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Southampton cycling mural (source My Journey Hampshire on Twitter)Mural lets Southampton bike riders show their love of cycling
Quotes from bike riders in Southampton expressing why they love of cycling have been turned into a mural by local artists.
More than 150 people completed the phrase "I love cycling because ... " and had their words painted onto the artwork, which is located on the city's Guildhall Square and took a week to complete, reports the Daily Echo.
The initiative was launched by local travel awareness campaign My Journey Southampton with the canvas painted by artists Kristian Jeffery, Cher Reynolds, Stewart Smalle and Kara Strachan of Street Advertising Services.
Jeffery told the Daily Echo: “We have been taking quotes all week from local people, and on Twitter. We have been finding out why people love cycling so much and there've been lots of varied reasons.”
Here's a selection of some of the reasons given by Southampton's cyclists for their love of getting on two wheels.
Do you cycle with style? #ilovecyclingbecause #cycling #quotes #hampshire #southampton pic.twitter.com/xxXtYrRgsl
— My Journey Hampshire (@MyJourneyHants) March 8, 2015
improve your leg game, get on your bike! #ilovecyclingbecause #cycling #quotes #hampshire #southampton #LegDay pic.twitter.com/DJzNXJ9GN3
— My Journey Hampshire (@MyJourneyHants) March 7, 2015
#ilovecyclingbecause pic.twitter.com/wLqTJGj2ZN
— My Journey Hampshire (@MyJourneyHants) March 6, 2015
Two ladies who just love to cycle in the great outdoors! #ilovecyclingbecause #cycling #quoteoftheday #quote pic.twitter.com/a2QB0wklzF
— My Journey Hampshire (@MyJourneyHants) March 6, 2015
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Well yes but that's the point of leasing, to buy that £60,000 car on finance you might have to put down a deposit of £10,000 and pay £1500 a month...
- brooksby 1 hour 35 min ago
I had to walk past my old stomping ground on Park Row the other day, which is the western end of this same scheme (Marlborough Street by the BRI,...
- brooksby 1 hour 39 min ago
Or turning that on its head: the aforementioned paint can can cause harm if it is *accidentally* damaged or is otherwise used in a way for which it...
- eburtthebike 6 hours 7 min ago
A comedian with a purpose can achieve more than the politicians e.g. Zelesky.
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MORE LANES, MORE LANES!!!!
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The numbers don't tell anything like the whole story....
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check under 'W'for "What cars do to people"
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Sadly very normal. And the sand contains loads of evil little shards of flint.
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I've never had a problem with mixing it with the traffic in Southampton. I find the majority of the motorists round here, are fairly savvy, regarding cyclists, I've been cycling in the town center and out towards Chilworth (often at peak times) for many years, and I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've been caused any issues. There are quite a few shared usage pathways, and more 'away from the traffic routes' than people realise. Shirley can be a bit of an eye opener if your not confident in traffic, but other than that, it's by no means the worst place I've cycled.
I find southamton to be hell for cycling. There does seem to be any simple to way to get through the town with out having to mix it with endless HGVs and the worse kind of white van drivers filling the roads all a hair trigger away from mowing you down and claiming the a bit of sun got in there eyes.
Since I now boycott the new forest thankfully I've no need to go anywhere near the place.
Southampton does suffer from really poor cycling infrastructure so it can be frustrating for us Soton cyclists to see stories like this.
It's a shame because Southampton could be a fabulous city for cycling. The parks and Common mean that significant areas are already available for cycling away from traffic. Unfortunately there is no decent infrastructure connecting these areas and the roads are terribly congested.
I have the incredible power to read any article on this site and know what people will be whinging and moaning about in the comments section without even having to read them.
While government funding is used to produce this artwork project, those who DO cycle have to content with sub standard facilities provided by Southampton City Council and the County Council
I know where I think the funding should go.
While government funding is used to produce this artwork project, those who DO cycle have to content with sub standard facilities provided by Southampton City Council and the County Council
I know where I think the funding should go.