visibility

Visibility.

Not on the bike, off the bike.

Part of the circle of care idea, how to get people to realise that
someone they know is a cyclist?

People see me wheeling the bent into the break room where it lives, so
that's helpful, but once I've changed out of cycling kit most people
wouldn't know I am a rider.

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?



Zebee

"Zebee Johnstone" wrote in message
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Visibility.

Not on the bike, off the bike.

Part of the circle of care idea, how to get people to realise that
someone they know is a cyclist?

People see me wheeling the bent into the break room where it lives, so
that's helpful, but once I've changed out of cycling kit most people
wouldn't know I am a rider.

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?

um, shaved legs for the guys, and wearing Rudy Projects on your head if
you're a girl?
That's now it works here anyway :-)

Zebee Johnstone Wrote:
Visibility.

Not on the bike, off the bike.

Part of the circle of care idea, how to get people to realise that
someone they know is a cyclist?

People see me wheeling the bent into the break room where it lives, so
that's helpful, but once I've changed out of cycling kit most people
wouldn't know I am a rider.

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?



Zebee
What about a chainring tattoo on the forehead


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Zebee Johnstone wrote:

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

bitter

One of these. When they ask what it is, you can say that it has your
details so the police/ambulance know who to call when you're knocked
down by a hit and run driver.

http://www.roadid.com/default.asp

/bitter

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sinus Wrote:
What about a chainring tattoo on the forehead
I had the exact same thought - spooky


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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?

I deliberately leave my helmet on the desk at work just n case someone
sees it and decides to find out more about commuting or cycling in
general. Of course you could wear it around the office but then you
would just get people asking you what being a nutcase is like.

DaveB

Gemma_k wrote:

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike.

I prefer the old ankle band, it was called a bike clip {:-).
Always brought a smaile to people faces as they work out how to
cryptically tell you. And much less embarrassing a pickup technique than
leaving your fly open.

sinus wrote:
Zebee Johnstone Wrote:
Visibility.

Not on the bike, off the bike.

Part of the circle of care idea, how to get people to realise that
someone they know is a cyclist?

People see me wheeling the bent into the break room where it lives, so
that's helpful, but once I've changed out of cycling kit most people
wouldn't know I am a rider.

Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?



Zebee
What about a chainring tattoo on the forehead

how about just the chainring?

On 2006-06-30, DaveB wrote:
I deliberately leave my helmet on the desk at work just n case someone
sees it and decides to find out more about commuting or cycling in
general. Of course you could wear it around the office but then you
would just get people asking you what being a nutcase is like.

Hey, I get asked that even *without* wearing a helmet around the office
.... maybe if I wore one, the questions would stop?

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Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Visibility.

Not on the bike, off the bike.

Part of the circle of care idea, how to get people to realise that
someone they know is a cyclist?

People see me wheeling the bent into the break room where it lives, so
that's helpful, but once I've changed out of cycling kit most people
wouldn't know I am a rider.

I wear a LAF bracelet most of the time (before they were trendy, and
now they're not trendy anymore ). Sometimes punters ask what it's
about. But, riding places unexpected (like to visit friends, parties
and so on) and talking about where you rode to on the w'end is pretty
good, I think.



Maybe what's needed is some item - a badge, a wrist band - that
cyclist are encouraged to wear off the bike. And what it is gets
viral marketed into everywhere possible. So gradually people see the
item and process it as "cyclist".

Not just commuting cyclists, but everyone who rides a bicycle.

What would be a sensible item that people who aren't committed
activists would wear? How could it be made cheaply enough? How could
the idea of what it represents be got into the minds of everyone,
riders and non-riders?

Plastic bracelets are pretty cheap. I have NFI as to how to get some
made, but it can't be that hard, the livewrong ones cropped up pretty
quickly after the livestrong ones.