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Sorry if this is a bit off topic but if the aim is survival, this is a must-read article.. The key to survival on the road is to be cute. http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/15328964.Calls_to_protect_geese_family_after_goslings_hit_by_car/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-28479361
Rest in Peace rider.. x
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Wishing you a lovely ride down south.. Spare a thought for Denton Welch on the way - mown down by Annie Hutley for 'no apparent reason' on his way from Greenwich to Reigate via a cup of tea in the cafe in Beckenham Place Park..
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/feb/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview23 -
Not sure if this idea is already on here somewhere: http://www.upcyclethat.com/handlebar-bike-rack/5372/
I love it!
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My sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of poor Mr Mason..
I notice the Evening Standard is continuing to use the term 'collision' in it's report because, they insist, the bike was moving at the time.. I thought forces had to be convergent for this term to be accurate? Apologies if this is not the place, but if Mr Mason was mown down from behind, then this was neither a collision nor an accident.
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I have treasured my Lexi Dick rabbit ring for years.. She seems to do rat rings instead now, which might not go down so well.. but her work is fab http://www.lexidickjeweller.co.uk/
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This is a fan letter to cycle trainer Gavin if he's on here, who phoned Julia Hartley-Brewer on LBC this afternoon.. He recounted how his entire group of 12 primary school pupils were downed by someone kicking his car door open without looking. His case was the most spirited championing of cycling I have ever heard in this sort of phone-in. Warmed the cockles it did..
She was endorsing the decision by magistrates to fine a 14 year old boy for cycling on the pavement alongside the A12 because his Dad thought the road was too dangerous.. I would love to set her off on two wheels up to Brentwood and beyond and see how she gets on.. Very well done Gavin!
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Okay I'm going to say it one more time, we'll get no change in how drivers interact with cyclists until we enact Strict Liability Laws, which would put the onus on drivers to take care of those more vulnerable than themselves, rather than playing chicken or viewing you as an obstacle to them getting to their destination quicker.
Also cultural change will take years, and isn't something that will change overnight, see wearing seatbelts, eating your five a day, or recycling, and it definitely isn't going to change unless there is a bit of stick to get the change going.
All the arguments above are about trying to get something done now, without taking into account the biggest obstacle to change is modifying drivers behaviour, make them more aware, make them think before doing something dodge, make them think about us, as much as we think about them.
Just chanting for segregation and talking about infrastructure isn't enough. The big battle is to get motorists to change their behaviour.
Don't you dare say this only one more time Cornelius Blackfoot! Keep on saying it! Grrrr X
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I cycled lonely as a cloud
That rides on high o'er ben and glen,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of worldly audax men;
Along the road, in search of rest,
Climbing and descending towards Brest.Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Towards the coast of Brittany:
A thousand saw I at a glance,
Fill the roads of western France.The crowds on road sides cheered; but they
Out-did the local crowds in glee:
A poet could not but be proud,
In such a friendly happy crowd:
I gazed--still dazed--but little thought
What joy the ride to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure grows,
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£50 for not having lights or £35 for killing a cyclist. Drivers should be "reminded" to notice whether there is a cyclist on their bonnet.
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I do agree that Victoria is a worstening nightmare and my thoughts are with this poor cyclist.
I was gratified to see that neither the ES or Met Police referred to this as an accident. They are learning (slowly) to use neutral language in the media - due to campaigning from BMJ, Roadpeace, Brake, British Cycling and the Road Death Reduction Forum. I just didn't expect to see it used here.