Planet Timmy

Arch’s Helmetcam Interview

tim — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:06:24 +0000

Red Light Jumping Fool

tim — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:54:14 +0000

He’s probably lucky the guy in front in the BMW wasn’t in a hurry!

Ouch.

tim — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:56:55 +0000

Today I fell off my bike; taking a corner a little too fast for the conditions, my bike slipped from under me:

As far as I can tell I’m largely fine. I have a big old graze on my right knee and a few other small grazes, but I’m basically okay. I was able to cycle the rest of the way home.

I bet I’ll be sore in the morning!

The bike seems okay, although my little LED light was totalled. I was impressed that the bikecam kept recording especially as it came free from its mount and bounced down the road with me!

Pretty Lights

tim — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:06:33 +0000

It was raining on the way home last night. I got a bit damp, but the water effects on the camera lens were a bit spacey:

Bad Overtaking

tim — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:01:58 +0000

Today as I rode in a driver in a white van decided to overtake me as I approached some stationary traffic. Unfortunately another van was coming in ther other direction and he pulled in before he’d actually gotten past me, forcing me to brake before he hit me.

Why he felt needed to overtake in the first place is a mystery to me as the traffic 30 yards ahead wasn’t moving anyway.

I had a word with him afterwards but he didn’t seem to acknowledge he’d done anything wrong. When I said I’d had to brake to prevent him from hitting me he just said “Well, that’s what your brakes are for”.

Er… that’s a bike lane

tim — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:28:45 +0000

I had an amusing incident on the way to work; I was just waiting for the light for the bike lane to turn green, when a guy coming the opposite direction got confused and almost drove up the bike lane..:

It was obviously a geniune mistake and he apologised as I went past. I smiled at him. Everybody makes mistakes…!

Ahh…. London Riding

tim — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:05:59 +0000

I passed these guys on my way home from work:

Just dressed in their pants and shouting or chanting something.

I haven’t the slightest idea what they were up to, but considering the temperature must have only been about 3°C I’m guessing they got chilly pretty quick…

Pavement Riding

tim — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:47:34 +0000

I thought I’d attach the camer to the GabeyMobile as we went to the library…:

Video from the Trailer

tim — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:13:01 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I won a bike camera in a raffle, and I’ve been playing around with it. Today I tried attaching it to the child trailer which I use to drop Gabey off at nursery. In some ways it works a bit better than when I mount it on the handlebars, as being able to see the bike gives it all some context.

It has worked out as a bit of a Tim’s Bum Cam, though.

(It’s sped up by a factor of four…)

BikeCam commute

tim — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:46:49 +0000

I tried recording my commute in to work using the bike cam I won in a raffle. Here it is at super-speed: