BIking Archive

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    Rogues dash across the bridge - by frog



    Heh heh.  I like the occasional good bit of rogue political protest so long as it’s harmless.  It keeps our democracy healthy.  So good fun to hear that several dozen cyclists broke away from the Getacross Car Free Day gathering near the Auckland Harbour Bridge to make an ‘illegal dash over the southbound clip-on‘ to [...] read more
    September 22, 2008 10:49 am - 13 Comments
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    Subsidised cycling - by frog



    The Freakonomics blog not is just a quirky read but also quite often says things that if a Green frog were to say them might be dismissed as the ravings of a watermelon commie hippie, but are actually the observations of trained economists.  So this week we have: My Dutch co-author and I biked to [...] read more
    June 6, 2008 7:06 am - 12 Comments
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    Cycling ads - by frog



    Over in the United States the all powerful cycling lobby is getting ads that demean cyclists pulled from the television. First the one about Jim and now this one: I actually thought it was quite funny. I know the conclusion was supposed to be “Cycling sucks, I wish I had insured my SUV so I [...] read more
    April 21, 2008 8:54 am - 10 Comments
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    Shared transport space - by frog



    Monday’s news coverage of Cyclist Josh Campbell’s youtube video of the dangers cyclists face out on the frontier streets of Christchurch has provoked debate about the perceived dangers cyclists face on our roads. I reckon that cyclists in other cities and towns could easily replicate that footage or provide more horror stories. Without wanting to [...] read more
    March 12, 2008 9:51 am - 5 Comments
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    A bit more on bikes - by frog



    CAN had an interesting link couple of months ago to this Times story in Britain that notes that wealthy people are two and half times more likely to cycle than poor people.The British Cyclists Touring Club is concerned that the growing popularity of cycling among white middle-class men was in danger of creating a new [...] read more
    February 5, 2008 11:02 am - 18 Comments