parentLogin or register to post comments posted by handlebarcam [527 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 13:47 Like (6)	So the London Scool of Economics no less says that cycling is good for the economy, reduces congestion and reduces the NHS burden. Perhaps lazy big-mouth bully fatties like Jeremy Clarkson should take that into account and start directing their ire at lazy big-mouthed fatties clogging up their arteries through inactivity so they can then clog up hospital beds with avoidable medical ailments.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by OldRidgeback [2166 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 16:11 Like (10)	The problem with Top Gear is that we are paying for an entertainment show which makes little contribution to sharing the road or helping the planet. I caught the item last week wherein the 3 stooges built an electric vehicle to show how slow they were. It's this kind of nonesense feature which belongs in The Sun - not on the BBC. I feel there could be a market for a TV show for cyclists in the near future. I nominate myself for presenter - especially for the 'hilarious' annual spring training features from Mallorca.... It would beat 'ole Big Mouth' driving around the IOM in yet another shiny box any day of the week. I can see 'Star on a reasonably priced bike' becoming huge! Er... Maybe not. Silly me. You're probably right....
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by MercuryOne [1055 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 19:26 Like (7)	It would be amusing seeing the corpulent Mr Clarkson sweating away on a bike. However I think it's a programme without mass appeal unfortunately.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by OldRidgeback [2166 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 22:26 Like (8)	Cycling is no doubt making a contribution but I think we've still got some way to go in persuading the politician, and bureaucrats of the value of that contribution if today's story about the Essex Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service's decisions to disband their bike squads to save money is anything to go by. Putting police officers and paramedics back in cars doesn't on the face of it sound like a great money saver. It does make you wonder whether setting such units up in the first place was mere window dressing.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by Tony Farrelly [4135 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 22:59 Like (11)	It's great to see comprehensive figures like this, how about an in depth look at the contribution cyclists make on the charity front as well, then compare that with the contribution of motoring organisations to charity.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by antonio [947 posts] 23rd August 2011 - 8:53 Like (8)	perhaps they could use some of that money to fill in a few potholes too
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by livb [6 posts] 24th August 2011 - 21:12 Like (9)	If the liability law is changed it will change the landscape of cycling in the UK forever. If you dont know what this mean then find out. This is fundamentally THE way to change the way people drive.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by NeilXDavis [111 posts] 2nd October 2012 - 11:14 Like (7)	Search this site: Today's top stories
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by handlebarcam [527 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 13:47 Like (6)	So the London Scool of Economics no less says that cycling is good for the economy, reduces congestion and reduces the NHS burden. Perhaps lazy big-mouth bully fatties like Jeremy Clarkson should take that into account and start directing their ire at lazy big-mouthed fatties clogging up their arteries through inactivity so they can then clog up hospital beds with avoidable medical ailments.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by OldRidgeback [2166 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 16:11 Like (10)	The problem with Top Gear is that we are paying for an entertainment show which makes little contribution to sharing the road or helping the planet. I caught the item last week wherein the 3 stooges built an electric vehicle to show how slow they were. It's this kind of nonesense feature which belongs in The Sun - not on the BBC. I feel there could be a market for a TV show for cyclists in the near future. I nominate myself for presenter - especially for the 'hilarious' annual spring training features from Mallorca.... It would beat 'ole Big Mouth' driving around the IOM in yet another shiny box any day of the week. I can see 'Star on a reasonably priced bike' becoming huge! Er... Maybe not. Silly me. You're probably right....
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by MercuryOne [1055 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 19:26 Like (7)	It would be amusing seeing the corpulent Mr Clarkson sweating away on a bike. However I think it's a programme without mass appeal unfo
rtunately.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by OldRidgeback [2166 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 22:26 Like (8)	Cycling is no doubt making a contribution but I think we've still got some way to go in persuading the politician, and bureaucrats of the value of that contribution if today's story about the Essex Police and Yorkshire Ambulance Service's decisions to disband their bike squads to save money is anything to go by. Putting police officers and paramedics back in cars doesn't on the face of it sound like a great money saver. It does make you wonder whether setting such units up in the first place was mere window dressing.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by Tony Farrelly [4135 posts] 22nd August 2011 - 22:59 Like (11)	It's great to see comprehensive figures like this, how about an in depth look at the contribution cyclists make on the charity front as well, then compare that with the contribution of motoring organisations to charity.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by antonio [947 posts] 23rd August 2011 - 8:53 Like (8)	perhaps they could use some of that money to fill in a few potholes too
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by livb [6 posts] 24th August 2011 - 21:12 Like (9)	If the liability law is changed it will change the landscape of cycling in the UK forever. If you dont know what this mean then find out. This is fundamentally THE way to change the way people drive.
parentLogin or register to post comments posted by NeilXDavis [111 posts] 2nd October 2012 - 11:14 Like (7)	Search this site: Today's top stories