to the volume of the music assaulting their senses through their personal music player earphones - but now it seems that cyclists who ride while listening to music are coming under fire too.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/are-you-an-ipod-zombie.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=mjQSFXoSg54:rC-drewIExc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=mjQSFXoSg54:rC-drewIExc:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=mjQSFXoSg54:rC-drewIExc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/mjQSFXoSg54" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/are-you-an-ipod-zombie.html/feed 10 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/are-you-an-ipod-zombie.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/1zHQOSkd1iE/great-posts-on-cyclists-and-road-tax.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/great-posts-on-cyclists-and-road-tax.html#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:11:22 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1610 On the ever-thorny subject of cyclists paying "road tax", I present a couple of interesting and well informed arguments against the barmy idea that it is.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/great-posts-on-cyclists-and-road-tax.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1zHQOSkd1iE:H7Nt6lJUhVE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1zHQOSkd1iE:H7Nt6lJUhVE:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=1zHQOSkd1iE:H7Nt6lJUhVE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/1zHQOSkd1iE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/great-posts-on-cyclists-and-road-tax.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/great-posts-on-cyclists-and-road-tax.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/avHvINhIo8Q/time-for-the-the-winter-bike-really.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/time-for-the-the-winter-bike-really.html#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:24:57 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1602 Now it's November and wintry weather is here in force, conditions for which BeOne Storm "summer" bike is really not suited. Today was supposed to see me back on the cycle commute after a week's break, so I spent yesterday getting the Commencal ready for action.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/time-for-the-the-winter-bike-really.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=avHvINhIo8Q:9u_EhqmN1_8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=avHvINhIo8Q:9u_EhqmN1_8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=avHvINhIo8Q:9u_EhqmN1_8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/avHvINhIo8Q" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/time-for-the-the-winter-bike-really.html/feed 1 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/time-for-the-the-winter-bike-really.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/qPxsx3apHss/mentioned-in-blogtalk.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mentioned-in-blogtalk.html#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:23:40 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1612 Rain Miles Count Double gets a little mention at the start of episode 5 of the Blogtalk video blog series, published this week. In the clip, the panel discuss the (potential) bridge across the Lagan from the Gasworks to Ormeau Park that I mentioned on this blog, in the context of wider Belfast and Northern Ireland public transport issues. Click through to watch the show.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mentioned-in-blogtalk.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=qPxsx3apHss:nf07lTs_mV0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=qPxsx3apHss:nf07lTs_mV0:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=qPxsx3apHss:nf07lTs_mV0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/qPxsx3apHss" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mentioned-in-blogtalk.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/mentioned-in-blogtalk.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/a_bsoQ27OYQ/i-pay-road-tax.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/i-pay-road-tax.html#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:49:36 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1608 A new campaign (and associated range of products) has been launched to highlight the fact that paying "car tax" (Vehicle Excise Duty) or not has nothing to do with your right to use the public road system. I pay road tax. Do you?<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/i-pay-road-tax.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=a_bsoQ27OYQ:hj0kgwQH-Po:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=a_bsoQ27OYQ:hj0kgwQH-Po:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=a_bsoQ27OYQ:hj0kgwQH-Po:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/a_bsoQ27OYQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/i-pay-road-tax.html/feed 0 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/i-pay-road-tax.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/H-H9iKS8ZSU/cant-take-the-break.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cant-take-the-break.html#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:50:54 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1598 Today was the first day of a self-enforced break from cycling to work. Over the past few weeks I noticed I was becoming increasingly tired and slow on my regular commute rides. The established wisdom is of course to "listen to your body" so I decided to cut back to one day's commuting for a week or perhaps two. That's what I had decided. Then I commuted this morning by car. <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cant-take-the-break.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=H-H9iKS8ZSU:JRss3-nj8uA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=H-H9iKS8ZSU:JRss3-nj8uA:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=H-H9iKS8ZSU:JRss3-nj8uA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/H-H9iKS8ZSU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cant-take-the-break.html/feed 3 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/cant-take-the-break.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~3/u2o-O9J5eMY/watchdog-bicycle-shaped-objects.html http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/watchdog-bicycle-shaped-objects.html#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:43:59 +0000 John Girvin http://www.rainmiles.com/?p=1594 You can't escape it. Christmas is rapidly approaching and maybe you're thinking of buying a new bike for someone, or maybe even buying one for yourself to keep those New Year's Resolutions. A "mountain style" bike can be had from many supermarket and high street retailers for less than £100. Bargain or a false economy? BBC's Watchdog investigated recently.<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/watchdog-bicycle-shaped-objects.html">Read the original article &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=u2o-O9J5eMY:FkJSQecDsn8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=u2o-O9J5eMY:FkJSQecDsn8:I9og5sOYxJI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=I9og5sOYxJI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?a=u2o-O9J5eMY:FkJSQecDsn8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/rainmilescountdouble?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rainmilescountdouble/~4/u2o-O9J5eMY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/watchdog-bicycle-shaped-objects.html/feed 6 http://www.rainmiles.com/archives/watchdog-bicycle-shaped-objects.html