Comments on: Cycling in greener pastures? http://treadly.net/2006/04/04/cycling-in-greener-pastures/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: CogControl http://treadly.net/2006/04/04/cycling-in-greener-pastures/comment-page-1/#comment-73 CogControl Wed, 03 May 2006 08:36:40 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=77#comment-73 <p>I had a suspicion that wearing ordinary clothes means that you get hassled less, confirmed on talking this over with some 'roadie' mates, who unanimously agreed they get less hassle when not wearing lycra.</p> <p>Doesnt seem to stop them wearing it though!</p> <p>CC</p> I had a suspicion that wearing ordinary clothes means that you get hassled less, confirmed on talking this over with some ‘roadie’ mates, who unanimously agreed they get less hassle when not wearing lycra.

Doesnt seem to stop them wearing it though!

CC

]]> By: pedaller http://treadly.net/2006/04/04/cycling-in-greener-pastures/comment-page-1/#comment-72 pedaller Tue, 04 Apr 2006 22:05:58 +0000 http://treadly.thingoid.com/?p=77#comment-72 <p>I have often mused on the idea that motorisits don't understand cyclists and therefore lack empathy for them simply because they have missed out on cycling experiences as a child/young person. I'm not referring to the "child on a trike in the driveway" scenario but rather to young people using bicycles as transport to get to school, to visit friends etc. Like you, I think being a cyclist makes one a better car driver. By extension then, people who spend years cycling on the road before getting a drivers' licence should also be better drivers earlier. Perhaps there is also a link between the increasing number of serious/fatal car accidents involving drivers under 25 and the reduction in young people cycling before they get a licence?</p> I have often mused on the idea that motorisits don’t understand cyclists and therefore lack empathy for them simply because they have missed out on cycling experiences as a child/young person. I’m not referring to the “child on a trike in the driveway” scenario but rather to young people using bicycles as transport to get to school, to visit friends etc. Like you, I think being a cyclist makes one a better car driver. By extension then, people who spend years cycling on the road before getting a drivers’ licence should also be better drivers earlier. Perhaps there is also a link between the increasing number of serious/fatal car accidents involving drivers under 25 and the reduction in young people cycling before they get a licence?

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