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  1. Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD

    SAFETY TIPS

    ¦ Pump up your tyres to the recommended pressure
    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes
    ¦ Check your brakes
    ¦ Oil your chain
    ¦ Wear a helmet
    ¦ Use a backpack, pannier or other secure bag to carry your things
    ¦ Obey road rules and traffic signals
    ¦ Make eye contact with motorists and use hand signals to let them
    know when you are going to turn.
    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

  2. Bleve said:

    >From The Age, re RTWD

    SAFETY TIPS

    ¦ Pump up your tyres to the recommended pressure
    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes
    ¦ Check your brakes
    ¦ Oil your chain
    ¦ Wear a helmet
    ¦ Use a backpack, pannier or other secure bag to carry your things
    ¦ Obey road rules and traffic signals
    ¦ Make eye contact with motorists and use hand signals to let them
    know when you are going to turn.
    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    "buy your shirts at Target?"

    SteveA

  3. Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD

    SAFETY TIPS

    ¦ Pump up your tyres to the recommended pressure
    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes
    ¦ Check your brakes
    ¦ Oil your chain
    ¦ Wear a helmet
    ¦ Use a backpack, pannier or other secure bag to carry your things
    ¦ Obey road rules and traffic signals
    ¦ Make eye contact with motorists and use hand signals to let them
    know when you are going to turn.
    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    I hope that is a typo!

  4. Have a look at the related video: "Do you ride safely?"

    tinyurl.comjb9qe

    I wasn't impressed - I can imagine some people reconsidering riding tomorrow after watching that, with the long list of 'hazards' they mention (including carbon monoxide!), and then followed with lots of chastising and reprimanding of cyclists in general... Hardly a huge encouragement, even if it is to try and get people cycling responsibly, blah blah...

  5. Bleve said:

    >From The Age, re RTWD

    SAFETY TIPS

    ¦ Pump up your tyres to the recommended pressure
    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes
    ¦ Check your brakes
    ¦ Oil your chain
    ¦ Wear a helmet
    ¦ Use a backpack, pannier or other secure bag to carry your things
    ¦ Obey road rules and traffic signals
    ¦ Make eye contact with motorists and use hand signals to let them
    know when you are going to turn.
    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    Hope they have a disclaimer to save them from liability for that last one.

  6. Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD


    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    Please tell me you're kidding?
    --
    Cheers
    Euan

  7. Euan said:
    Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD


    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    Please tell me you're kidding?

    you may have missed the quotes around 'safety' in the subject?

  8. "Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD


    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    Please tell me you're kidding?

    Nope, that's what it says on the web site:
    http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cyclist-pumped-for-mass-ride/2006/10/03/1159641314678.html
    http://tinyurl.com/lutgf

  9. Russell Lang said:


    Nope, that's what it says on the web site:
    http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/cyclist-pumped-for-mass-ride/2006/10/03/1159641314678.html
    http://tinyurl.com/lutgf

    Jaysus H. Choist on a bike ..... :eek:

  10. Bleve said:

    >From The Age, re RTWD

    SAFETY TIPS

    ¦ Pump up your tyres to the recommended pressure
    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes
    ¦ Check your brakes
    ¦ Oil your chain
    ¦ Wear a helmet
    ¦ Use a backpack, pannier or other secure bag to carry your things
    ¦ Obey road rules and traffic signals
    ¦ Make eye contact with motorists and use hand signals to let them
    know when you are going to turn.
    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    theage.com.au

    The last one's a pearler.

    I was wondering what was the big deal, until I got to the last one! Imbeciles!!!

    Ritch

  11. ritcho said:
    Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    ¦ Ride within a car door's width away from parked cars.

    Quoted message said:

    I was wondering what was the big deal, until I got to the last one!
    Imbeciles!!!

    They're journalists, did you expect good grammar?

    Theo

  12. Bleve said:
    Quoted message said:

    From The Age, re RTWD

    Quoted message said:

    ¦ Speak to others in your area about the best routes

    When I was in High School, the word was that Jenny was a good root. I never
    did find out.....

    Theo

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