SCR Article in the London Paper
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WGWarburton wrote:Hi,
If anyone's looking for a decent newspaper, can I put in a plug for The Economist. It's weekly but well written, well informed and has good international coverage. It's also relatively easy to carry on a bike...
Cheers,
W.
Agreed - it's a great read, but I had to give up with it as it took so long to read that the news was olds before I finished, and I'd never have time to read it all before the next one came out...0 -
Regarding the article, I'm up in the true capital so won't see it - but leaving the station last night I saw a newpaper sandwich board which had written on it:
ONLINE
HOOLIGAN
GAME
FURY
or something similar, and thought "I hope that isn't......no, can't be surely". But you never know with journo's.I've forgotten my PIN for the pain barrier.0 -
In Aberystwyth, are you? :Ptomfoolery wrote:Regarding the article, I'm up in the true capital so won't see it0 -
Only read the online versions, but I think the Guardian's gone downhill in recent years. Still read it though, along with the Independent and the Times Online.
Plus Slashdot and El Reg for the serious stuff.
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DonDaddyD wrote:I need to read a more sophisticated newspaper...
I'll give the Times, Guardian, Observer or Daily Mail a go.
I quite like the Daily Mail.
It's got enough pages that I can scrunch a couple into my overshoes and shove the rest of it down the front of my jersey on a cold morning.0 -
31 pages down! I'm begining to think it would have been easier to start a new thread!
Anyhow I got a FB message from the gent who was doing this article to say it should be out hopefully first week of March as part of a larger article the paper are running on cycling in the capital! Once I have more details I shall post them so we can all diverge on the nearest unlucky soul we see who has to stand there in the rain and wind (or sun if it takes even longer) offering up these to the drones on the choob and train..........0 -
Ermmm... Aren't we in the second week of March at the moment??
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Gradually getting more details of this........seems the article is going to include a section on "Cycling Tribes" and I've been chosen to represent the "road riders" - who in Kevin's words "like to ride hard and fast" (Gregs stop laughing!)
Just spoken with a lovely lady from the London Paper who rang to arrange my photo shoot (yay!) who said they have a wide selection of tribes from the High-Vis brigade to the ones with Shopping baskets!
As has been said before the way I see it is it's best to get involved and get my point across rather then let people assume we all act like that RLJ morons that plague our streets!0 -
Bassjunkieuk wrote:Gradually getting more details of this........seems the article is going to include a section on "Cycling Tribes"
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Bassjunkieuk wrote:Gradually getting more details of this........seems the article is going to include a section on "Cycling Tribes" and I've been chosen to represent the "road riders" - who in Kevin's words "like to ride hard and fast" (Gregs stop laughing!)
Just spoken with a lovely lady from the London Paper who rang to arrange my photo shoot (yay!) who said they have a wide selection of tribes from the High-Vis brigade to the ones with Shopping baskets!
As has been said before the way I see it is it's best to get involved and get my point across rather then let people assume we all act like that RLJ morons that plague our streets!
Make sure you pack eggs!!!!
To throw at the Hybrids, Mountain Bikers and Fakenger tribes!!!Food Chain number = 4
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game0 -
does anyone have a link to the FB group as I'm lost in the new format and can't find anything? :oops:0
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In my sig....0
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DonDaddyD wrote:Bassjunkieuk wrote:Gradually getting more details of this........seems the article is going to include a section on "Cycling Tribes" and I've been chosen to represent the "road riders" - who in Kevin's words "like to ride hard and fast" (Gregs stop laughing!)
Just spoken with a lovely lady from the London Paper who rang to arrange my photo shoot (yay!) who said they have a wide selection of tribes from the High-Vis brigade to the ones with Shopping baskets!
As has been said before the way I see it is it's best to get involved and get my point across rather then let people assume we all act like that RLJ morons that plague our streets!
Make sure you pack eggs!!!!
To throw at the Hybrids, Mountain Bikers and Fakenger tribes!!!
The photographer is doing individual visits so I can egg the other tribes...0 -
What happens if you belong to more than one tribe? :?
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I wear High vis on my road bike, I also ride off road....do I need to show a different tattoo or head dress when I go out on my bikes? :?0
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This perhaps should be another thread, but I wear a Pearl Izumi yellow gillet for commuting in the winter. It seems to me to be an obvious thing to do, as it makes you easier to see. However there does seem to be a faction that eschew such things, and I will confess to not wearing it on weekend rides, as I don't expect to encounter as much traffic. I hadn't given it a great deal of thought, but what is the problem with high visibility clothing?Bike1
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I don't wear high vis all the time, just when I expect to be cycling near dusk and in darkness.
I don't wear a high vis bib, so maybe this is the high vis tribe - Goes against nature don't you think?
Zebra...striped for camouflage
Chameleon......changes colour to fit in
Octopus......can change the colour and texture to blend in
High vis cyclist...... :?
But my gore phantom jacket is Lemon and black "apparently"...What makes me laugh is the washing instruction..."WAS WITH SIMILAR COLOURS ONLY!" Like I have a wardobe of bright yellow and black!
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I do own a rather bright yellow Gill (those at the Morpeth one time might remember seeing it.....) which is about as high-vis as I get. I do have a few proper high-vis vests but rarely wear them as I'd normally have the yellow jacket on when it's dark and cold!
I do also have a couple of wrist straps that I wore occasionally to make it clearer when I was indicating.0
