While many people might be hoping for a bike for Christmas, I don’t know how many will be using it to keep their Christmas lights going. In Copenhagen that’s exactly what’s happening.
In support of the UN Copenhagen Climate Summit the Christmas tree in City Hall Square has lights entirely powered by bicycles until 18th December. Perhaps this could be a good way to work off all the extra food and drink over Christmas, if every home had a bike to power their tree. It might also cut down on some of the over-the-top light arrangements that pop up on people’s houses. Hopefully the owners would think twice about exactly how garish to make the front of their building, if they had to generate the electricity to keep it going, themselves.
If you’re actually moving about on your bike, not just making lights twinkle then you might well have heard the phrase behind the CTC’s campaign to improve awareness and safety of cyclists. “Sorry Mate I Didn’t See You” seems to be a common call amongst drivers, even implied when it’s not said. It doesn’t matter how many reflective bits you have on your clothing, you’ll still be invisible to some road users. The CTC’s website has a section to report bad driving and seek legal advice if you are unlucky enough to find you need it.
Recently we mentioned a Spectator Magazine debate about whether cyclists were a menace. That debate took place on Monday and it turns out that overall it was decided that they’re not. So that’s nice. A number of high profile supporters of cycling slugged it out against people with a bit of a grudge against them and won over the audience in a 96 to 45 landslide. Although, I guess it’s fair to assume that there would be likely to be more people interested in cycling bothering to turn up, than people with no real opinion.
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