Manchester press wrote:
Cyclists take a short cut
29/ 3/2008
THEIR 'Manchester love your bike' message was simple enough... but it had to be made even simpler when not enough cyclists turned up.
MEN wrote:
Campaigners needed 22 cylists to spell out their slogan on the second anniversary of the award-winning Love Your Bike campaign.
But when just 17 turned up they went back to the drawing board, cutting the message to 'Mcr love your bike'.
Guffaw...
choke.. cough .. errrr!
MEN wrote:
They were taking part in the regular 'critical commute' when cyclists descend on Manchester city centre from the suburbs.
The event usually attracts up to 50 campaigners, but the combination of wet weather and the Easter holidays kept many away this time.
Fair weather tree huggers!
Get yer kit orf.. My sisters were bemused at the small willies on display last year
They like a good giggle as they are quite silly girlies despite being teachers
(My wife is a bit prissy Swissy on this one
She says it's alll "rudey"
)
But seriously.. I've treated my wife to a West End do in the past .. only to find we missed the first half of the show I paid hard earned cash for because I chose the last Friday in the month
We then missed a medical dinner . or rather the first course because of the mere 50 idiots in city centre Manchester once too
It's why we want you tree huggers to plan the route .. not inconvenience other road users who are using taxis or the bus even. or simply folk trying to get home after a hard day's slog at work. I call it courtesy and consideration. You wanna be part of the traffic .. then show responsible and courteous regard to others.
We do not buy the eco-warrior save the planet nonsense since these idiots have computers (made from plastic and thus an off-shoot of the oil industry..) .. posess carbon and alluminium framed bicycles which have travelled more air/rail/road miles than they could ride in a lifetiime
./. wear lycra ( result of oil industry.) .. wear helmets and trendy glasses .. all of which cost the planet dearly.
Um.. you were saying about being "eco-friendly"
Nope. I love my car.. my bicycle.. our family pets which range from horse to fish..
We grow some foods ourselves.. shop at the farm shoppe .. recycle what we can.. never waste food and only chuck out when thingy ceases to work .. and even then we dispose of thoughtfully and carefully. We buy from charity shoppes and give to charity shoppes .. so I guess we do our bit at planet saving .. really
But we do not delude ourselves.. we know each trip to recycling dump etc has a cost .. and why we plan these to be economical without messing our normally "apple-pie order" home here
MEN wrote:
Undaunted, they were keen to show their support for a council bid to make Manchester the country's first 'cycling city'.
The government has drawn up plans for one new cycling city and 10 cycling towns. At stake is a share in a £47m funding package.
As part of its bid the council is developing a network of 15 new cycle routes, including one circling the city.
I already reported about the Lotto grant to help this along.
Motorists are pedestrians.. a lot of them do ride bicycles and ride horses too.
I do not think Manchester to be over-dangerous based on my sisters' and brother's and own experiences down in that big 'burb as we call it from our nice fine rural "idyll"
MEN wrote:
Graeme Sherriff (pictured), of Manchester Friends of the Earth , said: "We want Manchester to take the lead in demonstrating what it means to be a truly cycling-friendly city. We will continue to campaign with ambition and imagination."
But you have very few supporters. Most will choose cars or public transport on a nasty wet day anyway
Sorry.. but this is true. I will admit we ride more in nice dry weather than we do in the cold horrid wet. But I do have small kids to consider here.. and a three year old and a fostered baby here after all.
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