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Matthew Parris wants you decapitated

By ⋅ December 31, 2007 ⋅ 8 comments

Nothing personal I’m sure, but if you ride a bike British journalist Matthew Parris wants you dead. Preferably by having your head ripped off…

Speedlinking 16 November 2007

By ⋅ November 16, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I haven’t been caught in public with my pants down since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

Obeying the road rules is a bad thing?

By ⋅ August 28, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

Who’d have thunk it? Apparently Australians drive “slowly”.

‘Bicycles are the new cars’

By ⋅ July 26, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Catherine Deveny leaves no doubt about where she stands on cycling.

Some bikes are unroadworthy

By ⋅ March 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The “all bikes are unroadworthy” debate continues in the letters pages of the Royalauto.

Sub-standard response

By ⋅ February 27, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Following up on my earlier grumble about a somewhat anti-cyclist letter in the February issue of Royalauto, a response printed in the March issue still misses the point.

“All bikes are unroadworthy”

By ⋅ February 2, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments

According to a letter in the RoyalAuto, “there is not a roadworthy bicycle in Australia today!”

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