Posted July 27th, 2007
Alan Durning at Grist has posted a terrific piece on cycling simultaneously being framed as something shameful to do in our car dominated world or something for elite inner inner city types.
To be a successful adult, apparently, you have to drive. Cycling is for children; cycling is for losers. In this view, it’s fitting […]
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Posted July 25th, 2007
Catherine Deveny writes a a stirring column in defense of cyclists in today’s Age.
You think the Hell Ride goes along Beach Road every Sunday? You should talk to some of the mums and dads, commuters and students who pedal during peak hour and they’ll tell you stories of road rage that will make you think […]
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Posted July 20th, 2007
Rupert Guinness tells Sydney Morning Herald readers what most of us already know.
But, the booming interest in the Tour also reflects a rapid increase in participation in cycling in Australia, where many have caught on to its value as a sport. Over the past five years cycling has become a sport that is enjoying record […]
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Posted July 16th, 2007
Even though this video is in French you can work out the the process used for the City of Paris Velib project which was undertaken as a joint venture with JCDecaux. As this story in The Age explains, The city of Sydney and Melbourne are both looking at the same scheme for their respective cities.
The […]
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Posted July 7th, 2007
That was how Seth Godin ended his very enlightening and funny essay on how to win friends and influence people if you’re in the business of marketing an activist position. The full paragraph that contained that line looked like this. It’s pure gold.
The lesson of the National Lampoon cover above, the best magazine cover in […]
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Posted July 5th, 2007
Bike Bus.
Via Pedaller.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, sydney, bikebus
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Posted July 5th, 2007
As a huge fan of congestion charges I quite like this idea proposed by the RTA’s Ken Dobinson.
Here is the solution to choking gridlock for the wealthy and impatient: exorbitant tolls for the exclusive use of the Harbour Bridge’s southbound bus lane.
Under a serious proposal from the former Roads and Traffic Authority director Ken Dobinson, […]
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Posted July 3rd, 2007
Nice viral from the UK. CycleHero.
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles
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Posted June 25th, 2007
Reaction on a thread at the Telegraph.
Blog reactions: Mark at Stoush worries about the psychological impact.
I think reinforcing the social pressure on men to have penises of a good size is a bad thing, and indeed may contribute to aggressive acting out by young men who indeed do really have small, tremulous members.
I also crossposted […]
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Posted June 21st, 2007
A couple of night ago Lateline Business hosted an interesting interview with Dr Roger Bezdek on Peak Oil.
ALI MOORE: That said, there have long been predictions, haven’t there, of the imminent depletion of oil supplies. It was said it would happen in the ’70s and it didn’t. The man who came up with the […]
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