This Weeks Listener Cycling Feature Article ;-)

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Tue 13/Oct/09 9:28pm*

Both the article and the editorial are very pro cycling. Good on them I reckon :thumbsup:

Buy it, read it, hand it around and write a ‘thankyou’ to the ed and feature writer.

Fango · *by **Fango** on Wed 14/Oct/09 12:36pm*

It's a good read alright. Top stuff - written for an intelligent readership, unlike the audience that some of the anti-bike ranting has been aimed at on talkback etc.

Nick_K · *by **Nick_K** on Wed 14/Oct/09 12:39pm*

Listener and intelligant readership aren't two words I'd normally put together.

Will have to czech it out anyway.

danose · *by **danose** on Wed 14/Oct/09 12:50pm*

Nick_K wrote:Listener and intelligant readership aren't two words I'd normally put together.

compared to your average talkback listener, the average Listener reader is a genius!!!

talkback radio is the ultimate example of why democracy doesn't work - some people are just too thick to be allowed to make their own choices :satan:

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Wed 14/Oct/09 3:52pm*

Fango wrote:It's a good read alright. Top stuff - written for an intelligent readership, unlike the audience that some of the anti-bike ranting has been aimed at on talkback etc.

The people who write the letters to the editor of the Listener often have very good things to say/points of view so I would think the readership is made up of some reasonably smart people. We never buy it…. :blush:

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Wed 14/Oct/09 4:17pm*

I read this today. Seemed pretty good.

Fango · *by **Fango** on Wed 14/Oct/09 4:49pm*

FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:
Fango wrote:It's a good read alright. Top stuff - written for an intelligent readership, unlike the audience that some of the anti-bike ranting has been aimed at on talkback etc.

The people who write the letters to the editor of the Listener often have very good things to say/points of view so I would think the readership is made up of some reasonably smart people. We never buy it….

Kazmeistyr · *by **Kazmeistyr** on Wed 14/Oct/09 6:47pm*

Hehe. I once ran out of TP and was in a mucho hurry to disperse teh evil. The only thing handy in time was a listener. I randomly chose a page to use. It had Paul Holmes on it. Best wipe everer.

nostromo · *by **nostromo** on Wed 14/Oct/09 7:27pm*

Positive article, but tempered a bit by a pic of four roadies blocking a whole lane in front of a car.

Specialized6000 · *by **Specialized6000** on Wed 14/Oct/09 8:51pm*

i don't like the comment by the mayors & whatnots saying we should expect to get hit & that they shouldn't spent any money on cycle lanes etc

for those in a recession I scanned the article & it will follow:

Specialized6000 · *by **Specialized6000** on Wed 14/Oct/09 8:52pm*

oh thats annoying, half the page isnt there, here are the links then

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/Ballistic6000/001.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/Ballistic6000/002.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/Ballistic6000/003.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/Ballistic6000/004.jpg
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj274/Ballistic6000/005.jpg

Dulouz · *by **Dulouz** on Wed 14/Oct/09 9:04pm*

While I found the article interesting, I also found it quite disheartening. It seems there is such a long way to go in changing attitudes to cyclists.

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Wed 14/Oct/09 10:36pm*

nostromo wrote:Positive article, but tempered a bit by a pic of four roadies blocking a whole lane in front of a car.

Yep, four idiots :angry:

(hope I don't know them...) riding up Scenic Drive - with it blind corners et al. Also being a winding road legally they shouldn't even be two abreast.
I guess its a photo to show just what so many car only drivers are pee'd off with - Roadies hogging the roads.

disoriented · *by **disoriented** on Wed 14/Oct/09 10:42pm*

FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:
nostromo wrote:Positive article, but tempered a bit by a pic of four roadies blocking a whole lane in front of a car.

Yep, four idiots (hope I don't know them...) riding up Scenic Drive - with it blind corners et al. Also being a winding road legally they shouldn't even be two abreast.
I guess its a photo to show just what so many car only drivers are pee'd off with - Roadies hogging the roads.

Farty what laws are you reading from, they looked like they are legally intilted to ride two abreast but four ain't.

FLATULENTFRIEND · *by **FLATULENTFRIEND** on Wed 14/Oct/09 10:48pm*

disoriented wrote:
FLATULENTFRIEND wrote:
nostromo wrote:Positive article, but tempered a bit by a pic of four roadies blocking a whole lane in front of a car.

Yep, four idiots (hope I don't know them...) riding up Scenic Drive - with it blind corners et al. Also being a winding road legally they shouldn't even be two abreast.
I guess its a photo to show just what so many car only drivers are pee'd off with - Roadies hogging the roads.

Farty what laws are you reading from, they looked like they are legally intilted to ride two abreast but four ain't.

I got that winding road info from my brother n law - a taxi driver who is really up with the raod code etc.