Bitter irony on 774AM

flyingdutch said:

Mr Faine says thank you to Hillary Harper(?) for giving the traffic report update and then asks her if she rode in today! she always does apparently...

Yeah, heard that. We should ask Hillary for a expanded RR of her morning commute. I'll get onto it! 🙂

Just fired this off:
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Hi,
As a longtime listener to the Morning program I was wondering if it was possible for Hillary Harper to give a "Ride Report" of her morning commute into 774?

As a cyclist I would find this an invaluable service. As more people are utilising cycling a form of sustainable transport et al, providing a commentary on her morning commute would give the Drive Report a more well-rounded perspective for all of Melbournes commuters.

cheers,
xxxxxxx

cfsmtb said:

Just fired this off:
abc.net.aucontact.htmOpen ↗

Hi,
As a longtime listener to the Morning program I was wondering if it was possible for Hillary Harper to give a "Ride Report" of her morning commute into 774?

As a cyclist I would find this an invaluable service. As more people are utilising cycling a form of sustainable transport et al, providing a commentary on her morning commute would give the Drive Report a more well-rounded perspective for all of Melbournes commuters.

cheers,
xxxxxxx

Dagnamit, does this mean I'm going to have to ressurect my portable radio?

EuanB said:

Dagnamit, does this mean I'm going to have to ressurect my portable radio?

LOL! I've got one of those super crappy 'bike' radios that mounts onto the bars. But the Doppler Effect possibly mars the listening experience... 🙂

cfsmtb said:

Hi,
As a longtime listener to the Morning program I was wondering if it was possible for Hillary Harper to give a "Ride Report" of her morning commute into 774?

As a cyclist I would find this an invaluable service. As more people are utilising cycling a form of sustainable transport et al, providing a commentary on her morning commute would give the Drive Report a more well-rounded perspective for all of Melbournes commuters.

cheers,
xxxxxxx

Hah!
one morning last year i heard Mr Faine whine about how the previous day he had witnessed a 'lycra lout' racing down Studley Park Rd approaching the river "Like he was in the TourdeFrance" (whatever that means 🙄 support cars perhaps???)
So i rang in and asked him (on air).
John stated that the cyclist was riding at least one metre off the curb!
So when i asked him exactly what section of the road he was referring to I pointed out there was actually an EBL there and that just over a metre off the curb placed the cyclist in the cente of it!
Silence, grunt... "Oh, but he was tucked down trying to go as fast as possible..."
"As you passed by?" i enquired...
"yyyessss" (Johnny obviously realising he was digging himslef into a stupid position)
"So he wasnt speeding then presumably?"
"Well, that's not the point... He was going really fast..."

"In the bike lane?
Not in your way, John??
Do you actually have a POINT, John???"

cuts me off...

"Yes, well. thank you for that 'perspective', 'FD' from NB..."

flyingdutch said:

Hah!
one morning last year i heard Mr Faine whine about how the previous day he had witnessed a 'lycra lout' racing down Studley Park Rd approaching the river "Like he was in the TourdeFrance" (whatever that means 🙄 support cars perhaps???)
So i rang in and asked him (on air).
John stated that the cyclist was riding at least one metre off the curb!
So when i asked him exactly what section of the road he was referring to I pointed out there was actually an EBL there and that just over a metre off the curb placed the cyclist in the cente of it!
Silence, grunt... "Oh, but he was tucked down trying to go as fast as possible..."
"As you passed by?" i enquired...
"yyyessss" (Johnny obviously realising he was digging himslef into a stupid position)
"So he wasnt speeding then presumably?"
"Well, that's not the point... He was going really fast..."

"In the bike lane?
Not in your way, John??
Do you actually have a POINT, John???"

cuts me off...

"Yes, well. thank you for that 'perspective', 'FD' from NB..."

Ah, but you miss a vital point.... we must keep striving to alter these crappy perceptions.

Naive? possibly.
Pointless? not really.
Win/Win Situation? Possible if we keep badgering them.

cfsmtb said:

LOL! I've got one of those super crappy 'bike' radios that mounts onto
the bars. But the Doppler Effect possibly mars the listening
experience... 🙂

Surely only if you've parted company with your bike? :-O

Graeme

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Hah!
one morning last year i heard Mr Faine whine about how the previous day
he had witnessed a 'lycra lout' racing down Studley Park Rd approaching
the river "Like he was in the TourdeFrance" (whatever that means
🙄 support cars perhaps???)
So i rang in and asked him (on air).
John stated that the cyclist was riding at least one metre off the
curb!
So when i asked him exactly what section of the road he was referring
to I pointed out there was actually an EBL there and that just over a
metre off the curb placed the cyclist in the cente of it!
Silence, grunt... "Oh, but he was tucked down trying to go as fast as
possible..."
"As you passed by?" i enquired...
"yyyessss" (Johnny obviously realising he was digging himslef into a
stupid position)
"So he wasnt speeding then presumably?"
"Well, that's not the point... He was going really fast..."

"In the bike lane?
Not in your way, John??
Do you actually have a POINT, John???"

cuts me off...

"Yes, well. thank you for that 'perspective', 'FD' from NB..."

--
flyingdutch

priceless. would love to hear that. did you get a recording of it?

flyingdutch said:

So i rang in and asked him (on air).
John stated that the cyclist was riding at least one metre off the curb!

If you have access to a Melways, check out page 592 which is a page about cycling. One of the reccomendations is for cyclists to cycle ``approximately a meter'' from parked cars.

Bob said:

priceless. would love to hear that. did you get a recording of it?

nah. was one of my first forays into talkback. didnt even think i would get 'on'

PS: Euan. no parked cars in this instance allowed

flyingdutch said:

cfsmtb said:

-Hi,
As a longtime listener to the Morning program I was wondering if it was
possible for Hillary Harper to give a "Ride Report" of her morning
commute into 774?

As a cyclist I would find this an invaluable service. As more people
are utilising cycling a form of sustainable transport et al, providing
a commentary on her morning commute would give the Drive Report a more
well-rounded perspective for all of Melbournes commuters.

cheers,
xxxxxxx-

Hah!
one morning last year i heard Mr Faine whine about how the previous day
he had witnessed a 'lycra lout' racing down Studley Park Rd approaching
the river "Like he was in the TourdeFrance" (whatever that means
🙄 support cars perhaps???)
So i rang in and asked him (on air).
John stated that the cyclist was riding at least one metre off the
curb!
So when i asked him exactly what section of the road he was referring
to I pointed out there was actually an EBL there and that just over a
metre off the curb placed the cyclist in the cente of it!
Silence, grunt... "Oh, but he was tucked down trying to go as fast as
possible..."
"As you passed by?" i enquired...
"yyyessss" (Johnny obviously realising he was digging himslef into a
stupid position)
"So he wasnt speeding then presumably?"
"Well, that's not the point... He was going really fast..."

"In the bike lane?
Not in your way, John??
Do you actually have a POINT, John???"

cuts me off...

"Yes, well. thank you for that 'perspective', 'FD' from NB..."

That's just sour grapes then isn't it. I often don't ride in the bike
lane down there because I'll max out at about 65km/h if there's no
headwind.

Cars still overtake though sometimes and I reckon it's because they
can't accept that a bike can go at or above the speed limit.

--
Nick

cfsmtb said:

LOL! I've got one of those super crappy 'bike' radios that mounts onto
the bars. But the Doppler Effect possibly mars the listening
experience... 🙂

Was/Is this the yellow Silicon Chip (?) one?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>> "flyingdutch" == flyingdutch <[email hidden]> writes:

flyingdutch> PS: Euan. no parked cars in this instance allowed

The point being that parked cars is used as an example. Oh heck, here I
am preaching to the converted.
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