Cycling – a Way to reduce Pressure on our local Health Service
Earlier this week you may have heard about the distressing statistics on obesity in Northern Ireland. If you have not but you walk around...
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The State of Things
Here we discuss the State of all Things related to Cycling, thoughts that cross our mind as we criss-cross the Ards Peninsula on two wheels.
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Achim Gloger
- Nov 24
- 3 min
How Not to Manage Climate Change...
Today’s topic again is related to Active Travel. Like last week, it involves a public body that appears to be rather clueless when it...
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Achim Gloger
- Nov 17
- 9 min
Translink's Response to our FOI Data Request on carrying Bicycles on Trains during Rush Hour
Regular readers of this blog will recall that four weeks ago we suggested to Translink that the restrictions on carrying bicycles during...
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Achim Gloger
- Nov 11
- 3 min
Active Travel Abroad & Demographics
I write this blog in Munich while visiting my father and his partner. They (86 and 71 years old) cycle everywhere, weather permitting,...
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Achim Gloger
- Nov 3
- 3 min
SMIDSY!
What is SMIDSY? If you are a motorcyclist, I will not need to explain that abbreviation to you – you have heard it before, many times:...
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Achim Gloger
- Oct 27
- 3 min
Make your Voice heard: Eastern Transport Plan 2035 Consultation
The Department for Infrastructure is currently working on a draft for the Eastern Transport Plan 2035, and Ards and North Down is part of...
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Achim Gloger
- Oct 20
- 4 min
Is Translink tone-deaf when it comes to implementing Active Travel?
Since last week’s blog we contacted Translink through various channels and received back identical replies to our suggestion that the...
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Achim Gloger
- Oct 13
- 3 min
Translink is Critical to the Success of Active Travel in Northern Ireland
Active Travel is defined as “making journeys by physically active means, like walking or cycling”. Lately that definition has been...
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Achim Gloger
- Oct 5
- 3 min
Peace Plus: Bangor Cycle Park needs your Support!
Peace Plus is an EU funding project that despite Brexit still provides funding to Northern Ireland. Bangor currently has a...
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Achim Gloger
- Sep 29
- 5 min
Cycle Campaign Groups have a Mountain to climb
Earlier his week I perused some UK Cycling statistics detailed in a report on Cycling UK’s website. It is sobering reading for cycle...
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Achim Gloger
- Sep 22
- 5 min
Big Brother IS watching you - time to get on your bike!
A caveat: if you use Google as your default search engine and click "I accept" on every website that asks you to accepts its cookies,...
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Achim Gloger
- Sep 15
- 5 min
Preparing for Cycling in the Rain, Dark and Cold: Tips for A Safe, Dry and Warm Ride
We have six weeks before the clocks go back at the end of October. The days are getting shorter and autumn is here. How do we prepare for...
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Achim Gloger
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Active Travel: Joining the dots - a To-do List for the Department for Infrastructure
The UK has rather ambitious climate change targets and wants to achieve net zero by 2050. That will be very difficult, given that the...
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Achim Gloger
- Aug 25
- 5 min
I want to get back into Cycling, should I ditch my old bike? Thoughts on two-wheeled Innovation
Whether you are a lapsed cyclist who wants to get back into cycling or if you have an older bike and fancy a change, the bike industry...
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Achim Gloger
- Aug 18
- 5 min
"Bikeability" in Bangor: what is it and what are we doing about it?
This week's blog post is by one of our founding members, Keith D. Lilley (Professor of Historical Geography at Queen's University)....
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Achim Gloger
- Aug 11
- 3 min
Close Passes - why they happen and how to prevent them
A "Close Pass" is one where a vehicle passes a cyclist within an unsafe distance. This amounts to Careless Driving (occasionally even...
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Achim Gloger
- Aug 4
- 2 min
Cycling on Shared Use Paths
There was a post on another FB group last week about a group of six e-bikers on the coastal path that upset the poster: they whizzed past...
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Achim Gloger
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Riding in Traffic
How to stay safe when riding in traffic - what to do and not to do. Be predictable, signal, do not be intimidated. Size matters: stay...
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