Cycle Parking Protest at Kings Cross St Pancras (Eurostar) - 14th November 8am

Just thought some of you guys might like to know about this:
http://www.velorution.biz/?p=1385

Quick Quiz: What does the above picture show?

a. a cycle stand at the Central Post Office in Ulan Bator, Mongolia
b. car park at Moshoeshoe International Airport, Maseru, Lesotho
c. warehouse at the Calcutta Tea Exchange

Answer: None of the above. It is the totality of cycle parking facilities at the new Eurostar Station in Central London, capital of Thirld World Country, Great Britain.

Wishing not to sound like Dr. Watson, this is another example that British Transport Authorities are intellectually challenged.

Camden Cycling Campaign tells us that not only is space inadequate, unsecure and a five minute walk from the ticket office, but getting to the station by bicycle has been made more dangerous by unnecessary one-way’s, wrongly designed cycle lanes and missing signage. It is worth remembering that in the past twelve months, THREE WOMEN HAVE BEEN KILLED BY DRIVERS WITHIN 500m OF THE STATION.

And these Transport idiots have the courage of writing:

[quote]Everything at St Pancras International has been designed from the visitor’s point of view. More research has been commissioned, more customer profiles analysed, and more habits and preferences studied than for any British railway station.

The precise choice of shops, food, brands and services is being matched to the customer preferences of a new customer: one who seeks quality, individuality and above all experience.

If your blood is boiling, join the protest on the 14th November.
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The full protest details are here:
http://www.camdencyclists.org.uk/camden/campaigns/eurostar/eurostar-demo-11-14-10

And yes, it's a workday (Wednesday).

Ooh you've 'touched me in a sensitive place' with bike parking issues VB!

Who has a spare rocket launcher? My mate is actually working there at the moment so must be careful with aim..

I reckon I can head to that for a little while....they should take some lesson from Canary Wharf, bloody loads of spaces here!

hippy Ooh you've 'touched me in a sensitive place' with bike parking issues VB!

Who has a spare rocket launcher? My mate is actually working there at the moment so must be careful with aim..

Longshot - an Aussie named Pete?

I'll come along for a bit. :-)

i'll be there!

EDIT: and i'll post it up on school forums

d0cA i'll be there!

EDIT: and i'll post it up on school forums

If you're posting it up, take a copy from the original source or otherwise disguise where it came from.
It would be a shame if this site got some bad press should anyone think the protest originated here.

(Just my concerned twopenneth)

Why park your bike at the Eurostar when you can take it with you on the train instead...?

I knew this was a good (smug) idea...;)

why ride a bike or get on a train when you can ride a piece of origami and look like a cock?

You're in a ripe old mood tonight, pj :)

too much heidegger. that man needed to be shot in the face before he ever managed to postulate whatever bollocks he was writing about. what a dick. i mean, seriously, the only people who care about heidegger are heidegger and his ugly, teutonic wife, and even she was bored shitless by his inane, witless ramblings 'concerning technology'.

-breathe-

is there somewhere to park my bike if i come along?

for a moment then I thought someone called 'pj'

was having a bit of a knock

but then I went and meditated on it

and realised that I must have been mistaken

yes, absolutely. i wouldn't dream of it.

.

heidegger - At first i thought it was a beer. Kind of wish he was.

ChrisNW [quote]d0cA i'll be there!

EDIT: and i'll post it up on school forums

If you're posting it up, take a copy from the original source or otherwise disguise where it came from.
It would be a shame if this site got some bad press should anyone think the protest originated here.

(Just my concerned twopenneth)[/quote]

i told 'em you were organising it.

Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar,
Who could drink you under the table,
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel..

BringMeMyFix [quote]hippy Ooh you've 'touched me in a sensitive place' with bike parking issues VB!
Who has a spare rocket launcher? My mate is actually working there at the moment so must be careful with aim..

Longshot - an Aussie named Pete?[/quote]

Damien. He's working on simulator software for 'em not for Eurostar themselves.

Don't even fucking get me started on hegel. Epochs? What?

hippy [quote]BringMeMyFix [quote]hippy Ooh you've 'touched me in a sensitive place' with bike parking issues VB!
Who has a spare rocket launcher? My mate is actually working there at the moment so must be careful with aim..

Longshot - an Aussie named Pete?[/quote]

Damien. He's working on simulator software for 'em not for Eurostar themselves.[/quote]

Mmmm........ Phenomenology of spirit. That was a joyous period at university.
Still have it at home, laughing at me from the book case!

Nicholas Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar,
Who could drink you under the table,
David Hume could out-consume
Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel..

d'ya mind if we call ya Bruce to avoid confusion?

bump: this is tomorrow, folks.

ok. i would come but there's nowhere to lock my bike.