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• Controversial Commute Tips 9 – Smile

  2009-07-22

  Mostly, cycling is an exhilarating, fun, healthy, life-enhancing, life-lengthening, sociable, environmentally friendly, fast, cheap, and trendy way to travel.

• Controversial Commute Tips 8 – Educate

  2009-07-22

  Perhaps talking about your cycling, telling your stories from two wheels and sharing your experiences will make the roads a little bit safer.

• Controversial Commute Tips 7 – Stand Firm

  2009-07-21

  My aim, in "standing firm", is to make sure that other road users around me are aware of my presence, and my rights as a cyclist AS I'm cycling.

• Controversial Commute Tips 6 – Decent Gear

  2009-07-19

  I think that, like a decent bike, some decent cycle clothing makes the whole experience much nicer.

• Controversial Commute Tips 5 – Routine

  2009-07-18

  Establishing a routine is good, will come as you work at it, and makes life easier.

• Controversial Commute Tips 4 – Lighten the Load

  2009-07-17

  I used to take paniers, but leaving things at my destination means that all I have to carry fits easily into a small rucksack.

• Pods and Parcels

  2009-07-16

  Hopefully my treat will arrive tomorrow!

• Controversial Commute Tips 3 – The Bike

  2009-07-16

  Of course, it doesn't REALLY matter, but a decent, fit-for-purpose, well-maintained bike makes the whole experience so much better.