TallBikeGuy

@thetallbikeguy

Just a tall guy, on a bike | Recent(ish) émigré to the fine city of Norwich | Occasionally drives a car. Saving up for an e-cargo bike | Chair of norwichcycling.bsky.social

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TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jul 16

Norfolk County Council *CAN* respond quickly to issues. Reported these freshly installed bollards on Monday (gaps less than 1m!). Bollards relocated on Wednesday to the correct 1.5m spacing. 😀 If only they could be this quick with everything!

Three new wooden bollards on a shared-use off-road track. The gaps between the bollards are very narrow.

Three new wooden bollards on a shared-use off-road track. The gaps between the bollards are the correct width.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jul 13

Not forgetting Facel-Vega.

A photo of a stylish 1960s grand tourer. French styling, American V8.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jul 3

London Street? First pedestrianised street in the UK (1967).

A blue plaque which says that in 1967 London Street in Norwich became the first pedestrianised shopping street in the UK.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 29

Can delivery robots read signs?

A new sign that has just been installed on a residential street. It reads "Share space" and there are images of a pedestrian, a bicycle and a car.

The road is narrow and there are cars parked on both sides completely blocking the pavements. People are forced to walk in the road.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 25

Name your fav album to hear start to finish, no skips.

The album cover for "Hunky Dory" by David Bowie.

It features a black and white photo of a man's head. The photo has been coloured in.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 20

Increasingly relying on Freedom of Information requests to find out what our secretive local authority is up to. Have to laugh sometimes.

A screenshot of a response from a Freedom of Information request. Virtually all the information is blanked out.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 16

Or, where I started with a small frame the seat post and handlebar stem are even more ridiculous!

An old steel framed touring bike in a small/medium size. The seat post and handlebar stem are stupidly long.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 16

No - touch wood - fortunately not! The problem I *do* have is finding bike frames big enough. I have to have the largest available size and then fit a ridiculously long seat post and handlebar stem.

An old steel framed touring bike in a large size. Both the seat post and the handlebar stem are long too.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jun 4

This really is an incredible chart. Shows the number of cyclists killed in the Netherlands each year. Look how it has fallen steadily since 1971. From the new film "All about Dutch cycling". youtu.be/jq93DgLvmFc?...

A chart showing the number of cyclists killed in the Netherlands each year. It has fallen steadily since 1971.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 29

Great graph from Russell King via #BikeIsBest

A graph that shows the circular actions of widening roads, building free parking and designing roads for driver comfort all result in increrased congestion and roads becoming less safe.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 23

The "bike racks" were busy at Notcutts this afternoon. They really ought to install some decent Sheffield stands. No-one with an e-bike will want to visit. bsky.app/profile/thet...

Three "bike racks" which are just metal loops loosely bolted to a wooden fence. There are however three bikes locked to them.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 16

Got my bike ready for tomorrow's Kidical Mass ride! Ride starts 2pm in Chapelfield Gardens. #KidicalMass #KidicalMassNorwich

A white upright Dutch roadster with a wicker basket and a poster on the rear rack which says "Kids need safe streets!"

A close up of the poster on the other side which says "Kids need the freedom to ride!"

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 13

That's a striking photo. Cars have got bigger, heavier (and more intimidating) in recent years.

A lollipop lady stands in front of a row of approaching cars. The first two are big, aggressively styled SUVs with blacked out windows.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 12

Brilliant cartoon of the week from @davewalker.bsky.social "Wider roads as a solution to congestion just encourages more and busier traffic. Alternatives that actually provide more benefit and value for money: invest in public transport, make it easy for people to walk and cycle safely."

A cartoon showing four Highways Dept planning meetings over time. Each time the solution to traffic congestion is to add another lane to the road. Repeat ad infinitum.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 10

I like it *a lot* but to be super pedantic it's still essentially car infrastructure. I prefer what they did at the junction of Culford Road and Lawford Road in Hackney. Bollards aplenty and no parking (ignored by the van in this photo!)

An aerial view of the junction of Culford Road and Lawford Road in Hackney, north-east London. Bollards have been used to stop car traffic but allow walking and cycling. There are double yellow lines across the junctions, indicating that car parkin is prohibited.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 7

Here we go again. #BikesAtPollingStations

Two upright Dutch bikes outside a polling station.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· May 6

Couldn't resist.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Apr 26

Most cycle infrastructure is car infrastructure. These bollards have appeared on the Dereham Road cycle track, presumably to stop drivers using it as a short cut when traffic is backed up on the main road.

Three new plastic bollards across a cycle track. They are widely spaced but are only there to stop cars.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Apr 26

This is what my chain looks like after a trip on the Marriott's Way yesterday. Dry dusty gravel and chain lube makes a fine grinding paste! A proper bound surface is not just a necessity in winter.

Close up of a bicycle chain caked in a thick brown mixture of dusty gravel and lubricant.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Apr 14

Heathens! That used to be my local library. One sculpture was a metal version of the stone one.

Two sculptures outside a modern glass building. One sculpture is a metal version of the stone one.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Mar 30

New bike repair station (one of two) just gone in at Eaton Park. 👍😃

Six new bike racks in a park. At the end of the row of bike racks is a bike repair station with tools, pump etc.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Mar 25

Sixty (!) new bike racks have been installed in Eaton Park. They've done a nice job, ten banks of six Sheffield stands concreted in on levelled bases.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Mar 23

To complete the set, Jeremy Irons on a bicycle (sadly no dog).

Black and white photo of two people on a bicycle, one of whom is Jeremy Irons.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Mar 14

I've had this bike in bits in the garage for ten years. Finally got it fixed up. Ideal for winter trips on the Marriott's Way!

A purple coloured old school mountain bike leaning against a bench in the countryside.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Mar 5

A bit out of my area now but what a wonderful poster @bricycles.org.uk have come up with for their next Kidical Mass bike ride.

Kidical Mass poster shows kids on bikes and a cargo bike with kids in the box up front, all being ridden along the sea front with a row of large white houses in the distance.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Feb 26

Stepped cycle tracks that have just gone in on Jellicoe Road, Great Yarmouth if I'm not mistaken.

Plans for continuous stepped cycle tracks.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Feb 19

It's alright though, they put up a warning sign.

A 60mph single carriageway road. There is a bend ahead and a warning sign with an image of a bicycle that says "Pedestrians crossing".

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Feb 19

I've just realised the crossing is also part of NCN1 and the EuroVelo North Sea Cycle Route! JFC!

A map showing the cycle crossing where the bypass severed the road. The route is signed as part of NCN1 and EuroVelo North Sea Cycle Route.

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Feb 19

This is where Theodore Wakeman was killed, an uncontrolled crossing of a busy 60mph ring road. “The coroner concluded that Mr Wakeman died in a road traffic accident.” NO! He was killed by Norfolk County Council’s failure to provide a safe crossing. There should have been a bridge or an underpass.

A signed cycle route crossing a busy 60mph A-road on the outskirts of Fakenham. There is no bridge or underpass.

A map showing the cycle crossing where the bypass severed the road. There is no bridge or underpass.

An article from the Fakenham & Wells Times dated 18th February. The headline is "Norfolk artist dies in crash on A1065 near Fakenham".

TallBikeGuy@thetallbikeguy· Jan 31

Post a sign from your country that tells a story about how they treat their roads. (National Cycle Route 1.)