Indeed they should... Once I'm done with trying to work out how to make cycling cool in Cape Town :-)
On 27 Jul 2010, at 4:56 PM, Veitch, Alex wrote:
> Cycling becoming cool here in London really is the best thing to happen for cycling in my lifetime. Unfortunately we cycling campaigners/tree huggers are terribly uncool so having hip trendy 20 somethings cycling is absolutely brilliant. I have absolutely no idea how or why it happened...someone ought to do a PHD..!
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> In terms of Hackney, where I live, we have awkward public transport connections which are very expensive too, so there is a real "push" factor to cycle.
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> And while it is true to say that Hackney have done very little special cycling infrastructure, most of us cycle through Camden and Islington to actually get to work, both of whom have done some good cycle infrastructure, including some of the only segregated cycle lanes I've seen in London, and cycle paths to get us across City Road near the Angel junction.
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> Basically Hackney Council get away with being utter cheapskates but only because other boroughs do more.
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> Cheers
> Alex
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cycling and Society Research Group discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gail Jennings
> Sent: 27 July 2010 15:47
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> Subject: Re: Melbourne developments
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> Perhaps the attraction is that they are illegal?
> And on a different angle, one of the challenges we're seeing (in South Africa, that is) with donated bicycles to school learners is that within a few weeks of donation, the brake blocks are gone - sold as bike spares :-( Then the learners use their school shoes as brakes.
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> On 27 Jul 2010, at 4:32 PM, Simon P J Batterbury wrote:
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>> Aren't fixies illegal in most countries because of the frequent lack of two brakes? They are in Oz. Technically.
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>> Confession - I think they are unpleasant machines and wasteful of rear tyres.Using a salvaged frame is often set off with brand new alloy rims costing hundreds. Not in the conservationist spirit.
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>> I also overtake their young riders all the time on an old bike with gears, and I'm in my late 40s, so I really don't see the point.
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>> One gear, dangerous, and hard to stop.
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>> It must be cultural.
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