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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s21g2000vbb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <61b2aa8b-ec4c-4e34-9f6b-8532032da34a@s21g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Chapman Hates Motorists Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 10:59:59 -0700 (PDT) References: <3735b961-b069-40e5-9e5d-96a420d5075d@n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>     Lines: 32 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.163.208.50 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1241632799 5404 127.0.0.1 (6 May 2009 17:59:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 17:59:59 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s21g2000vbb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.163.208.50; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.10) Gecko/2009042316 Firefox/3.0.10 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2895 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:699845

On May 6, 3:53=A0pm, nato...@googlemail.com wrote: > On May 6, 3:49=A0pm, "Mr Benn" <%%%@%.%%> wrote: > > > "RudiL"  wrote in message > > >news:f09ee990-9a48-4608-9014-a611eb7c41f8@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com..= . > > > > Isn't it satisfying to know that if you cycle to work you will often > > > be home before people who are driving have even managed to get out of > > > the car park? I take great satisfaction from this ... > > > > Rudi > > > And if it's raining you get home wet. > > There are plenty of ways to keep dry on a bike. I used to just embrace > the rain and get soaked but now I am older I have a good set of water > proofs and a really good rain cape. Get home as dry as anything.

Even so, you're nowhere near as comfortable on a bike as you are when you're driving, and still at the mercy of the weather. You're knackered when you get there. You only get home quicker if you're in a congested town centre. You don't get to listen to your music through speakers. If you need to make a detour over a long distance then you're stuffed. You're vulnerable and indulging in a dangerous activity. You can't use satnav or any other gadgets without an enormous amount of hassle. You can't carry much. Etc, etc.

And if anyone's going to lecture me about driving's impact on the environment, they'd better be a vegetarian, because otherwise my impact on the environment is less than theirs.