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Olympics Parade

So, there’ll be a parade in London on the 16th October for the Beijing Olympians. Nice of them to pick a thursday so that people from out of town who have to work in the week can’t come in, and people in London can only see the parade in their lunch hour.
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London Freewheel Route

With the update of the official site, I've taken it upon myself to transfer the London Freewheel route into MapMyRide.
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Sky Sports sponsors the London Freewheel

It has been announced that Sky Sports are the title sponsors of the London Freewheel in 2008. This is a devastating blow. Last year the sponsors were Hovis and we got free sandwiches. I’m not exactly going to get a free satellite dish out of it, am I? The freewheel is a good event, is free, [...]
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Oyster Cards

The company that manufactures the Oyster cards for London has lost its contract due to its connection with the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe. The Spectator (obvious Boris link alert) says: “This is welcome news, companies that work with the Mugabe regime should pay a heavy price for their actions.” The Evening Standard (linked above) reports: Human rights campaigners [...]
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Long Road to London

Yesterday I thought I’d take my new bike out for a spin – then I thought about going on a long bike ride. Then I decided to attempt to cycle into central London from home, and finally I decided to do this on the old bike as I didn’t want to do anything too ambitious on [...]
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