Posted February 21st, 2007
How funny was this? Two water borne craft forcing landlocked roads into gridlock. And who receives the blame? Why, the Govt. of course.
THE NSW Government has apologised to people who were stranded in central Sydney last night after thousands flocked to see the world’s largest passenger cruise ship. Traffic ground to a halt and bus, […]
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Posted February 21st, 2007
I’ve started a bit of podcasting, but still working out the kinks. Todays effort covers the Tour of California, sportsmanship, Oscar Pereiro and via Smithers, some new racing rules that look just like the old racing rules.
To listen or subscribe via iTunes, visit the Spinopsys podcast site. [4:11]
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, spinopsys, podcast
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Posted February 20th, 2007
Post Updated: I’ve brought this post back to the present just to note that the owner Dan is now selling the bike to fund a months long cycling trip through Europe this spring and summer. Contact Dan at: onadancycle[at]yahoo[dot]com.
This particular Birdy has got to be the fastest and lightest anywhere.
It’s the new monocoque frameset […]
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Posted February 19th, 2007
Yeah, I know it’s the Telegraph and it’s sometimes hard to distinguish what’s news and opinion on their pages, but this “news” story is probably as close to the real thing as they will ever get.
Motorists are Wasting their lives away behind a wheel.
Commuters in areas that aren’t serviced by trains are spending up to […]
Posted in Advocacy, Transport by Philip | 3 Comments »
Posted February 18th, 2007
Just a quick postscript. One of the more interesting aspects of the APC ruling against the Daily Telegraph was this statement on opinion dressed up as factual reporting.
In an era of journalism where commentary increasingly trespasses upon news reports, fact and opinion need to be distinguishable. The introduction of opinion into a news report makes […]
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Posted February 18th, 2007
The Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF) has been working with the cycling community in NSW and is supporting the Vote4Cycling.com.au campaign asking all candidates in the 24 March 2007 NSW State election their views on cycling and to commit to increased resources and support if they are elected.
The CPF key objective is to increase the level […]
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Posted February 17th, 2007
Today’s amusement.
And now, organizers of the Tour of California, who boasted after last year’s race that no riders tested positive for banned substances, have acknowledged that riders were not tested for what has become the sport’s most abused drug — the blood booster known as EPO.
That failure is more surprising because the lead sponsor of […]
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Posted February 17th, 2007
Paddington, Sydney, 2007
technorati tags: cycling, bicycles, images
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Posted February 16th, 2007
Andrew Bartlett writes about the cognitive dissonance surrounding transport policies.
There’s a couple of different ways one could read that statement, but they’re probably both right. It is true that state government is keen to be as car friendly as possible, regardless of the economic, environmental and health costs, and it’s also true, due to […]
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Posted February 16th, 2007
CFSMTB follows up on last year’s Daily Telegraph beat up of Critical Mass. There was a complaint filed against the Telegraph with the Press Council and an adjudication was duly made against them. You can read the entire Press Council judgment there.
Back tracking to November last year to the Daily Terror Telegraph op-ed piece: Chain […]
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