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“… the only good cyclist is a dead one …” – editor of the richmond magazine – september issue

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  • September 6, 2012 at 8:48 am #16747
    ekynoxe

    I read something quite alarming yesterday in the editor’s column of the September edition of the Richmond and Barnes magazine. Richard Nye (@TheRichmondMag on twitter, The Richmond Magazine / Sheen Gate on facebook) seems to think cyclists are a nuisance, and they should be dead.

    Quoted straight from the editorial section of te September issue of the Richmond Magazine:

    […] as a daily driver on busy roads, I tend towards the temperate view that the only good cyclist is a dead one […]

    The rest of the editorial is also worth a read. Appalling views.
    Richmond Magazine September 2012 Editorial

    The full editorial is available on page 11 of the swanky animated online edition, but if it gets magically removed for whatever reason, here’s a copy of page 11, and of the full September edition.

    If you’re a business who’s advertised in this magazine, and especially if you’re a sports related one (Virgin Active, or Moore’s Cycles are in there), I urge you to consider removing your ads from a magazine who’s editor clearly thinks your clients should be dead…

    Nothing more to add.

    Thanks @freespeedlondon for the initial tip off.

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  • September 6, 2012 at 9:42 am #698753
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    Tony Farrelly

    It’s certainly a crass and
    It’s certainly a crass and insensitive comment, and Mr Nye must be spectacularly uninformed if he thought that the it would pass unnoticed – unless of course he thought no such thing, in which case he obviously likes playing with fire.

    But is it a reflection of his actual views? Seems to me the piece is full of comedic exaggeration even if most of it is not very funny and is not meant to be taken seriously at all. Whatever, it’s certainly dumb, especially given the numbers of cyclists in Richmond and the fact that a local bike shop advertises in his mag.

    September 6, 2012 at 9:35 am #698751
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    Bob78

    According to recent DfT
    According to recent DfT stats, 21% of adults in Richmond cycle at least once a week, the highest rate of any London borough. Which makes this seem like an even less clever move.

    Link to stats: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/statistics/releases/local-area-walking-and-cycling-in-england-2010-11/local-area-walking-and-cycling-2010-11.pdf

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