Cycle campaigning

This is why I'd like to see bike shops taking a small bit of responsibility and teams of volunteers talking to people on the street and hanging notices on parked bike handlebars. I really believe it could raise awareness.

I wrote a business case to gain funding for an independent info campaign a while back and received some interest from a few companies who were happy to fund printing and distribution in return for a money off voucher for their products on the back. Perhaps a little poor taste given the severity of the message although perhaps it would reduce the scaremongering factor slightly?

CTUK do not leave their promotional material on locked up bikes because, if the bike is left over night, the leaflet still attached to it marks it out as a bike that is open to being nicked. CTUK and Hackney do distribute promotional material to bike shops, libraries and sports centres though.

Interesting. There is also a risk for corporate littering liability.

Top tube stickers? Using soft glue that leaves no residue and peels easily...

i think stickering could still antagonise people

Sorry for so many quotes above, but I wanted to draw all the relevent stuff for this together, as I think that its an interesting idea, but I do see and understand the problems with it. Might spokecards be a better solution? Less obvious that cards hung on the top tube, less risk of them just being dumped, less issues with glue than top tube stickers...

Just a thought :)