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Ellen and I biked in NZ early in our marriage, even though we are a mixed marriage - she is from Oklahoma city and I am from Birmingham UK. My mother was born in Auckland and my father spent much of his early life in Christchurch. A nice guy whom we hardly knew lent us his super tandem. We were a little fearful in advance of all the bridge crossings carrying a railway plus motor vehicles going in both directions. But there is so little traffic and people in general are friendly and law-abiding that we never had a moment's concern. Except for the downhills on the Crown Range: you need to keep your speed down and preferably use disk brakes. Dave Wilson David Gordon (Dave) Wilson Email: [log in to unmask]; 21 Winthrop Street WINCHESTER MA 01890-2851, USA; Ph.: 781 729 2203 On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Daniel Carruthers <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am keen to see how many on this list are considering cycling holidays? > > And also when considering cycling holidays, who thinks of New Zealand? > > And I'm promoting: www.timbertrail.co.nz :) > > Let me know your feedback. > > Thanks > Daniel > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 3:53 AM, Katja Leyendecker < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> This may be predictable comment... but, for me, always, the question >> remains: "so, what about all the cars clogging up our cities?" Are we blind >> to the misadventure humanity has embarked on? So much space claimed and >> polluted (physical, material, air and health etc). A social dilemma par >> exellence. >> >> This article takes a step towards that position. Sorreeee, it's in >> German... but perhaps google translate helps or summin >> https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/bikesharing-in-berlin-nic >> ht-das-leihfahrrad-ist-pervers-sondern-die-situation-in-der- >> es-faehrt/21265294.html >> >> >> - - - >> My blog http://katsdekker.wordpress.com >> >> On 13 May 2018 at 16:10, Lake Sagaris <000003c4bc812a68-dmarc-reques >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Yes. Very disturbing. We need a more diverse set of business models for >>> bike share. cutting and pasting Paris doesn’t work in other cities. >>> Neighbourhood, campus and company travel shares, etc. etc. >>> >>> Lake >>> >>> Dr. Lake Sagaris, Investigadora & Profesora Asociada Adjunta, CEDEUS, >>> Centro BRTplus, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile >>> >>> >>> > On May 12, 2018, at 8:00 PM, CYCLING-AND-SOCIETY automatic digest >>> system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> > >>> > There is 1 message totaling 254 lines in this issue. >>> > >>> > Topics of the day: >>> > >>> > 1. china bikeshare >>> > >>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> > >>> > Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 09:40:41 +0000 >>> > From: Simon Batterbury <[log in to unmask]> >>> > Subject: china bikeshare >>> > >>> > https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversup >>> ply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/ >>> > >>> > [https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2018/03/ >>> bikes/b01_RTX3SB7P-1/facebook.jpg?1522767806]<https://www.th >>> eatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-oversupply-in-china- >>> huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/> >>> > >>> > Bike Share Oversupply in China: Huge Piles of Abandoned ...< >>> https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/03/bike-share-ove >>> rsupply-in-china-huge-piles-of-abandoned-and-broken-bicycles/556268/> >>> > www.theatlantic.com >>> > Gigantic piles of impounded, abandoned, and broken bicycles have >>> become a familiar sight in many Chinese cities, after a rush to build up >>> its new bike-sharing industry vastly overreached. >>> > >>> > >>> > video >>> > >>> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-43999482/the-p >>> roblem-of-china-s-huge-bike-graveyards >>> > >>> > [https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVF.qmhJh3JFeY%2be6O5vaWGLvw&pid=Api]< >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-china-43999482 >>> /the-problem-of-china-s-huge-bike-graveyards> >>> > >>> > The problem of China's huge bike graveyards<http://www.bbc.co.u >>> k/news/av/world-asia-china-43999482/the-problem-of-china-s-h >>> uge-bike-graveyards> >>> > www.bbc.co.uk >>> > Bike-sharing businesses are sweeping China but that's brought a >>> problem - huge piles of abandoned bikes. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Dr. Simon Batterbury | Professor of Political Ecology, LEC< >>> http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/>, Lancaster University, UK, Europe. >>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>> > Principal research fellow| School of Geography | University of >>> Melbourne, 3010 VIC, Australia | simonpjb @ unimelb.edu.au | >>> http://www.simonbatterbury.net<http://www.simonbatterbury.net/> >>> > >>> > ------------------------------ >>> > >>> > End of CYCLING-AND-SOCIETY Digest - 7 May 2018 to 12 May 2018 >>> (#2018-23) >>> > ************************************************************ >>> ************ >>> >> >> > > > -- > *Daniel Carruthers* > > Director > DJC Enterprises > Rotorua New Zealand > www.asiabikemedia.com >