On 9/7/13, Stan Halpin, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty, also note the significant Firsts going on across the channel from >you . . . A GBR rider (born Nairobi, to the UK via RSA) is wearing the >yellow jersey and is overall favorite to win the Tour. His predecessor >in Yellow is from the RSA, riding with an Australian team. Very >impressive showing among these riders!
Yeah - we're really laying into the cycle thing. I think the Olympics really helped. Just on a day-to-day basis and in general, I see many more cyclists out and about than I used to a couple of years ago. I'd say up by at least 100% compared to then. That's a lot, which is great. The downside is that there are a commensurate number of injuries and fatalities on the roads with cyclists coming off worse, obviously. We need more education about how to approach and safely overtake cyclists - I see classic mistakes like not losing any speed during the overtake on corners, and so when the motorist goes for the overtake and suddenly a vehicle appears the other way, they've nowhere else to go except back towards the cyclist. My lad Stefan does some road races on his Giant and he's had some heightened training with me WRT defensive cycling - as most car drivers are ignorant and some downright dangerous, but sadly to survive as a cyclist you MUST take the defensive attitude. When cyclists migrate up to armoured troop carriers then they can simply sit back and count the flat cars in the mirrors ;-) For those that haven't seen it, I made this short film for him last year... <https://vimeo.com/user2607591/review/54601234/ae7554f597> 3 mins with dreamy cycling content. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
