The latest newsletter (December 09) is available for download in [pdf] or [MS Word] formats. Highlights of this issue include:
The latest newsletter (October 09) is available for download in [pdf] or [MS Word] formats. Highlights of this issue include:
The latest Portsmouth Cycle Forum Newsletter has just been produced. You can find it on
‘Pompeybug’ at: http://www.pompeybug.org.uk/news/18047159357.ikml
This was nice to read:
WEIGHING in at 20st, Lindsey Cooper had problems getting on a bike, never mind riding one.
However, the 45-year-old set out on a mission to shed the pounds, and now, 13 months on and 8st 7lb lighter, Lindsey is taking part in a gruelling 250-mile charity bike ride across Cuba, above.
This not so much:
A MAJOR city centre route has reopened and a motorist arrested after an accident left a cyclist fighting for his life.
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The collision was between a bike and an Orange Fiat Punto and it happened opposite the Millbrook Star filling station shortly after 7.20am.
And, er, the accompanying image? Traffic chaos in Southampton.
One more: a giant toaster
IT has been described as a giant toaster but Rhinopatch – the infrared road repair machine – is Southampton’s latest weapon in the fight against potholes.
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Working like a toaster, the machine melts and resets the road instead of digging it up and replacing it.
Now may be a good time to go back to fillthathole.
TWO people have been taken to hospital after a cyclist collided with a pedestrian crossing the Itchen Bridge.
The accident happened today at 8.57am and the lane was closed for about an hour.
Both were treated at the scene by ambulance crews before being taken to Southampton General Hospital with minor injuries.
this isn’t what they mean when they say cycling isn’t safe.
A TEN-year-old boy has been robbed at knifepoint as he cycled home from buying sweets.
A hooded youth, believed to be in his early teens, threatened Craig Moylan with a penknife at the end of a subway. Craig was only five minutes from his house.
The youngster was forced to hand over his bike which was a birthday present from his dad.
Cyclist killed on Itchen bridge during a group ride Wednesday evening:
Cyclist killed in Portsmouth at a junction last Saturday:
two articles from the daily echo:
… bikes need brake lights.
round and round and round she goes, and where she stops nobody knows…
CTC policy co-ordinator Chris Peck said it was important to ask why a minority of cyclists used pavements instead of the roads or went through red lights.
Mr Peck said CTC wanted to see road rules “rewritten” to help cyclists.
The AA said the behaviour of some cyclists effectively meant there were “two tribes” at war on the roads.
Is Britain really getting on its on bike – The Independent votes yes:
* More and more people are discovering the benefits of cycling – both to themselves and to the environment
* Car use at current levels is unsustainable in the long run. Cycling is the obvious alternative for short journeys
* ‘Liveability’ is the watchword in today’s urban environment. Bicycles contribute to this ideal – cars do not
Cheered me up a bit, that article.
The Daily Echo reports on Friday’s naked bike ride:
Drivers honked their horns in support as the cyclists, who had started from the eastern side of Southampton Common at Highfield, passed through Portswood.
By the time they reached the city centre, rounded the Bargate and headed up into Above Bar small crowds were waiting with their cameras ready to capture the revealing scenes.
City centre shop workers finishing for the day and restaurant customers enjoying food and drink in the sunshine also stopped to cheer on the protestors.