The Sad Cycle Lane
@cyclesad.bsky.social
Oh what a waste.
A small but perfectly formed contra flow cycle lane. Aiming to get people in Sheffield safely and legally to their destination.
A small but perfectly formed contra flow cycle lane. Aiming to get people in Sheffield safely and legally to their destination.
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Latest piece for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - #walking #wheeling #cycling in #Sheffield - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/whats-holdin...
What's holding up Sheffield's cycle lanes?
A tale of politicians, planning and pirates
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Latest piece for @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social - #walking #wheeling #cycling in #Sheffield - www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/whats-holdin...
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Calling #Sheffield #Cycling people, come to our thing, it'll be fun.
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July 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Calling #Sheffield #Cycling people, come to our thing, it'll be fun.
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All human life doing #activetravel but most space is given up for cars.
Video a couple of years old (just came across it scrolling) but taken doing #Coffee #deliveries in #Sheffield, #Hillsborough.
#cycling #skateboarding #running
Video a couple of years old (just came across it scrolling) but taken doing #Coffee #deliveries in #Sheffield, #Hillsborough.
#cycling #skateboarding #running
July 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
All human life doing #activetravel but most space is given up for cars.
Video a couple of years old (just came across it scrolling) but taken doing #Coffee #deliveries in #Sheffield, #Hillsborough.
#cycling #skateboarding #running
Video a couple of years old (just came across it scrolling) but taken doing #Coffee #deliveries in #Sheffield, #Hillsborough.
#cycling #skateboarding #running
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Hail Mary post here - but I just lost a nice little pannier bag somewhere in Cat Lane woods and didn't have time to go back for it (plus its like the Blair Witch project in there - I wouldn't even know where I'd been) it's blue and green, Linus brand and had a can of cherry coke in it. #sheffield
July 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hail Mary post here - but I just lost a nice little pannier bag somewhere in Cat Lane woods and didn't have time to go back for it (plus its like the Blair Witch project in there - I wouldn't even know where I'd been) it's blue and green, Linus brand and had a can of cherry coke in it. #sheffield
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An abandoned planter is now the Woodhead Road Wildlife Garden thanks to local vols, Nether Edge & Sharrow Sustainable Transformation, & a #KewGardens grant. This #urbangreenspace features native flowering plants that attract invertebrates, birds & night-flying insects. #Sheffield
July 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
An abandoned planter is now the Woodhead Road Wildlife Garden thanks to local vols, Nether Edge & Sharrow Sustainable Transformation, & a #KewGardens grant. This #urbangreenspace features native flowering plants that attract invertebrates, birds & night-flying insects. #Sheffield
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Stop Darnall Dying — end preventable deaths of people living in Darnall, Sheffield. Make the streets safe, especially the deadly racetrack of Staniforth Road.
stopdarnalldying.com
Sign the petition:
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stopdarnalldying.com
Sign the petition:
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Firma la petición
Install Cameras and More Speed Bumps on Staniforth Road to Prevent More Deaths
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July 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Stop Darnall Dying — end preventable deaths of people living in Darnall, Sheffield. Make the streets safe, especially the deadly racetrack of Staniforth Road.
stopdarnalldying.com
Sign the petition:
chng.it/fHHhtVGxT4
stopdarnalldying.com
Sign the petition:
chng.it/fHHhtVGxT4
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0 days without a death reported on Sheffield’s roads
Another young life lost on Sheffield roads.
Thoughts with the family and loved ones of this 14 year old boy and all who are affected by this terrible tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thoughts with the family and loved ones of this 14 year old boy and all who are affected by this terrible tragedy.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Boy, 14, dies in Sheffield motorbike crash with car
A 30-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of causing the boy's death by careless driving.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
0 days without a death reported on Sheffield’s roads
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London’s Cycle Superhighway 7.
June 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
London’s Cycle Superhighway 7.
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Here is a 🧵on what I think the ideal cycleway should look like, based on many years of me cycling on Dutch cycle infrastructure all over the country 👇
June 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Here is a 🧵on what I think the ideal cycleway should look like, based on many years of me cycling on Dutch cycle infrastructure all over the country 👇
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Good urban design makes cycling after dark inviting and comfortable for everyone.
Nachts durch Groningen cruisen - fahrradtechnisch gibt es kaum ein größeres Vergnügen für mich 🇳🇱❤️🚲
June 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Good urban design makes cycling after dark inviting and comfortable for everyone.
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When you can let your five-year-old child play on the street that becomes genuinely safe street
You cannot safely share any space with heavy machinery
So safe cycle route is a cycle route that does not have motor vehicles on it
We need a car free network
You cannot safely share any space with heavy machinery
So safe cycle route is a cycle route that does not have motor vehicles on it
We need a car free network
Yes, that was far too close wasn't it?
For those following along at home, yes, this driver did receive notice of intended prosecution.
They have accepted their guilt and have wisely chosen not to go to court.
More and more cyclists are actively resisting bad driving like this.
For those following along at home, yes, this driver did receive notice of intended prosecution.
They have accepted their guilt and have wisely chosen not to go to court.
More and more cyclists are actively resisting bad driving like this.
May 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
When you can let your five-year-old child play on the street that becomes genuinely safe street
You cannot safely share any space with heavy machinery
So safe cycle route is a cycle route that does not have motor vehicles on it
We need a car free network
You cannot safely share any space with heavy machinery
So safe cycle route is a cycle route that does not have motor vehicles on it
We need a car free network
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Bike parking is bike infrastructure.
Bike parking can also be green infrastructure.
Bastiaansplein, Delft.
Bike parking can also be green infrastructure.
Bastiaansplein, Delft.
May 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Bike parking is bike infrastructure.
Bike parking can also be green infrastructure.
Bastiaansplein, Delft.
Bike parking can also be green infrastructure.
Bastiaansplein, Delft.
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Sometimes #CarryShitOlympics just happens to you... Was at a friend's place for a clothing swap (brought 2 Ikea bags of clothes!!) & her neighbour was selling a countertop dishwasher! So of course I biked home with a dishwasher. 🤣
May 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Sometimes #CarryShitOlympics just happens to you... Was at a friend's place for a clothing swap (brought 2 Ikea bags of clothes!!) & her neighbour was selling a countertop dishwasher! So of course I biked home with a dishwasher. 🤣
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Bloody state of this! FFS!! @yplac.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Bloody state of this! FFS!! @yplac.bsky.social
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When a train crashes, there's a process to learn lessons so it doesn't happen again. Cars crash every day and the official response is 🤷
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Man arrested after train and tractor collision in Herefordshire
Two people hospitalised and services halted between Manchester and Cardiff after crash near Leominster
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When a train crashes, there's a process to learn lessons so it doesn't happen again. Cars crash every day and the official response is 🤷
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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If your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough for everyone, of any age, to feel they can use it, then your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough.
May 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
If your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough for everyone, of any age, to feel they can use it, then your cycle infrastructure isn't safe enough.
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“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle & go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle & go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.”
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
-Arthur Conan Doyle
#BicycleBirthday
May 22 (1859-1930)
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"It's been a fantastic victory to see wild camping rights on Dartmoor confirmed... but we want to see those rights extended"
ICYMI here's my interview with Channel 4 News yesterday evening from outside Alexander Darwall's estate at Cornwood, Dartmoor:
www.channel4.com/news/supreme...
ICYMI here's my interview with Channel 4 News yesterday evening from outside Alexander Darwall's estate at Cornwood, Dartmoor:
www.channel4.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court rules public have right to wild camp on Dartmoor
The Supreme Court has given the public permission to go wild … wild camping that is.
www.channel4.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"It's been a fantastic victory to see wild camping rights on Dartmoor confirmed... but we want to see those rights extended"
ICYMI here's my interview with Channel 4 News yesterday evening from outside Alexander Darwall's estate at Cornwood, Dartmoor:
www.channel4.com/news/supreme...
ICYMI here's my interview with Channel 4 News yesterday evening from outside Alexander Darwall's estate at Cornwood, Dartmoor:
www.channel4.com/news/supreme...
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Some #walking / #cycling / #wheeling updates for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity in this week’s Sunday at Bill’s Mother’s - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 11th May 2025
Do we want a wild world? Route one footfall. Laurel and Hardy birdsong. Beginner birder in the Secret Valley. And lots more.
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May 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Some #walking / #cycling / #wheeling updates for #Sheffield #TheOutdoorCity in this week’s Sunday at Bill’s Mother’s - open.substack.com/pub/abitblac...
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Cycling keeps me young in mind & body & “young at heart” especially when a lot of it is done with inspirational older riders like Eric here today who’s 87 in August & still rides 100 road miles every week Such a pleasure & an honour to share my hobby with people like Eric 🚴😁
May 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Cycling keeps me young in mind & body & “young at heart” especially when a lot of it is done with inspirational older riders like Eric here today who’s 87 in August & still rides 100 road miles every week Such a pleasure & an honour to share my hobby with people like Eric 🚴😁
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Protected cycle tracks are needed alongside rural main roads, with the cycle tracks continuing at roundabouts with cycle priority, so teenagers can safely cycle home with their fishing rod in their hand after a day out fishing with friends
May 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Protected cycle tracks are needed alongside rural main roads, with the cycle tracks continuing at roundabouts with cycle priority, so teenagers can safely cycle home with their fishing rod in their hand after a day out fishing with friends
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Road safety requires changes to street design. Not the equivalent of a wet floor sign saying "please don't run over my child".
Yes these brightly coloured signs are a smashing success🤦♂️
May 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Road safety requires changes to street design. Not the equivalent of a wet floor sign saying "please don't run over my child".