On 15 Mar 2006 01:47:08 -0800 someone who may be "David Martin"
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>According to one cycling labour MP who rides a .. er .. blue ? bike.
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>http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/article351086.ece
An MP with common sense, excellent. As it says at
http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php?id=436
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Q: When I was viewing the photographs in The Amsterdam Project
series, what immediately struck me was the seemingly laid back or
just everyday approach to bicycling. I mean, for the most part,
there seemed to be no apparent preparation or use of
cycling-specific gear when bicycling. We see women in heels and in
flip flops, men in business suits, and so on...Then there are the
bikes... almost all of them are upright, and what we in the U.S.
might consider clunkers, outfitted with racks, crates, fenders,
etc... Almost no where to be found is the SPD cycling shoe, Lycra
outfit, or bike that emphasizes speed or performance rather than
comfort and utility. [snip]
Cycling in Amsterdam is not a specialized activity. It’s a daily
mode of transportation. People don’t dress special to ride their
bike any more than we dress special to drive our car to the grocery
store. They are wearing business suits and high heels because
they’re on their way to work and that’s what they wear to do those
activities. When you drive to the store you don’t think “I’m going
for a drive;” you think “I’m going to the store”…or to work, or to
the park, or wherever. Culturally it’s a reflection of cycling not
being an activity in and unto itself, but an enabler of daily life.
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David Hansen, Edinburgh
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