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    falloverpete

    Hello,

    Last year i attended the Wales velothon event as it passes clkose to my house, i had a new camera lens and wanted to take some photos of the event. I upoladed these to facebok in a group called photos of the velothon 2017. I am not affilitated with the velothon orginzation in any way however i still receive comments from people who dont like cyclists or the event or both. I always try to share these peoples views with the community so here is an excchange i have receoved latley from a Cardiff business owner who doesnt like cylclists. 

    If youhave a comment for him then perhaps share it via his tripadvisor feedback for as his shop i https://uk.local.yahoo.com/info-2053304658-cafe-du-chat-noir-ltd-cardiff;_ylt=A9mSs3DEmi1aIrUAPQhLBQx.;_ylu=X3oDMTEydGs0ZTRxBGNvbG8DaXIyBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjM0NzFfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=cafe%20du%20chat%20noir

    If you are in Cardiff it is best avoided unless you hide your cycling interest.

    here is the exchange from facebook:

    ‎Stuart J. Bolter‎ to Photos of the Velothon July 2017

    Yesterday at 12:23am · 

    So you will be destroying small businesses best day of the week by wrecking havoc over the streets of cardiff yet again but this year on a Sunday’s

    Photos of the Velothon July 2017 repied :

    I should think that small businesses which have selfish, grumpy owners will be ruining their businesses all year round and won’t need any help from me.

     · Yesterday at 9:28am
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    [Stuart J. Bolter]
    Stuart J. Bolter Ha ha ha ! Your so funny, I’m actually talking about myself and ten other small independent traders who have a community spirit like no other in cardiff we have little old ladies and gentlemen along with young mums and students who are all happy to have us work and live and thrive in our community then suddenly fit one day several days a year we get huge events in Carfiff such as the Velethon come and destroy our businesses with Rd closures and diversions stopping us get to work or stopping our lovely customers get to us , in 2016 Cardiff closed Rd’s in and around the city 17 times at weekends one of them being Easter Saturday then in 2017 cardiff closed Rd’s 23 times for different events such as Velethon. 
    If you Lycra clad cyclists cared about the environment as much you proclaimed then you would be concerned about the entire environment including small businesses like us and all our he good work we do in the community and in only using organic produce with s lowest carbon footprint as possible but in reality you are not interested in community or environment your all only interested in your selves. 
    You are the ones who are sad for we shall rejoice take a day off and go away from cardiff to avoid the lot of you.

     

    So i would reccomended avoiding him and his shop for 365 days a year and not just on the velothon

     

    Thanks
     

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  • #907519
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    srchar

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    #907517
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    Canyon48
    don simon wrote:
    alansmurphy wrote:
    I’m going to write him a shitty review just for being Welsh!

    Go for it! This sort of thing I support.

    #907515
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    don simon fbpe

    alansmurphy wrote:

    alansmurphy wrote:
    I’m going to write him a shitty review just for being Welsh!

    Go for it! This sort of thing I support.

    #907513
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    Anonymous

    Has he also written similar

    Has he also written similar whingeing comments regarding whatever closed HIS road on the other 22 days in 2017?

    #907511
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    Canyon48
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I hate Xmas, but you don’t see me complaining about all the closed businesses on December 25th do you?

    (You might well hear me complaining about Xmas music being played since October, though).

    Only since October?  Here (Bristol), there’s been Xmas music in some shops since September.

    The record, was a couple of years ago when a dedicated Xmas shop affiliated to a garden centre opened in the Galleries in August… surprise

    I’m in Bristol too, but my memory doesn’t stretch back as far as September.

    Yeah, I remember that! I think it was my second year of uni, I started back at uni in Septemeber and remember going to the galleries and coming across a bloody xmas shop!

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    alansmurphy

    I’m going to write him a
    I’m going to write him a shitty review just for being Welsh!

    #907507
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    hawkinspeter
    brooksby wrote:
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I hate Xmas, but you don’t see me complaining about all the closed businesses on December 25th do you?

    (You might well hear me complaining about Xmas music being played since October, though).

    Only since October?  Here (Bristol), there’s been Xmas music in some shops since September.

    The record, was a couple of years ago when a dedicated Xmas shop affiliated to a garden centre opened in the Galleries in August… surprise

    I’m in Bristol too, but my memory doesn’t stretch back as far as September.

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    CygnusX1
    wellsprop wrote:
    Pft, it’s not worth the effort… Just ignore and carry on riding.

    Well having been dragged in by the clickbait forum topic, having a miraculously meeting free morning, and curious as Cardiff is my alma mater, I finally figured out where this cafe is located. 

    Its in a tiny arcade of shops on Welfield Rd that I didn’t realise existed – and I used to cycle past there daily in my freshers year, and passed on foot or bike at least once a week the rest of my time there. 

    A boycott by ‘lycra louts’ is going to have minimal impact, and writing negative reviews is just going to harden any negative sentiment the owner has.   

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    brooksby
    hawkinspeter wrote:
    I hate Xmas, but you don’t see me complaining about all the closed businesses on December 25th do you?

    (You might well hear me complaining about Xmas music being played since October, though).

    Only since October?  Here (Bristol), there’s been Xmas music in some shops since September.

    The record, was a couple of years ago when a dedicated Xmas shop affiliated to a garden centre opened in the Galleries in August… surprise

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    hawkinspeter

    I hate Xmas, but you don’t

    I hate Xmas, but you don’t see me complaining about all the closed businesses on December 25th do you?

    (You might well hear me complaining about Xmas music being played since October, though).

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    barongreenback

    Bit of empathy on both sides

    Bit of empathy on both sides is required (as well as access to a dictionary).  The guy runs a small business that potentially loses a day of revenue – that can be a big deal for a one man band.  Rather than childishly encourage people to leave one star reviews of his business, how about making a sensible argument why lots of people lining the route might actually be good for his business?  And if genuinely it screws up his day, then perhaps back off a little and avoid inflaming the situation?

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    Canyon48

    Pft, it’s not worth the

    Pft, it’s not worth the effort… Just ignore and carry on riding.

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    Jimmy Ray Will

    Fabulous spelling by all

    Fabulous spelling by all parties so far. 

    Is the Velothon happening next year? 

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