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  • October 28, 2013 at 9:04 pm #761443
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    Leviathan

    Northernbike wrote:Anyone

    Northernbike wrote:
    Anyone expecting Chomsky-Foucault in the comment tread of a local rag like that is always going to be disappointed so don’t be too disheartened. Those folks won’t be leaving the house much so you’re unlikely to meet them face to face.

    Not after dark, their tags will go off.

    October 28, 2013 at 8:37 pm #761441
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    arfa

    Should come with the standard
    Should come with the standard online warning – “beware, internet forums regularly contain nuts”.

    October 28, 2013 at 8:31 pm #761439
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    Northernbike

    Anyone expecting
    Anyone expecting Chomsky-Foucault in the comment tread of a local rag like that is always going to be disappointed so don’t be too disheartened. Those folks won’t be leaving the house much so you’re unlikely to meet them face to face.

    October 28, 2013 at 8:16 pm #761437
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    sm

    Oh dear, sadly an attitude
    Oh dear, sadly an attitude most cyclists have to put up with. This is why I don’t argue with drivers on the road. As these comments demonstrate, there’s little point trying to argue the finer points with an irrational block head (apologies to the 98% of drivers who don’t frequent forums and driver very well!)

    October 28, 2013 at 8:12 pm #761435
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    Leviathan

    smith&weston says…
    I see
    smith&weston says…

    I see the cycling louts are busy clicking the thumbs down as fast as they can. They really are a mean spiteful bunch of individuals. I’ve only got this to say to you…LANCE ARMSTRONG. What a fine example of the noble sport of cycling
    Score: -42

    The ignorance on every other comment on that thread is incredible. Apparently anyone kitted out at the weekend is a lout, anyone else is just a moving road block. Even if there is a ‘perfectly good’ cycle path, what is the point of it if it is either shared with pedestrians or 200m long with a lamp post at the end or a sudden jag back to the right? It is not safe or quicker to be coming off the road to come back on a right angles. Idiot like this need to be made to ride a bike for 6 months to understand what we do and why.

    October 28, 2013 at 4:08 pm #761433
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    farrell

    I’m pretty sure they still
    I’m pretty sure they still point at planes in St Helens, some poor sod on race bike probably looks like a creature from the future to most of them.

    October 28, 2013 at 4:01 pm #761431
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    jova54

    What a bunch of knob-heads.
    What a bunch of knob-heads. 8|

    October 28, 2013 at 3:59 pm #761429
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    700c

    To be fair, the local paper
    To be fair, the local paper probably only used the image to glamorise the article and as a tenuous local link (he trains in the area)

    The article is a positive one about cycling and the need to improve safety

    As for the comments, the local cycle hating trolls got shot down and based on the number of ‘likes’, do not represent the views of the majority.

    So a reason to be cheerful after all!

    October 28, 2013 at 2:17 pm #761427
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    jason.timothy.jones

    yeah, nothing about the
    yeah, nothing about the thousands of children or commuters that run the gauntlet every day

    October 28, 2013 at 2:13 pm #761425
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    mrmo

    i read the first few comments
    i read the first few comments and….

    I dispare, i really do! I ride a bike, i drive a car. Use the right tool for the job in hand. Does it make sense to drive into town to pick up the odd thing? No. Does it make sense to do the weekly shop with a car? sort of.

    October 28, 2013 at 2:07 pm #761423
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    dave atkinson

    I see they’ve gone for the
    I see they’ve gone for the usual local rag tactic of using a racing cyclist for a story about utility routes 😐

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