The Blind Buzz must go!

It’s time to end this blog. Judging by the levels of visitors, nobody’s going to miss it, and it’s just, honestly, too much hard work.

The number of visitors here has been 10 or less a day, usually less. It doesn’t make sense to carry on like that.

Perhaps more importantly, I am more exercised these days by carers’ issues than anything else, and the thought of writing a more narrative blog looking at those is too powerful to resist. I have to put a lot of thought into that before I start, but start I’m sure I will. It won’t relate to what’s gone before in any way, so won’t have the same IDs as anything else, and I won’t use my own name because of the sensitivities of some of the likely subject matter.

I am also abandoning my web site,
Vince’s Parallax, for much the same reasons. It’s been getting less than 4 hits a day in recent times, and so it has not earned its keep.

So thank you very much if you have been visiting my sites, and hope I’m not letting anyone down. I will leave the content up for the time being, but won’t maintain it in any way.

Good luck, and may the road always come up to meet you.

The Blind Buzz on Cycling

Some recent news stories – plenty more to come soon.

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Around the Bay in a Day® 2011 – Andrew Devenish-Meares – support Andrew, who I believe is a visually impaired tandemist, in his bid to raise funds for educationally disadvantaged Australian kids on Sunday, October 16th, 2011.
Bupa Around the Bay Event Details

Austin Bike Culture Calendar Events: 9/8- 9/14/11 | Austin On Two Wheels – among the events is the "Lend Your Legs" scheme for the Texas School for the Blind.

Austria Celebrates One Year To Go until the Paralympic Games

Cycling an exercise in trust for blind Sonoma County riders | PressDemocrat.com – the need to place trust in your pilot as a blind cyclist. Revolution fund-raising ride coming up on Sept 24th may attract a small number of blind cyclists. Also visit
No limits for Blind Power bicycle team – Bicycling Sonoma – The Press Democrat – Santa Rosa, CA – Archive

Require Motivation? – Ride a Tandem Bicycle | motivation | require motivation | tandem bicycle | grand union canal – Articles 20VN – the pleasures, more or less, of a couple going for a weekend tandem ride.

Blind Bike Trials Video 1 | BMX Online Web Community – Matt Gilman is blind because of diabetes. Here he directs you to his web site and YouTube videos.

Ken ready to raise funds in tandem with Pedal event – Scotsman.com – Ken Reid , who is registered blind himself, will undertake a ride this Sunday to raise funds for blind and partially sighted people as part of the Pedal for Scotland event.

[Video] Kiwi Paralympic Cyclists Preparing for London

Hy-Vee Triathlon: It takes two, but he’s No. 1 | The Des Moines Register – Aaron Scheidies, who is sight-impaired, uses guide to win championships.

Riding in tandem – Israeli blind and sighted bike riders teach each other a few things | Israel21C

WINNIEL & THE LAUGHING HOUSE : Inspirations from Helen Keller – evidently tandem cycling is one of the many things she did.

Paralympian Cyclist Simon Richardson

Paralympian Simon Richardson ‘out of intensive care’ – after a hit-and-run incident while cycling, Simon is progressing well in hospital. The whole cycling community is sure to be wishing him and his supporters well.

Quick test transmission – please ignore

My slideshows on YouTube

The Blind Buzz on Cycling

Cycling an exercise in trust for blind Sonoma County riders | PressDemocrat.com – the need to place trust in your pilot as a blind cyclist. Revolution fund-raising ride coming up on Sept 24th may attract a small number of blind cyclists. Also visit
No limits for Blind Power bicycle team – Bicycling Sonoma – The Press Democrat – Santa Rosa, CA – Archive

Require Motivation? – Ride a Tandem Bicycle | motivation | require motivation | tandem bicycle | grand union canal – Articles 20VN – the pleasures, more or less, of a couple going for a weekend tandem ride.

Blind Bike Trials Video 1 | BMX Online Web Community – Matt Gilman is blind because of diabetes. Here he directs you to his web site and YouTube videos.

[Video] Kiwi Paralympic Cyclists Preparing for London

Hy-Vee Triathlon: It takes two, but he’s No. 1 | The Des Moines Register – Aaron Scheidies, who is sight-impaired, uses guide to win championships.

Riding in tandem – Israeli blind and sighted bike riders teach each other a few things | Israel21C

WINNIEL & THE LAUGHING HOUSE : Inspirations from Helen Keller – evidently tandem cycling is one of the many things she did.