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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
....said the blinkered doctor.
See : http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/...re_fantasy.php or http://tinyurl.com/2og82j Calum |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
On 27 Feb, 13:17, calum wrote:
...said the blinkered doctor. See : http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/....2075347.0.cyc... or http://tinyurl.com/2og82j Calum I think this is a weak, and pretty nonsensical, response to the upsurge in cycling and the more positive press atention cycling's getting. Note a straw man worthy of troll b himself: "Ah! So, you want pensioners to cycle in flip flops and bikinis in temperatures on minus 5!!!!!" Good grief. As one of the commentators notes, the roads are clogged with cars carrying people to their exercise bikes in the gym... |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
On 27 Feb, 14:17, calum wrote:
...said the blinkered doctor. See : http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/....2075347.0.cyc... or http://tinyurl.com/2og82j Calum does seem the blinkered view as one of the comments said too much heat is normally the problem than too little. as to hills i thought glasgow was flater than edinburgh? though it's been many years since i was near either. roger |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
roger merriman wrote:
as to hills i thought glasgow was flater than edinburgh? though it's been many years since i was near either. Both have a plentiful selection of steep hills, including ones you'll need to traverse in the city centres. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
"Peter Clinch" wrote in message ... | roger merriman wrote: | | as to hills i thought glasgow was flater than edinburgh? though it's | been many years since i was near either. | | Both have a plentiful selection of steep hills, including ones you'll | need to traverse in the city centres. But neither pose a serious challenge, even for a podgy bloke approaching middle age more rapidly than he cares to admit. I don't think any other major city in the UK approaches the undulations of Edinburgh/Glasgow, so there isn't really a problem Oh yes - I don't think the Netherlands is particularly drier than here (warmer, possibly, although even when the snow lies deep and crisp and even, I need a shower to sluice the sweat when I arrive), certainly is been p..pouring most of the times I've been there, and it's noticeably more windy....although given the conditions here recently, I may revise that. pOB |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
PoB wrote:
"Peter Clinch" wrote in message ... | roger merriman wrote: | | as to hills i thought glasgow was flater than edinburgh? though it's | been many years since i was near either. | | Both have a plentiful selection of steep hills, including ones you'll | need to traverse in the city centres. But neither pose a serious challenge, even for a podgy bloke approaching middle age more rapidly than he cares to admit. Agreed. And if it does then getting off and walking is /not/ actually a problem! And it'll be less of a problem the 10th time, and after the 20th he might ride up it anyway! Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
PoB wrote:
I don't think any other major city in the UK approaches the undulations of Edinburgh/Glasgow, so there isn't really a problem Plymouth, Bristol, Bath..... |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
On 27 Feb, 14:54, Rob Horton wrote:
PoB wrote: I don't think any other major city in the UK approaches the undulations of Edinburgh/Glasgow, so there isn't really a problem Plymouth, Bristol, Bath..... ...Sheffield... |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:17:39 -0800 (PST), calum
said in : ...said the blinkered doctor. Better not let him go to Holland or Denmark, then. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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"Cycling as a mass form of transport is pure fantasy"
What does one mean by "mass form of transport"?
As many as currently drive to work (millions daily)? As many as currently travel by public transport (ditto)? Either thought *is indeed* pure fantasy and such targets (if they exist - which I doubt) are doomed to failure this side of a major war or disaster which dislocates general industrial processes (like oil-refining). If something a mere small fraction of that sort of number is what is aimed at (and I suspect that it is), then perhaps not. But the target would have to be very modest as compared with the two main "mass form[s] of transport". |
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