Depressing reading

Ben6899

birdie23 wrote:

964Cup wrote:

Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

"Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.

Firstly, I don't live in a major city. I live in Britain's biggest cul-de-sac and unless I want to pay a fortune to be transported incredibly slowly by Northern Rail to visit any family or friends or go see any entertainment in my nearest major city (100 miles away), I need a car.

Secondly, "full shops are wasteful" maybe only if you buy stuff you don't need or don't store your food appropriately. If you only buy things you do need then you save money by not being tempted to buy stuff you don't need while at the shop every other day. I could do it on foot using the method mentioned by someone else, and I did do that when I lived in a place where I didn't need a car for general travel, but I prefer to use the time to spend longer on my Sunday ride (plus, a 24 can box of Coke Zero every other shop is heavy).

Cargo bike. If I lived in suburbia and had a garage, I'd be all over a cargo bike.

fat daddy

I joined in the "lets ride" Ride in Bristol this weekend ....... a day where they shut a load of roads, its bikes only, marshals at every bend, for a fun family day out.

Never had so many near misses, never seen so many ambulances and crashes and never used so many swear works in a single hour of riding as I do commuting every day in the city amongst the cars.

I am all for keeping the car traffic in Bristol .... its safer for the cyclists rather than MORE cyclists

birdie23

Ben6899 wrote:

birdie23 wrote:

964Cup wrote:

Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

"Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.

Firstly, I don't live in a major city. I live in Britain's biggest cul-de-sac and unless I want to pay a fortune to be transported incredibly slowly by Northern Rail to visit any family or friends or go see any entertainment in my nearest major city (100 miles away), I need a car.

Secondly, "full shops are wasteful" maybe only if you buy stuff you don't need or don't store your food appropriately. If you only buy things you do need then you save money by not being tempted to buy stuff you don't need while at the shop every other day. I could do it on foot using the method mentioned by someone else, and I did do that when I lived in a place where I didn't need a car for general travel, but I prefer to use the time to spend longer on my Sunday ride (plus, a 24 can box of Coke Zero every other shop is heavy).

Cargo bike. If I lived in suburbia and had a garage, I'd be all over a cargo bike.

No garage

Ben6899

birdie23 wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

birdie23 wrote:

964Cup wrote:

Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

"Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.

Firstly, I don't live in a major city. I live in Britain's biggest cul-de-sac and unless I want to pay a fortune to be transported incredibly slowly by Northern Rail to visit any family or friends or go see any entertainment in my nearest major city (100 miles away), I need a car.

Secondly, "full shops are wasteful" maybe only if you buy stuff you don't need or don't store your food appropriately. If you only buy things you do need then you save money by not being tempted to buy stuff you don't need while at the shop every other day. I could do it on foot using the method mentioned by someone else, and I did do that when I lived in a place where I didn't need a car for general travel, but I prefer to use the time to spend longer on my Sunday ride (plus, a 24 can box of Coke Zero every other shop is heavy).

Cargo bike. If I lived in suburbia and had a garage, I'd be all over a cargo bike.

No garage

Suburbia fail.

svetty

Good to see so much tolerance in one thread......

sloppyschleckonds

Svetty wrote:

Good to see so much tolerance in one thread......

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