Campaigning Against Bikes

After a week of scary and annoying bits of bike maintenance it’s almost a relief to bring you some just simple news that’s been floating around.

Unfortunately it’s been a bit of a bad news week for cycling. In Brooklyn a person who wants to remain anonymous has decided that it’s up to them to take action against the bikes he sees locked to street furniture, blocking the pavement (or sidewalk, if you are American), by making sure they absolutely cannot be moved. I’m not quite sure how he justifies vandalism in order to make a stand against what he sees an inconvenience, or what he hopes to achieve by simply making it impossible to move the bikes that are locked up, but perhaps the clue is in the brand of glue he’s using… What is even more worrying is that the Brooklyn paper seems to be endorsing his action to an extent, which suggests that there is a wider support for him, as opposed to him just being a vandalising criminal.

If it’s not a case of bikes being glued in place, then it seems that people are campaigning to have them banned from various places. The latest target is the South Bank in London, where a move is afoot to try and stop people riding between the OXO tower and the London Eye. Hopefully at least some of the traffic-free areas where people can ride at the moment won't be taken away, othetrwise we'll all be on the roads and that everyone knows how much that annoys the same drivers who are complaining here. Once again the report is in the Evening Standard, so expect the usual comments from anti-cyclists. Play any form of bingo you like and win a prize of your own imagining.

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