tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post5625078004987165536..comments2024-03-28T11:13:48.581+00:00Comments on i b i k e l o n d o n: The public face of cycling?ibikelondonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-28282002159715686052010-01-21T12:04:53.484+00:002010-01-21T12:04:53.484+00:00Kim, thanks for stopping by and I agree with you e...Kim, thanks for stopping by and I agree with you entirely - bikes are absolutely the most efficient machines for transport ever designed. Their potential is massive (ie everyone can use them if the conditions are right - see Holland) - it's time that bike manufacturers, and governments, woke up to this.ibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-61541934681441696542010-01-21T10:07:59.510+00:002010-01-21T10:07:59.510+00:00If only we could get away from the idea that bikes...If only we could get away from the idea that bikes are only for sporting use and only to be used with the correct gear (Lycra, helmet, etc.), and see the bicycle for what it is. The bike is the most efficient form of human transport ever invented! Shame the bike manufacturer (and their parliamentary lobbyists) can see it that way.Kimhttp://kimharding.net/blog/?cat=9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-72153659798374288742009-10-21T08:51:20.052+01:002009-10-21T08:51:20.052+01:00Dottie, people wouldn't think you're weird...Dottie, people wouldn't think you're weird if your pics on http://letsgorideabike.wordpress.com/ are anything to go by - I think you look fabulous! Keep up the cycle chic baby!<br /><br />But I agree, marketeers should wake up to the idea that they'd sell a lot more bikes if they didn't portray them as being the reserve of super-fit hyper-masculine 'athletes' - let's face it, how many people do you know who look like Lance Armstrong??<br /><br />Markibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129037502516609710.post-69560573849097870882009-10-21T05:40:28.527+01:002009-10-21T05:40:28.527+01:00So true! Very well said. Most people think I'...So true! Very well said. Most people think I'm a bit weird <i>because</i> I ride my bike everywhere in normal clothes. I wish cycling would be marketing as an everyday activity instead of a sport.Dottiehttp://letsgorideabike.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com