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Andy Arthur's bike polo illustration for Cycling Active magazine

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Andy Arthur illustration for the Cycling Active magazine.

#Andy Arthur #BMX #cycling #illustration #Cycling Active

CYCLING ACTIVE JULY 2013 INTERVIEW A few months back, Cycling Active Magazine asked me some questions about the blog, NYC, spending money on bike parts, and more. Click on my dirty mug if you want to read more about what I have, or haven't been up to these days.

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#interview #cycling active #angelo calilap #cycleangelo

Hugo (aka cycling GOD) has an article in Cycling Active April issue (x)

The quality of the image is far from great (tho the photo speaks volumes, I'd like to read the article too), so any of you, devoted UK fans, can grab one copy, scan the article and share it with us maybe, pretty please xx

#hugo white #the maccabees #cycling GOD #Cycling Active #magazine #ily

Don't make Matt angry; you won't like him if he's angry

Following yesterday's shock disclosure that Cycling Active's Matt Lamy wears a fluorescent yellow jacket thereby incurring the wrath of The Observer's substitute-for-Victoria-Coren columnist Bella Bathurst in last Sunday's paper, Matt has now written a stiff Letter To The Editor as follows:

"Many thanks for giving me the dubious distinction of being the ‘twat in a hi-viz jacket’ used to illustrate Bella Bathurst’s comment piece last week The Observer May 15. As a writer with Cycling Active, Britain’s fastest growing cycling magazine, I’m afraid my picture was quite quickly identified by our readers. Just to make it clear, that particular photograph was taken during last year’s 100-kilometre Nightrider charity event in central London after nightfall - not enjoying the sunlit expanses of Scottish highlands described in the article. According to Ms Bathurst, city streets in the dark are one of the few acceptable places for reflective strips, so perhaps the circumstances behind that photo would make me appear a little less twat-ish. However, to take issue with the words as well as the illustration, I do not believe cyclists who choose to wear hi-viz kit are committing a heinous crime against the wider world’s aesthetic well-being. I don’t know whether Ms Bathurst’s statement: “There is no evidence high-visibility cycle wear prevents accidents” is true or not. But in an age where contributory negligence – such as a cyclist not wearing a cycle helmet – can be used by the defence as a mitigating factor in cases of dangerous driving where a cyclist has been a victim, I believe that whatever a bike rider does to show they are taking their own safety seriously must not be mocked (if only to ensure justice is done, should things end up in a court of law). So whether a bright jacket momentarily ruins scenic panoramas for people such as Ms Bathurst is actually rather unimportant. In recent years we have seen vast numbers of people rediscovering their bikes, and that is wonderful. At Cycling Active we try to unite the broad and sometimes fractious church of cycling; in our pages you will find old-school racers mixing with leisure riders and commuters. I personally hold no truck with anybody who has fixed ideas about the ‘correct’ choice of cycle clothing or equipment or event - everyone should just get out and enjoy their bikes in whatever way they want. It sounds contradictory but cycling can be both invigorating and calming at the same time. Perhaps if some people did it a little more often they wouldn’t get quite so het up by life’s trivialities… such as jackets that are a bit bright."

Hear hear, Matt.

#The Observer #Bella Bathurst #Cycling Active