Journalism and cycling

jjpep

tomasrojo wrote: »

Hook has finished his dictator Panini sticker albums and put them in alphabetical order. Time for a new challenge:


http://www.thetricolour.com/Articles/183/News/politics/George-Hook-to-address-Irexit-Limerick-Conference-on-political-correctness/l4524182/

He really is the pits. Also, I don't believe his sincere and just sees this as an 'opportunity'

Fighting Tao

It’ll just be hima and a dozen other nutters at it.

De Bhál

Reads like a headline from Waterford Whispers News

CramCycle

The irony of Delores Cahill being the chairperson of Irexit when her entire career has rested almost solely on the support of EU grants.

AndrewJRenko

jjpep wrote: »

He really is the pits. Also, I don't believe his sincere and just sees this as an 'opportunity'

You'd be tempted to show up for George's speech wearing the tightest lycra cycling shorts and jersey, carrying helmet and pump and sit eagerly in the front row.

zell12

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tomasrojo

CramCycle wrote: »

The irony of Delores Cahill being the chairperson of Irexit when her entire career has rested almost solely on the support of EU grants.

Is she the DC of the Conway (Twitty) Institute?

zell12

Imagine Shane Ross endorsing this!

Stern.de Guardian.com

tomasrojo

I see a transplant of a long stream of posts in the near future ...

Lumen

Since when did red nail polish save anyone's life?

buffalo

Lumen wrote: »

Since when did red nail polish save anyone's life?

I for one am going to start wearing a bra on the bike. If it saves one life...

mr spuckler

De Bhál wrote: »

Reads like a headline from Waterford Whispers News

"Irexit, freedom to prosper" - em, how's that test case / template in the UK working out then? :pac:

Lumen

buffalo wrote: »

I for one am going to start wearing a bra on the bike. If it saves one life...

Yeah, also "if the MTB visor bothers you that much, take it off! And ask Raam how to dress properly".

Seth Brundle

buffalo wrote: »

I for one am going to start wearing a bra on the bike. If it saves one life...

...only if it is high-viz!

RobertFoster

Seth Brundle wrote: »

...only if it is high-viz!

But lights are better than high-viz!

Rechuchote

Or this

Current junior Tour of Ireland champ banned for doping violation.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/junior-tour-ireland-ricardo-broxham-doping-ban/

17 at the time ffs like.

Cookie_Monster

New NZ cycling ad by the NTA equivalent over here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfx6YTIaWc

What Username Guidelines

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

New NZ cycling ad by the NTA equivalent over here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfx6YTIaWc

It looks like it was made by people really passionate about cycling. I enjoyed watching it, as a cyclist. But if I were someone who needed convincing to get out of my car and cycle, I don’t think the lad bucketing sweat, girl with helmet hair and bloke getting saturated in the rain will help all that much.

Ads need to focus on the surprising benefits, like how you can travel X times faster at rush hour, even at a leisurely-no-need-for-a-shower pace, it’s not actually that rainy, you’ll become fitter, etc.

ED E

Is it just me or does she need a good bike fit? Position at 25s seems all wrong.

ED E

ED E wrote: »

Is it just me or does she need a good bike fit? Position at 25s seems all wrong.

Knees hitting her elbows is sure sign.

tomasrojo

One sort of interesting thing about that German campaign is that it shows up some other ways in which it's tricky to balance cycling promotion with helmet promotion. They've avoided the common cycling=death route to promote helmets (only just; it's strongly implied), but they've fallen into two other tropes that probably work against cycling uptake: cycling responsibly involves looking "sh1t" as they put it themselves, and most cyclists (in Germany) are basically narcissists.

AndrewJRenko

buffalo wrote: »

I for one am going to start wearing a bra on the bike. If it saves one life...

Start wearing one? Someone here on this forum told me it was compulsory with lycra a few years back. If I ever find that fecker...

Pinch Flat

I always knew bib shorts as a belly bra

Fian

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2019/0327/1038884-eu-speed-cars/


Proposed EU safety regulations.

All new cars are to be fitted with special devices from 2022 to automatically make them keep to the speed limit under EU rules.

Intelligent speed assistance (ISA), advanced emergency braking and lane-keeping assistance are among a range of safety measures which have been given approval by the European Commission.Safety features for European cars, vans, trucks and buses include technology which provides intelligent speed assistance, a warning of driver drowsiness and distraction, such as when using a smartphone while driving, and a data recorder in case of an accident.

They would also be fitted with reversing safety features such as a camera or sensors under the plans.


Devices for lane-keeping assistance, advanced emergency braking and crash-test improved safety belts are also suggested for cars and vans.

The new measures also include improvements to the direct vision of bus and truck drivers and the removal of blind spots.

https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=141968

A new Australian study has found that more than half of car drivers think cyclists are not completely human, with a link between the dehumanisation of bike riders and acts of deliberate aggression towards them on the road.

buffalo

Deleted User wrote: »

https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=141968

Is this Aussie Waterford Whispers?

Miklos

buffalo wrote: »

Is this Aussie Waterford Whispers?

Wooloomooloolagolong Whispers?

JMcL

buffalo wrote: »

Is this Aussie Waterford Whispers?

Scarily it appears to be a real article. The paper is here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847818308593?dgcid=author

Really makes you yearn for a bike packing trip up the Gold Coast!

Pinch Flat

Australia seems to have a particular toxic driver attitude towards cyclists. Never lived or visited there but some of the stuff you read.