This weekly round up will be nothing, if not diverse. We're starting out with a favourite pastime of mine, one that I like to do alone, with a selection of different balls, and a couple of firm bits of wood in my hands - that's right, knitting!
The good people of Harrogate are asking for volunteers to make some "Le Tour de Bunting" to put up throughout the town, in celebration of Le Grande Depart.
It's a great idea; kitschy stitchy fun that gets the community, not just the avid cyclists, involved in Le Tour coming to town. You can get the pattern on their website. The knitting bag is packed, so I'll be sure to get on it straight away when I touch down in Geneva.
This is also a million times more practical than yarn bombing your bike. Because nothing says "I'm willing to sacrifice a few grand, by pretending that Bianchi hidden under a shedload of hippyshit crochet is NOT mine" like yarn bombing.
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I like people who knit. I hate yarn bombers. Complete waste of space/time/oxygen.
*Beautiful segue alert*
Which brings us onto Jeremy Clarkson. And his cronies. This week Clarkson showed that despite being possibly the most famous driver in the whole of the UK, he had no idea when it came to other road users rights or official advice from TfL, when he tweeted this.
Despite obviously breaking the law by using his mobile phone when he was driving, he has no idea that 'middle of the road point-makers' are just trying to preserve their life by avoiding dangerous overtaking and getting pushed to the kerb.
It's middle-aged, ill informed, law breakers that make cyclists so angry about drivers. Seriously, read a book or even just look at the posters TfL are putting all over town.
And remember when you overtake someone on a bike when you're in a Range Rover, the weight difference is approximately 2000kg in your favour (inflated egos not included). So be nice. Go slow. And respect cyclists, a bit more than you respect the law.
*Beautiful segue alert*
Anyway, tossers aside, we move on from Top Gear to Top "Gear", with this nifty piece of kit hitting the, ahem, headlines, (I thank you), this week.
It's a paper helmet, which is being developed, as a replacement for traditional polystyrene. It works because the paper is folded in such a way that it absorbs shocks, without shattering or breaking like an old style helmet.
Sadly the article then goes off on a bit of traditional scare-mongering, pointing out the hazards of cycling, instead of the wonderful virtues of it, but heck, it's an old battle that I can't quite be bothered to face today.
So I move onto the next and final piece in the weekly round up of fun things in the world of cycling, and this one is my favourite so bring on the caps-lock - THE PRINGLE IS OPENING IN MARCH AND YOU CAN RIDE THERE FROM THE 15TH...
There is only one person who is able to accurately translate what I feel for that piece of news...
Now with that in mind, go ride bicycles...
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