No Bike Week

A good noughties definition.

^^ Ha!

I've been bikeless(TM) for 2 months now. So, in a purely non metaphysical way I can confirm that it sucks!

give me a pony now

Now tynan's other fucking posts makes sense!
Damn this forum and its quantity of shit I need to trawl through for it to make sense!

JackT: For me this would be too easy. Central Line + Book + Getting Drunker than I'd do if riding = Golden Path :)

You might also time it for a taper week in which case I'll be tired for the first few days anyway and by the time the week is up I'll have missed it :)

like bill drummond's 'no music day'. I wanna hear teh results, cant participate though, gotta earn my crust.

i love it.

I've been ill and not allowed to ride for 3 weeks and it's killed me..another week to go..am a northerner though, and guess this is lahndahners only?

id hate to go a week without cycling. first off it would be a massive pain in the ass as id have to walk everywhere, and im not paying for shitty public transport that doesnt run when i need it. i work in the evening so spend my days riding (30-60mi), and then ride to and from work (18mi) getting home at around 4:00.

secondly id dread to think what i would do with all that extra unspent energy. either it would manifest itself in complete lethargy, or id join a fight club. im not really sure i want to do either when i like riding bikes so much. before i started riding bikes, i either sat at home geting stoned or going out being mad on booze and turkish rugs, i much prefer my life now.

I m off the bike this week due to an annoying leg injury. I can tell you that having got the tube into work this morning, I am already pissed off. If that helps

fucking LOVE ponies!

I'm definitely with Kattt on this one, I really like the idea but also find my blood pressure rise whenever I come into direct contact with public transport so don't fancy going a week without...might be a bit different if I lived next to a tube station but i live in Hackney which is described as London's most cycle friendly borough but might be more aptly described as most poorly served by public transport

I'm definitely with Kattt on this one, I really like the idea but also find my blood pressure rise whenever I come into direct contact with public transport so don't fancy going a week without...might be a bit different if I lived next to a tube station but i live in Hackney which is described as London's most cycle friendly borough but might be more aptly described as most poorly served by public transport

Careful Gus, don't believe the propaganda. Hackney is actually very well-served by public transport and has an excellent bus system. What people mean by 'no public transport' is a relative lack of light rail compared to other Inner London boroughs, although the system is still excellent compared to most Outer London boroughs.

For Hackney's development as a place whose urban grain is still largely intact, the lack of light rail has been a blessing and has made it a much better place to live. Let's not forget that light rail essentially just concentrates things and permits a much greater disassociation of the place where you live and the place where you work, as well as much greater centralisation, as amply demonstrated by the example of London.

While it is probably true that some people cycle in Hackney whose uneducated first preference would be the habitual use of public transport, it is also true that in Hackney many people cycle whose uneducated first preference would be cycling, and who might have taken to using public transport elsewhere. It is pretty certain that the suppressed demand for cycling is much greater than the suppressed demand for public transport.

(As ever, it is also important to note that virtually no-one only ever uses one mode of transport. We all mix them as we see fit.)

YouTube - Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype: Edited Master

Good luck, Jack. I enjoy the show. Ignore the haters.

I was being a bit melodramatic re Hackney's public transport but also know that quite a few of my friends who live and cycle in Hackney probably wouldn't if there was a convenient tube link for them. That said, they're now converted to the two wheels.

Re, Oliver : From where I live in Hackney (which is very close to Gus) it takes me about 15 minutes to walk to a bus stop that goes anywhere, or to an overground station. That adds a half hour to any round trip journey, just getting to the bus/train, and then there's waiting for it... If I take the overground to Liverpool St I then have to pay again to get on the tube. If I take the bus I sit in horrendous traffic the whole way and watch the bikes go by out the window. No thanks.

Re, Oliver : From where I live in Hackney (which is very close to Gus) it takes me about 15 minutes to walk to a bus stop that goes anywhere, or to an overground station. That adds a half hour to any round trip journey, just getting to the bus/train, and then there's waiting for it... If I take the overground to Liverpool St I then have to pay again to get on the tube. If I take the bus I sit in horrendous traffic the whole way and watch the bikes go by out the window. No thanks.

Haha, of course, Kattt, you live in Hackney's worst bus desert. There have been plans to run a bus along Shacklewell Lane and then right past your house and then up Rendlesham Road to connect up to A107/A104 services for a long time, but it hasn't come to pass yet. I live only about five minutes' walk away from you, and for me it is already significantly easier to access bus services, and that is the case for the majority of LB Hackney. Your area really is exceptional.

fucking LOVE ponies!

I know a group of girls doing PhDs in (respectively) ponies, kittens and being cute.

if you can get every single cyclist in london to drive a car for the day i think it will have a better effect on the psyche of motorists who see us as nothing more than a nuisance. It would be great to have total grid lock, not a single bike on the road and to show people what they are missing. Reverse phycology for the win.

I like the idea. I also like skoota's idea.

I'm afraid I will not take part though. Usual reasons, costs, time stress e.t.c This is why I thing the diary will be a good, if some what of a sickophantic (spelling?); hearing / reading peoples mental demise.

if you can get every single cyclist in london to drive a car for the day i think it will have a better effect on the psyche of motorists who see us as nothing more than a nuisance. It would be great to have total grid lock, not a single bike on the road and to show people what they are missing. Reverse phycology for the win.

genius

I know a group of girls doing PhDs in (respectively) ponies, kittens and being cute.

I have to ask... is girl number 3 cute?

Why not just speak to those of the bike this week because of injury or stolen / broken bike? Same outcome, apart from it being voluntary.

Though I agree with making it more logical to swap someone onto a bike.

From experience, I would expect your cyclist to say:

Public transport is ridiculously expensive.
Public transport is uncomfortable, dirty and smelly.
Public transport is inconvenient and unreliable.
Public transport is full of the public.
I have got ill from the germs.
I have got fat from the lack of exercise.
I have turned into a slack-jawed drone.

HTH.

I have to ask... is girl number 3 cute?

Stunningly so. She's a heart-breaker for sure and giggly with it.

Does this stem from the Bill Drummond 'no music' day that he did on Resonance?

Good station by the way.

Edit: Ignore this. Just saw your post Jonty.