Five emergency last minute Christmas gifts

Yes you can get a Christmas tree on the back of a tandem

How the hell is it already Christmas? I still haven't put my halloween costume away, damn it. Here are some gifts you can buy online, any time:

Christmas gift ideas // For the girl who rides (not like that)

I wrote a Christmas gift guide for Le Blow with ten gift ideas for women who want to ride their bicycles: they want to ride their b-i-k-e... 

It contains these wonderful things:

For the full piece with links look here.

Also, check out my Christmas Hip Hop playlist if you are into that kind of thing.

Paul Smith's Bike Knits

I have a little trick, a thing I do when I'm cold on my bike that makes me feel warm. I imagine I'm wearing just a bikini, then I imagine putting all my clothes on again and it makes me feel warm. Try it next time you are freezing.

The other day I was waiting in the cold for the lights to change on Kensington Park Road and thinking how just three months ago I actually was in the very same spot wearing a bikini dancing in the Notting Hill Carnival parade. I looked to my left and saw these bikey knits in the Paul Smith window. They look so warm. I want them to wear over my bikini.

Fair Isle Lamswool Snood £75 

Fair Isle Lambswool Beanie £85

Fair Isle Lambswool Scarf £135

Fair Isle Patterned Socks £17

There is the Paul Smith shop in green during the epic post-carnival clean-up. We had just been watching policemen play football with a coconut.

Also, have you been to Hello My Name Is Paul Smith at The Design Museum yet?

Christmas Bike Lights

YES. It's December, I can officially have chocolate for breakfast and start going on about Christmas.

Maya Angelou once said "I've learnt you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights." Well I'm about to Christmas up my bike so will be tackling my tangled up mess of battery pack lights. YAY.

If you want to avoid the whole untangling/ revealing your true self scenario, these guys might do the trick:

Santa or Rudolph Bike Lights by Red Berry Apple £10.95

Paul Smith AW12/13

It's no secret that Paul Smith is kind of into cycling, here are a few pieces from his current collection that were designed with us cyclists in mind:

Oh Paul, you sure know how to get your stuff on my Christmas list. Check out these BEAUTIFUL leather gloves with a neon trimmed ribbed cuff. Available in violet and green and black and pink for £195.

These men's leather gloves with neon inserts and trim would make indicating so much more stylish. Available in brown and orange and black and green £155.

Paul Smith has collaborated with Kashimax to create these wonderful neon leather saddles for £160.

www.paulsmith.co.uk