UFO sighted over Torquay late Saturday arvo.
Sorry couldn’t pass up a footy reference even for this bitter and jaded ex-Royboys fan. Even non-footy fans should have something to cheer about, with the GetUp Climate ad reaching over $200K in pledges and broadcast during the half-time TV slot.
It was international Car Free Day on September 22. Did you blink and miss it? In Melboring that’s not all that surprising, but in London, under the benevolent rule of Red Ken, they certainly know how to celebrate with The Day of the Bicycles.
Hippy, erstwhile Blackburn CC rider and MIA PubBUG participant has filed a excellent report of the days’ outing:
They day before our ride, Mal was very nervous. We’d been into the city, suffered London’s useless Saturday bike shop staff but at least managed to score a cheapish helmet that wasn’t totally fugly (£40 from £50 because they had no box for it). Behold, the Giro Havoc: (image on hippyblog, no hotlinking here folks!)
Around 10.15am after some tyre-pumping and chain tensioning we left home and headed down to the Ealing Town Hall. The Ealing branch of the London Cycling Campaign (LCC) was marshalling a 8k/5mi ride to one of the feeder locations at Ravenscourt Park. (more over at hippyblog)
Enough of the overseas despatches and onto serious local stuff. The National Transport Commission (NTC) has a online questionnaire running until November 2, regarding a Review of the Australian Vehicle Standards Rules.
With each question there is a comments section. This is the bit where you should go for broke and inform the NTC where they can do better. Which they need to do where it comes to truck freight and safety issues for road users. Especially the more vulnerable ones. Discussion and idle chatter here on aus.bicycle.
Cycling Australia have changed their ‘Ride It’ licences to be a more attractive insurance opinion for the swelling ranks of recreational cyclists. Although I’m yet to dig down into the details of the CA Ride It licence and do a comparative analysis vs other products currently on the market. But I’ve got to admit $45 annually ($90 family) + the member benefits offered are very comparable to existing products.
More insurance options for non-competitive cyclists surely be a healthy sign for the greater cycling community. Whether non-competitive cycling organisations, whose membership relies very heavily upon providing insurance as a part of their membership package share this opinion, is quite another matter. Hey isn’t providing consumer choice and all that capitalist bollox is what the market-driven economy strives towards? Ha!
It would be an understatement to say that interesting times are ahead.
