tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post2399203777108316697..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Now that's a real cyclistRob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-11407893907751712242010-09-21T15:03:46.907+01:002010-09-21T15:03:46.907+01:00cycling is, like any pastime, distinguished at lea...cycling is, like any pastime, distinguished at least in part by the number of people willing to tell you that you're doing it all wrong.<br /><br />I'm a lycra type myself (albeit with Carradice as on bike luggage) but wouldn't dream of presuming to tell someone else how to dress for riding.John the Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048680743149584464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-74552148575093826102010-08-11T07:43:55.189+01:002010-08-11T07:43:55.189+01:00I wonder what angry racing bike man would have mad...I wonder what angry racing bike man would have made of the bike with a buggy attached to the front on Dragon's Den last night!Matthttp://98degrees.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-80506612218918197022010-08-09T17:59:39.069+01:002010-08-09T17:59:39.069+01:00Get a rucksack? Get a backache more like...Get a rucksack? Get a backache more like...christhebullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058394246399615754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-72524664918665269012010-08-05T11:45:32.751+01:002010-08-05T11:45:32.751+01:00Surely it would have been ...“50 quirky bike rides...Surely it would have been ...“50 quirky bike rides for family and friends, free from freightlining juggernauts and white van road rage, in eco friendly, carbon neutral, naturally blissful thrills and hills, on a hunch over lunch, with winks over drinks, brooks beckon, waves lap, win whizzes – the most thrilling downhilling and appealing freewheeling, on trains, bridges, plains & ridges the odd, unique, eccentric and curious, from flying canals to haunted tunnels to underwater roads the longest, prettiest, bendiest, bounciest, rockiest, twistiest, zingiest, peakiest, prettiest, whizziest, bestest, bestest, bestest bike rides in England and Wales (ever)” :-)John Berryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10502827266877599594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-60191454331048980722010-08-05T11:01:53.780+01:002010-08-05T11:01:53.780+01:00On The Road (or the Dutch translation On the Segre...On The Road (or the Dutch translation On the Segregated Cycleway) ?Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-7671238593570462462010-08-05T10:02:59.210+01:002010-08-05T10:02:59.210+01:00And what book to have in that basket? How about Jo...And what book to have in that basket? How about John Osborne's classic drama about an angry young man having his bicycle stolen in Essex, 'Lock bike in Ongar'.Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-21821008504815626702010-08-05T09:55:23.315+01:002010-08-05T09:55:23.315+01:00"If only we could get the Daily Mail onboard ..."If only we could get the Daily Mail onboard we'd be set."<br /><br />The Daily Fail/Wail/Heil had a "chic cycles" article a week or so ago, but it seems that was an anomaly among the general sub-Clarksonian Car Supremacy.<br /><br />As for how Anna was treated, it seems that, along with the lack of segregated infrastructure, the main barrier to mass cycling in the UK is *other cyclists* :sigh:Tim Beadlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17958070871462777000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-12876607643604822992010-08-05T09:47:39.830+01:002010-08-05T09:47:39.830+01:00Keep doing what you're doing, Anna. Ignore th...Keep doing what you're doing, Anna. Ignore the "bicycle fashion mafia"; they know not what they say. As the man says, you're welcome here.WestfieldWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248492361148849247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-24306983316253961362010-08-05T09:37:42.744+01:002010-08-05T09:37:42.744+01:00Crazy people. As for the idiot suggesting using a ...Crazy people. As for the idiot suggesting using a rucksack - duh! A basket is 10x more convenient and a whole lot more comfortable.<br /><br />Seems like if those people are "cyclists" then I would not want to be considered one either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-45302798470901600602010-08-05T09:35:03.568+01:002010-08-05T09:35:03.568+01:00'Get a rucksack' ?? A pannier, maybe.'Get a rucksack' ?? A pannier, maybe.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-39545701554322647452010-08-05T08:38:19.352+01:002010-08-05T08:38:19.352+01:00The Telegraph has been surprisingly pro-cycling in...The Telegraph has been surprisingly pro-cycling in the last few weeks. If only we could get the Daily Mail onboard we'd be set.Elanthiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10019538553935323182noreply@blogger.com