"Was almost run over by a Right To Lifer, that could have potentially been ironic." --@rosewal (Twitter)
"We believe that the benefits of cycling as part of the transport mix are not being fully realised because of poor public policy...there are major benefits to the City that are not being realised (less congested roads and public transport; less air pollution; lower carbon emissions; lower public health costs; quieter, safer roads and a more pleasant public realm)." --Melbourne City Bicycle Rider
You know it's been a while between posts when your own mother starts chipping you about not updating your blog...
As I said last week,
vision and visibility are what I'm after in my bike lights. But enough of the theory, how do I make it work in practice?
"There is overwhelming evidence when children walk or cycle to school they are better off physically and in terms of their social and emotional wellbeing" --Todd Harper, VicHealth.
In southern latitudes, daylight saving has recently ended and commuting cyclists find themselves suddenly plunged into darkness in the early evening. It's around this time every year that Bicycle Victoria rightly reminds riders to
Light Up.
"A three hour bike ride means three hours of mental refreshment; it would take extreme concentration to achieve that by meditation or some like method." --Dave Moulton
"...things are getting a bit grippy down there..." --Phil Liggett
"I lost 20 pounds...How? I drank bear piss and took up fencing. How the f--k you think, son? I exercised." --
ShitMyDadSays
To think, I really used to use this light.