My Bicycle and I

Hoopdriver

Hello

I thought I would use this platform to announce the launch of my new blog: http://www.My-Bicycle-and-I.com

By way of introduction I am a magazine writer and sometime photographer who loves bicycles and cycling. Unfortunately I seldom have the opportunity to write about either of those things in the magazines I usually work for and so I decided to put together this eclectic (and growing daily!) collection of stories, essays, musings and columns; sort of a magazine-style blog.

I hope you'll find some things in it you like.

king_jeffers

Looks good, best of luck

Hoopdriver

Thanks - it's my first foray into this kind of thing

clarkey cat

shouldn't it be "My bicycle and me"?

dhope

clarkey cat wrote:

shouldn't it be "My bicycle and me"?

Depends how he was planning on continuing.

My bicycle and I go everywhere together.
Look at my bicycle and me
My bicycle and me Tarzan you Jane

rjsterry

King Jeffers wrote:

Looks good, best of luck

+1 will try and set aside some time to read in full.

Jay dubbleU

clarkey cat wrote:

shouldn't it be "My bicycle and me"?

There is no me in bicycle

Seriously - great blog - love tha new bike - where did you get the bar bag - I've been after a decent one for ages to go with the Brooks on the tourer

Hoopdriver

Thanks.

The bar bag is from Gilles Berthoud in France. Beautifully made. The one I have is their 12 litre (biggest capacity) one because I like to do short tours (B&B) and this way I can do it without panniers.

phy2sll2

Love the 'Wheels of Chance' essay. Bringing back good memories of Melbourne.

Hoopdriver

Thanks - I miss Melbourne too. Great place to live.

seward4or5

Great blog, well done.

jonny_trousers

My bicycle and I would like to thank you for bringing your blog to our attention.

Good luck with it mate

Phil_D

My bicyle and me would be better, simply because the web address would then not have a lower case i instead of upper case. Other than that, a good read. Is there any way we can be notified of an update? And is that new bicycle your wife's?

Hoopdriver

I don't care for the solitary lower case 'i' either, but grammatically I liked bicycle and me a lot less so I went with the uglier widowed 'i'.

Nope the new bicycle is mine. Why do you ask?

Hoopdriver

Oh yes - and as for updates, I plan to try to file pretty regularly. I travel a lot for my work so there will be times when that may be problematical, but in general I want to try to get something out every day.

Kieran_Burns

I like "Me, the Bike and I"

Oh, and your blog when you skived off? Excellent!

Phil_D

Hoopdriver wrote:

I don't care for the solitary lower case 'i' either, but grammatically I liked bicycle and me a lot less so I went with the uglier widowed 'i'.

Nope the new bicycle is mine. Why do you ask?

I think the mixture of the light coloured tyres and the lilac/lavendar frame make it look sort of feminine.

jonny_trousers

Just had a little read and have to say, lovely writing style, beautiful pictures and a really professional looking blog. Well done! I'm looking forward to reading more and keeping up with your new entries. Massively nerdy question: is the typeface just Times New Roman? It gives the feeling that you are actually reading from a book - which I guess was your intention.

In a cyber world full of crappy looking blogs you have put in the time and effort to make something really very pretty. Nice one!

Hoopdriver

Many thanks for the kind words. I hope you all continue to enjoy it.

Yes, I agree, the colour scheme on the new tourer does come off as a bit feminine - to be honest I had expected the main colour to turn out much more grayish than it actually did. That was the plan. But to be equally honest,I have to say that I like the unexpected colour and am quite happy to live with it.

Hoopdriver

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Just had a little read and have to say, lovely writing style, beautiful pictures and a really professional looking blog. Well done! I'm looking forward to reading more and keeping up with your new entries. Massively nerdy question: is the typeface just Times New Roman? It gives the feeling that you are actually reading from a book - which I guess was your intention.

In a cyber world full of crappy looking blogs you have put in the time and effort to make something really very pretty. Nice one!

Sorry, I see that I didn't answer your question - I believe the typeface is indeed Times New Roman. You must have a pretty good eye.

Gussio

At last, a blog that it worth reading! Well done - enjoyed the photos from Enigma.

Hoopdriver

Many thanks. Those photos are mine by the way. I am a photographer as well as a writer.

Gussio

Stop fishing for more compliments

SmellTheGlove

Point of order - you have only ONE bicycle?

(Liking the blog though, good work)

Hoopdriver

No - I have three bicycles, a Thorn eXp expedition bike, a Pegoretti Luigino and a bespoke Enigma tourer; but I can ride only one at a time! :-)

worthydolt

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Massively nerdy question: is the typeface just Times New Roman? It gives the feeling that you are actually reading from a book - which I guess was your intention.

There doesn't seem to be any font specified by the CSS in the site for the body text, so what you see is your browser's default. This is indeed generally Times New Roman.

Interesting blog BTW

Hoopdriver

worthydolt wrote:

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

Massively nerdy question: is the typeface just Times New Roman? It gives the feeling that you are actually reading from a book - which I guess was your intention.

There doesn't seem to be any font specified by the CSS in the site for the body text, so what you see is your browser's default. This is indeed generally Times New Roman.

Interesting blog BTW

Damn. I liked it better when it sounded like it was my intention! :-)