With a bit of a sigh of relief it turns out that there is suddenly some news. Setting aside the stories of professional cyclist signings and overblown team launches there’s some real things happening to real cyclists.
If you think you’re committed to cycling everywhere (I’m not, it makes far more sense to me to use a car for some things) then the internet has thrown up the ultimate person to measure yourself against. Susie Weber rode the mile to hospital while in labour (or the labour-saving “labor”, if you’re American). Despite being 8cm dilated (and without making any inappropriate jokes here) she rode to in while suffering contractions along the way. This surely answers the question of when to get a baby on a bike that the Guardian keeps going on about.
Perhaps Mrs Weber would have benefitted from being able to call the hospital on the way to warn them of her arrival. “But”, I hear you all cry, ”you can’t safely use a mobile phone on a bike can you?”. As ever there is a solution and it comes in the form of a frankly ridiculous and awkward looking helmet with a built in Bluetooth headset. It’s water resistant and I’m certain the designers have many helpful reasons why it’s better than a normal Bluetooth headset. Full marks to them for successfully inventing a problem to solve.
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