Discipline of the week: Cycling

The Majority of London

Where do I start?  Boris bikes, cycle super slipways, crowded roads.  If you ever cycled to work around London you’d know for yourself that there are 7 million of us. And somehow we’re all squeezing through the same tight roads. But what if you need to leave your beloved velo somewhere?

We all own two locks. My bike is electronically tagged. I didn’t wash mine, on purpose. The lights are detachable as a matter of course. Quick release fasteners replaced with nuts and bolts and the fancy paintwork covered up with shabby bits of inner tube  so it’s less shiny and attractive than next bike. You need to keep you head down, not be noticed or prepared to be your bike dealership’s best friend. Hopefully they’ll steal the one next to you.  Not that I wish anyone’s bike to be stolen, good gracious, no. But we all know that a bike will be stolen from this rack today, that much is certain.

Discipline of the week: Boxing

The Majority of London

Marital Arts are in everyday use in London. Most performances are somewhat ungraceful, as most participants show up intoxicated to the performance. Only some events are recorded on the council’s TV network. “Best of” performances however are given a bigger audience on Crime watch.

Although frowned upon as a street sport, boxing is heavily incited by the same local councils who record the events on CCTV and go on to claim that they work hard to make their area “better”. Specially trained “wardens” are dispatched in large numbers around the capital and tasked with acts designed to boost the council’s koffers and get members of the public all fired up to hone their skills and engage in spontanious sparring matches.

Although we disapprove of the sport, a lot of have been tempted ourselves.

Tickets available from £100.

Urban Games: Fencing!

The Majority of London

The newspapers are full of reports about young hopefuls practising their skills, we should be well prepared get a few gold medals!

Fencing:

What are our chances to bring home the metal? Comments!

Enter the Urban Games!

The Majority of London

Ha! Olympics I hear you say? 2012? No, us Londoners doesn’t need the IOC to tell us what form of exercise qualifies as a sport and more importantly if we’re any good at it! Decades of bad politics on both national and GLA level (yes Ken Boris, grow up!) are the reason, this place is a quirky (good), wiered (good, sometimes), rough (not so good) and plain aggressive and violent (definitely not good) as it is.

Let’s have a look at our first category, a sport you’re all too familiar with:

Our chances for gold? Tell me in the comments!