Treadly and Me
Rant
Sharing the shared paths
Shared paths sometimes bring walkers and cyclists into conflict. But the answer to the problem is not installation of speed humps.
His attitude is not my problem
A pathetically narrow bike lane and a driver with anger management issues. I’ll not let either disturb a quiet Sunday ride.
Take the road or the bike path?
With just under an hour to spare recently, I conducted an interesting little experiment: How much extra distance does riding on a shared path add compared to the adjacent on-road route?
Bike parking: Almost getting it right
A shopping centre newly built nearby has some pretty impressive bike parking–if they’d just allow cyclists to use it!
Behave, or you won’t get that bike lane!
When good opinion pieces go bad: Graham Cornes starts out well making his case for better bike lanes in Adelaide, but then he heads off into illogical and dangerous territory…
Juvenile tools
I really had to tone down my language on this posting. It’s considerably shorter now that I’ve calmed down a bit and taken out all of the F-words…
BV pushes “Us-vs-Them” on Beach Road
It is well worth pushing for weekend clearways on Beach Rd, but using the “might is right” argument to achieve that won’t help cyclists in general.
Unwrap the cotton wool and get real
If you wrap your kids in cotton wool, you aren’t really doing them any favours…
“Where’s the justice?”
Why on earth would the relative of a convicted offender question the justice of a clearly lenient sentence?
Half-wearing a helmet
Wear or not wear. There is no half-wear.
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