Pete Hindle

In a recent article for the Guardian, Charlie Brooker wrote this about the 13-year interregnum between Tory governments: “…an entire generation grew up regarding the Tory government as something like rain, or wasps, or stomach flu: an unavoidable, undying source of dismay. Until 1997, when they were eradicated overnight. It was as if scientists had [...]

I’ve just brought a new bag. I should explain; I ‘m only really excited by the prospect of buying bags and notebooks. After all, anything could go into them. This means that I own a lot of notebooks (they’re cheap) and some really swanky bags. I tend to pay at least £40 for a bag [...]

FastSlowReverse EDIT Seems to be some sort of clash between vimeo.com and the rest of the universe in regards to video hosting. Anyway, go here to see the video in a player (which should be easy to embed but it’s not) and read about why I’ve only made one arts-related video in the past year.

Click here to see the map I’m talking about. Being offically ‘old’ this year, it’s my ambition to ride the route know as the coast to coast before I become thirty. As part of that ambition, myself, Alan, and Brian did a training ride today along some of the excellent cyclepaths in the area. We [...]

It’s cold outside. Riding home tonight, one of my fingertips on my right hand went numb, and when I stopped at the lights my knees were shaking. Over in the West End, the salt hasn’t been put down on the streets, let alone the cyclepaths, and ice is forming.

Last night, I rode through the streets of Newcastle with about fifty other cyclists. This was part of the Star and Shadow’s Cycling Weekend, where they had organised a Critical Mass. A Critical Mass is part of the Reclaim-the-Streets style of social protest, where activities happen in public places as a reaction against the ‘hemmed-in’ [...]

View Map of Ride So, yesterday I made it out on a “proper” bike ride, for the first time in ages. I was a bit worried, as what with my erratic sleep pattern and some general faffing about, I only left the house just after 1pm – about two hours before sundown. The map above [...]

I like cycling. Over the summer I got into doing long-distance cycling, and I discovered that the tyres that came with my bike could be replaced with something called ‘slicks’. Slicks are bike tyres that have very little or no tread on them, meaning that you get the maximum return for the effort you put [...]