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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised
area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/n..._run_cyclists/ |
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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
On 19/05/2012 15:55, Zapp Brannigan wrote:
"Mrcheerful" wrote in message ... Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." Poke an umbrella or walking stick into the spokes of any reckless cyclist, stop them before they cause serious harm. Would a piece of c. 1cm dowel not serve just as well and have the twin advantages of cheapness and immediate easy replacement? |
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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
JNugent wrote:
On 19/05/2012 15:55, Zapp Brannigan wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote in message ... Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." Poke an umbrella or walking stick into the spokes of any reckless cyclist, stop them before they cause serious harm. Would a piece of c. 1cm dowel not serve just as well and have the twin advantages of cheapness and immediate easy replacement? I think it would need to be thicker for reliability. But it would have to be much more hefty to stop something with alloy wheels. I understand that a good shove on the handlebars woks well. A friend in Cambridge carries a heavy metal tool box to jobs and finds that is very effective. |
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On 19/05/2012 16:18, Mrcheerful wrote:
JNugent wrote: On 19/05/2012 15:55, Zapp Brannigan wrote: wrote in message ... Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." Poke an umbrella or walking stick into the spokes of any reckless cyclist, stop them before they cause serious harm. Would a piece of c. 1cm dowel not serve just as well and have the twin advantages of cheapness and immediate easy replacement? I think it would need to be thicker for reliability. But it would have to be much more hefty to stop something with alloy wheels. I understand that a good shove on the handlebars woks well. A friend in Cambridge carries a heavy metal tool box to jobs and finds that is very effective. Would you say that this sub-thread is a reasonable analogue of the ones where some posters urge others to swing D-locks at vehicles, bang on them with clenched fists or even to throw bicycles onto their bonnets? |
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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
JNugent wrote:
On 19/05/2012 16:18, Mrcheerful wrote: JNugent wrote: On 19/05/2012 15:55, Zapp Brannigan wrote: wrote in message ... Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." Poke an umbrella or walking stick into the spokes of any reckless cyclist, stop them before they cause serious harm. Would a piece of c. 1cm dowel not serve just as well and have the twin advantages of cheapness and immediate easy replacement? I think it would need to be thicker for reliability. But it would have to be much more hefty to stop something with alloy wheels. I understand that a good shove on the handlebars woks well. A friend in Cambridge carries a heavy metal tool box to jobs and finds that is very effective. Would you say that this sub-thread is a reasonable analogue of the ones where some posters urge others to swing D-locks at vehicles, bang on them with clenched fists or even to throw bicycles onto their bonnets? No, because this is pedestrians defending themselves from cyclists, no cars involved. |
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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
On Sat, 19 May 2012 16:18:53 +0100, "Mrcheerful"
wrote: JNugent wrote: On 19/05/2012 15:55, Zapp Brannigan wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote in message ... Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." Poke an umbrella or walking stick into the spokes of any reckless cyclist, stop them before they cause serious harm. Would a piece of c. 1cm dowel not serve just as well and have the twin advantages of cheapness and immediate easy replacement? I think it would need to be thicker for reliability. But it would have to be much more hefty to stop something with alloy wheels. I understand that a good shove on the handlebars woks well. A friend in Cambridge carries a heavy metal tool box to jobs and finds that is very effective. I have an umbrella which has a 6" metal rod protruding after the material. It is amazing - almost everytime a cyclist "meets" me on a footpath the rod gets tangled in the spokes: amazing coincidences. |
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Pavement cyclists put everyone at risk and damage property
On Sat, 19 May 2012 09:45:49 +0100, Mrcheerful wrote:
Rat-running cyclists are endangering stall traders by using a pedestrianised area as a short-cut, it has been claimed. Mitcham residents and traders have become increasingly frustrated with people on bikes using Mitcham town centre in order to avoid the busy one-way traffic on Holborn Way. Christine Higgs, 50, of Streatham Road, said: "They [cyclists] just come screeching down the pavement on their bikes and try to swerve round you. "They once hit my son, who is six, and I was really angry because they hurt him but they didn't apologise. It is a big problem." Stall trader Alan Hunt, 69, said: "In the morning when you are trying to set up it is a nightmare because they [cyclists] just cut straight through at high speed on their way to work. "I have had my stall damaged by cyclists speeding in the past and it is dangerous for my customers." http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/n..._run_cyclists/ Maybe they should stop littering our pavements with stalls and get a proper shop. -- http://petersparrots.com http://petersphotos.com When a clock is hungry, it goes back four seconds. |
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Three-day cycling festival announced for Nottingham this July
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Nottingham will this summer host a three-day cycling festival, E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham, that will begin with a series of circuit races on the evening of Friday 13 July, concluding the following Sunday with the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride. In between organisers promise "a whole range of cycling based activities with something that will appeal to everyone." The event was formally launched on Thursday by top trials rider, Danny Butler. The city's Victoria Embankment will be the base for the event, which gets under way with the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Grand Prix on the Friday evening, with participants in the closed circuit races spanning schoolchildren to elite riders. On Saturday, the East Midlands city will host the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Festival of Cycling, which includes a series of cycling themed events as well as live music and entertainment. The final event of the weekend will be the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on Sunday 15 July, which starts and finishes at Victoria Embankment and includes three route options - Sportive, which is around 100 miles, Challenge, of approximately 48 miles, and the 19-mile Community ride. Loan bikes will be available for participants who need them. The same day will also see a three-mile E.ON Nottingham City Ride take place on closed roads in the south of the city, supported by Decade of Better Health, a joint initiative of NHS Nottingham City and Nottingham City Council. The event is free, with the aim of encouraging participation from people living in deprived parts of the city. Chris Simon of Perfect Motion Sports Marketing, which is organising the weekend, said: "We want to get the people of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and even further afield excited by this brand new event, which puts the county on the map as a cycling hot spot. "The weekend will have something for everyone, from the excitement of circuit races on the Friday through a whole host of weird and wonderful cycling displays and activities on the Saturday. "We then finish with the new routes at the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on the Sunday. From the novice cyclist and families looking for a great day out, right through to elite riders, we hope that everyone will join us in July to celebrate all things cycling". Councillor Dave Trimble, Nottingham City Council's Portfolio holder for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, commented: "We are proud and delighted that E.ON have chosen Nottingham to launch what will be a great weekend of cycling, putting top quality races alongside events for novice cyclists so that there is something for everyone. "Expanding the ever-popular Great Notts Bike Ride in this way gives a variety of options for people of all abilities to get on a bike, get involved, have some fun and get in some healthy exercise. It could be the catalyst that persuades the weekend's cyclists to adopt cycling as their transport of choice." Germany-based energy supplier E.ON is one of Nottingham's largest employers, with around 6,000 employees in and around the city, where it is currently building a new office complex. Its backing of the cycling festival is the first fruits of a wider sponsorship programme aimed at reinforcing links with the local community. Jeremy Davies, E.ON's Marketing Director , said: "We want to do more than simply supply people with the power they need to run their lives and I'm delighted we're able to do that here in Nottingham with E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham, offering a greater experience to our customers in a way that's relevant and convenient to them. "We're all about helping people to become energy fit - reducing their energy use, their bills and their effect on the planet - and E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham is a great way for people to get fit themselves and also hopefully learn something about energy efficiency along the way. "Over the coming months we'll be offering free entry, discount tickets and priority areas for our customers, along with the opportunity to learn more about our sustainable projects in Nottingham and how we're helping their customers to get energy fit." Further information on E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham can be found on the event's website. http://road.cc/content/news/58619-th...ottingham-july -- Simon Mason |
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Numb-nuts Mason changes the subject again.
On 19/05/2012 19:33, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE: Nottingham will this summer host a three-day cycling festival, E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham, that will begin with a series of circuit races on the evening of Friday 13 July, concluding the following Sunday with the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride. In between organisers promise "a whole range of cycling based activities with something that will appeal to everyone." The event was formally launched on Thursday by top trials rider, Danny Butler. The city's Victoria Embankment will be the base for the event, which gets under way with the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Grand Prix on the Friday evening, with participants in the closed circuit races spanning schoolchildren to elite riders. On Saturday, the East Midlands city will host the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Festival of Cycling, which includes a series of cycling themed events as well as live music and entertainment. The final event of the weekend will be the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on Sunday 15 July, which starts and finishes at Victoria Embankment and includes three route options - Sportive, which is around 100 miles, Challenge, of approximately 48 miles, and the 19-mile Community ride. Loan bikes will be available for participants who need them. The same day will also see a three-mile E.ON Nottingham City Ride take place on closed roads in the south of the city, supported by Decade of Better Health, a joint initiative of NHS Nottingham City and Nottingham City Council. The event is free, with the aim of encouraging participation from people living in deprived parts of the city. Chris Simon of Perfect Motion Sports Marketing, which is organising the weekend, said: "We want to get the people of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and even further afield excited by this brand new event, which puts the county on the map as a cycling hot spot. "The weekend will have something for everyone, from the excitement of circuit races on the Friday through a whole host of weird and wonderful cycling displays and activities on the Saturday. "We then finish with the new routes at the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on the Sunday. From the novice cyclist and families looking for a great day out, right through to elite riders, we hope that everyone will join us in July to celebrate all things cycling". Councillor Dave Trimble, Nottingham City Council's Portfolio holder for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, commented: "We are proud and delighted that E.ON have chosen Nottingham to launch what will be a great weekend of cycling, putting top quality races alongside events for novice cyclists so that there is something for everyone. "Expanding the ever-popular Great Notts Bike Ride in this way gives a variety of options for people of all abilities to get on a bike, get involved, have some fun and get in some healthy exercise. It could be the catalyst that persuades the weekend's cyclists to adopt cycling as their transport of choice." Germany-based energy supplier E.ON is one of Nottingham's largest employers, with around 6,000 employees in and around the city, where it is currently building a new office complex. Its backing of the cycling festival is the first fruits of a wider sponsorship programme aimed at reinforcing links with the local community. Jeremy Davies, E.ON's Marketing Director , said: "We want to do more than simply supply people with the power they need to run their lives and I'm delighted we're able to do that here in Nottingham with E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham, offering a greater experience to our customers in a way that's relevant and convenient to them. "We're all about helping people to become energy fit - reducing their energy use, their bills and their effect on the planet - and E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham is a great way for people to get fit themselves and also hopefully learn something about energy efficiency along the way. "Over the coming months we'll be offering free entry, discount tickets and priority areas for our customers, along with the opportunity to learn more about our sustainable projects in Nottingham and how we're helping their customers to get energy fit." Further information on E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham can be found on the event's website. http://road.cc/content/news/58619-th...ottingham-july -- Simon Mason -- Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster University |
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Three-day cycling festival announced for Nottingham this July
On May 19, 7:33*pm, "Simon Mason"
wrote: QUOTE: Nottingham will this summer host a three-day cycling festival, E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham, that will begin with a series of circuit races on the evening of Friday 13 July, concluding the following Sunday with the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride. In between organisers promise "a whole range of cycling based activities with something that will appeal to everyone." The event was formally launched on Thursday by top trials rider, Danny Butler.. The city's Victoria Embankment will be the base for the event, which gets under way with the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Grand Prix on the Friday evening, with participants in the closed circuit races spanning schoolchildren to elite riders. On Saturday, the East Midlands city will host the E.ON Cycle Live Nottingham Festival of Cycling, which includes a series of cycling themed events as well as live music and entertainment. The final event of the weekend will be the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on Sunday 15 July, which starts and finishes at Victoria Embankment and includes three route options - Sportive, which is around 100 miles, Challenge, of approximately 48 miles, and the 19-mile Community ride. Loan bikes will be available for participants who need them. The same day will also see a three-mile E.ON Nottingham City Ride take place on closed roads in the south of the city, supported by Decade of Better Health, a joint initiative of NHS Nottingham City and Nottingham City Council. The event is free, with the aim of encouraging participation from people living in deprived parts of the city. Chris Simon of Perfect Motion Sports Marketing, which is organising the weekend, said: "We want to get the people of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands and even further afield excited by this brand new event, which puts the county on the map as a cycling hot spot. "The weekend will have something for everyone, from the excitement of circuit races on the Friday through a whole host of weird and wonderful cycling displays and activities on the Saturday. "We then finish with the new routes at the E.ON Great Notts Bike Ride on the Sunday. From the novice cyclist and families looking for a great day out, right through to elite riders, we hope that everyone will join us in July to celebrate all things cycling". Councillor Dave Trimble, Nottingham City Council's *Portfolio holder for Leisure, Culture and Tourism, commented: "We are proud and delighted that E.ON have chosen Nottingham to launch what will be a great weekend of cycling, putting top quality races alongside events for novice cyclists so that there is something for everyone. My brother lives in Nottingham and has e-mailed me to say that he is going to attend and thanked me for the heads up. -- Simon Mason |
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