tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post4898291976560585240..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Cycling as a revolutionary activityDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-83205058806961398262011-07-20T16:12:06.726+02:002011-07-20T16:12:06.726+02:00Okay, I'm a clueless German living in the US/C...Okay, I'm a clueless German living in the US/Canada, so please enlighten me: what's the proper Dutch way of fixing a flat? If you know where the hole is, I can see how you just pull out the tube at that spot and patch it. But in most cases it's not possible to locate the hole without taking out the whole tube (at least that's my experience).Hobbes vs Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745006035218212607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-51506198300647278842011-07-05T08:32:05.556+02:002011-07-05T08:32:05.556+02:00"I am just stating the reality of the "c..."I am just stating the reality of the "commuter"."<br /><br />Yes, that's what Churchill did.kfgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-49716690039839883402011-07-05T00:11:01.859+02:002011-07-05T00:11:01.859+02:00kfg, I don't see what you are getting at in re...kfg, I don't see what you are getting at in relation to Churchill - I am just stating the reality of the "commuter". I am also not saying that these people think that their cycling makes up for their other activities, or indeed that they think about their bikes as anything other than vacuum cleaners, to paraphrase Mikael Colville-Andersen.Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-89150899052640505872011-07-04T20:45:57.077+02:002011-07-04T20:45:57.077+02:00GIF - Careful; you are walking a path trod by Ward...GIF - Careful; you are walking a path trod by Ward Churchill in somewhat less "politic" language, and we all know what <i>that</i> leads to.<br /><br />Clark - " . . .they were just dressing up for fun to have a good time because they could."<br /><br />To the conservative that <i>is</i> a political statement.kfgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-62162840537812226522011-07-04T17:52:40.043+02:002011-07-04T17:52:40.043+02:00I find here in Vancouver that commuter cyclists do...I find here in Vancouver that commuter cyclists don't consider themselves to be doing anything "political" or "revolutionary", just getting to work in a way that makes sense for them. (At least they don't talk that way.) They get accused of it though by some of those that drive a car to work.<br />It reminds me of the punk days in the '80s, the non-punks would haveClark in Vancouvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-67020091804435093042011-07-04T15:10:43.064+02:002011-07-04T15:10:43.064+02:00Regarding words from Richard...
Imagine if all th...Regarding words from Richard...<br /><br />Imagine if all those people cycling to work in the top cycling cities were going to jobs which "saved the planet" or otherwise promoted sustainable living!<br /><br />Would be nice, but they are not. Many are going to work in huge multi-national banks, junk food factories, car parts distributors, military weapons consultancies, industrial Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7608283876994405992011-07-04T14:36:11.303+02:002011-07-04T14:36:11.303+02:00Interesting area for debate there, David. In a cou...Interesting area for debate there, David. In a country like ours here in Germany, cycling is certainly part of what defines our varied political hues - conservatives tend to cycle less, and celebrate fat cars more. Greens, certainly here in Bremen, nearly all cycle on an everyday basis. SPD members and voters are perhaps much more varied. This suggests that cycling is not yet quite as "inconvenient_truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888983434920764431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24071826121668673272011-07-04T07:29:22.332+02:002011-07-04T07:29:22.332+02:00And a related truth is that people of all politica...And a related truth is that people of all political stripes in the NL ride bikes without thinking it represents their ideology (however I would be curious to know if the Socialists, GroenLinks and D66 supporters ride more in general than those for other parties.)Slow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-50024404574878996322011-07-04T02:42:20.196+02:002011-07-04T02:42:20.196+02:00Good post, David. I hope the flow of knowledge, in...Good post, David. I hope the flow of knowledge, inspiration & attitudes is from The Netherlands to the rest of the world...<br /><br />...sometimes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ3RHUVwGd0" rel="nofollow">you don't know what you've got until you lose it</a>.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828401001732920598noreply@blogger.com