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  1. A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk the "new
    cyclists" link):

    bike2work.infobike2work.info

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?

    All I've seen planned so far at our place are "a test of
    your cycling skills" (hopefully this means seeing who can
    wheelie the length of the car park and ride over the chief
    exec's car) and lunchtime rides of 30 minutes' duration,
    which will just about get you out of said car park and back
    again. Oh well.

  2. Zog The Undeniable <[email hidden]>typed

    Quoted message said:

    A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk the
    "new cyclists" link):

    Quoted message said:

    bike2work.infobike2work.info

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?

    Quoted message said:

    All I've seen planned so far at our place are "a test of
    your cycling skills" (hopefully this means seeing who can
    wheelie the length of the car park and ride over the chief
    exec's car) and lunchtime rides of 30 minutes' duration,
    which will just about get you out of said car park and
    back again. Oh well.

    I'm helping out with Camden's breakfast in Ossulton Street
    on Tuesday...

    --
    Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden] Edgware.

  3. Zog The Undeniable said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?

    Yes, but it's got nothing to do with any so-called "bike to
    work" nonse ;-)

    Quoted message said:

    All I've seen planned so far at our place are "a test of
    your cycling skills" (hopefully this means seeing who can
    wheelie the length of the car park and ride over the chief
    exec's car) and lunchtime rides of 30 minutes' duration,
    which will just about get you out of said car park and
    back again. Oh well.

    More than we have. The Evil Squirrels probably don't know
    what a "Bike" is, but seeing as there's only one regular
    cycle commuter in the entire Nut Mine, this is hardly
    surprising.

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  4. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Dave Larrington

    BZog The Undeniable said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?



    I've gotta say this has been a poorly advertised event, or is it me?
    I only found out about it today elsewhere (Chapmans website) & that was by accident.
    I haven't seen anything in the local press or on the national news about bike to work week which I think is a pity - now is a great time to get out on a bike.
    Absolutely nothing on our intrawet or noticeboard, I think I'll complain!

    And whats this about free food? No don't tell me. Best not know I'm still a tad portly.

  5. On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:51:54 +0100 someone who may be Zog The
    Undeniable <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?

    According to the posters displayed around Edinburgh:

    "Free bike breakfast for you from City of Edinburgh Council

    "Free Spokes map for first 20 cyclists to arrive

    "Competitions... prizes

    "Stalls... leaflets, maps

    "Speaker:Cllr Burns (CEC Head of Transport)

    "MSPs cycle ride to Holyrood 10am

    "Wed 16 June 8-10am

    "Edinburgh City Chambers Quadrangle"

    The event has attracted at a guess 100-200 people in
    previous years.

    --
    David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
    F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
    government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

  6. David Hansen said:

    On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:51:54 +0100 someone who may be Zog
    The Undeniable <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?


    According to the posters displayed around Edinburgh:

    "Free bike breakfast for you from City of Edinburgh
    Council

    If it helps, there's another outside Ealing Town Hall on
    Tues
    07.30-10.00 approx.

    Colin McKenzie
    --
    The great advantage of not trusting statistics is that it
    leaves you free to believe the damned lies instead!

  7. David Hansen <[email hidden]> wrote in
    :"]news:[email hidden]:

    Quoted message said:

    MSPs cycle ride to Holyrood 10am

    Where from? The Mound? Barring the little jaunt up to the
    lights on the Royal Mile, they'll barely need to pedal,
    although it does get a little flat near the Council
    Chambers. By the way, is the bloody place anywhere near
    finished yet or will they be cycling to a building site?

    Graeme

  8. Zog The Undeniable said:

    A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk the
    "new cyclists" link): bike2work.infobike2work.info

    BeHIT will be celebrating BikeWeek by trying to scare people
    off their bikes, as ever. They have persuaded the Beeb to
    allow them space to redress the "imbalance" of Roger
    Geffen's interview after the Martlew "debate".

    --
    Guy
    ===
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  9. On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:23:01 GMT someone who may be Graeme
    <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    MSPs cycle ride to Holyrood 10am

    Where from? The Mound? Barring the little jaunt up to the
    lights on the Royal Mile, they'll barely need to pedal,
    although it does get a little flat near the Council
    Chambers.

    I assume that they will cycle from City Chambers to the new
    palace at Holyrood. Apart from starting off they will not
    need to pedal at all.

    However, while everyone makes fun of the MSPs I suspect that
    many of those making the trip will be fairly regular
    cyclists anyway. A number do cycle for more than just
    publicity photographs. This tends to be those outwith the
    main political parties, but there are others in the big
    three parties and the Tories as well. The second picture on
    news.bbc.co.uk1547663.stm shows the
    Transport Minister at the time.

    Quoted message said:

    By the way, is the bloody place anywhere near finished yet
    or will they be cycling to a building site?

    It is being fitted out.

    --
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    F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
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  10. Just zis Guy said:
    Zog The Undeniable said:

    A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk
    the "new cyclists" link): bike2work.infobike2work.info

    BeHIT will be celebrating BikeWeek by trying to scare
    people off their bikes, as ever. They have persuaded the
    Beeb to allow them space to redress the "imbalance" of
    Roger Geffen's interview after the Martlew "debate".

    Will the BBC allow space to redress the imbalance of the
    BBCi reporting of matters helmetous?

    Tony

  11. David Hansen said:


    I assume that they will cycle from City Chambers to the
    new palace at Holyrood. Apart from starting off they will
    not need to pedal at all.

    So the Scottish Parliament's is going downhill then ;-)

    Tony

  12. On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 16:54:30 +0100,

    David Hansen said:

    On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 13:23:01 GMT someone who may be Graeme
    <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    MSPs cycle ride to Holyrood 10am

    Where from? The Mound? Barring the little jaunt up to the
    lights on the Royal Mile, they'll barely need to pedal,
    although it does get a little flat near the Council
    Chambers.

    I assume that they will cycle from City Chambers to the
    new palace at Holyrood. Apart from starting off they will
    not need to pedal at all.

    Our local VIPs in Peterborough are apparently having a cycle
    around looking at the cycleways and to promote cycles as a
    form of commuting (talking of which they aren't really doing
    a good job as I only know about the bikeweek events
    including this one by already knowing about bikeweek and
    doing a search on the bikeweek site). Apparently they say
    that participation is by invite only. Which seems strange as
    they will be cycling on public roads and cycleways. What
    would they do if 20 or 30 people just happened to want to
    cycle the same route?

    --
    Andy Leighton => [email hidden] "The Lord is my
    shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
    - Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

  13. "David Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 20:51:54 +0100 someone who may be Zog
    The Undeniable <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone getting a free breakfast next week?

    According to the posters displayed around Edinburgh:

    "Free bike breakfast for you from City of Edinburgh
    Council

    "Free Spokes map for first 20 cyclists to arrive

    "Competitions... prizes

    "Stalls... leaflets, maps

    "Speaker:Cllr Burns (CEC Head of Transport)

    "MSPs cycle ride to Holyrood 10am

    "Wed 16 June 8-10am

    "Edinburgh City Chambers Quadrangle"

    The event has attracted at a guess 100-200 people in
    previous years.

    --
    David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
    F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the
    UK government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

    Scottish Executive officials are planning to ride round our
    four main sites on BtW morning.

  14. On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:58:16 +0100, "Tony Raven"
    <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    Will the BBC allow space to redress the imbalance of the
    BBCi reporting of matters helmetous?

    Now you're just being silly...

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

  15. On 08 Jun 2004 18:49:38 GMT someone who may be Andy Leighton
    <[email hidden]> wrote this:-

    Quoted message said:

    Our local VIPs in Peterborough are apparently having a
    cycle around looking at the cycleways and to promote cycles
    as a form of commuting (talking of which they aren't really
    doing a good job as I only know about the bikeweek events
    including this one by already knowing about bikeweek and
    doing a search on the bikeweek site). Apparently they say
    that participation is by invite only.

    Perhaps they want to eat all the breakfasts themselves.

    --
    David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number
    F566DA0E I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK
    government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

  16. "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:
    Just zis Guy said:
    Zog The Undeniable said:

    A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk
    the "new cyclists" link): bike2work.infobike2work.info

    BeHIT will be celebrating BikeWeek by trying to scare
    people off their bikes, as ever. They have persuaded the
    Beeb to allow them space to redress the "imbalance" of
    Roger Geffen's interview after the Martlew "debate".

    Will the BBC allow space to redress the imbalance of the
    BBCi reporting of matters helmetous?

    Tony

    What imbalance?

  17. On 9 Jun 2004 22:50:34 -0700, [email hidden] (Vince) wrote
    (more or less):

    Quoted message said:

    "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<2im9olFohnqrU2@uni-
    berlin.de>...

    Quoted message said:
    Just zis Guy said:

    Zog The Undeniable wrote:
    > A rare and refreshing attitude to plastic hats (clickk
    > the "new cyclists" link): bike2work.infobike2work.info

    BeHIT will be celebrating BikeWeek by trying to scare
    people off their bikes, as ever. They have persuaded
    the Beeb to allow them space to redress the "imbalance"
    of Roger Geffen's interview after the Martlew "debate".

    Will the BBC allow space to redress the imbalance of the
    BBCi reporting of matters helmetous?

    Tony

    What imbalance?

    Have you read any of the BBCi articles on helmets?

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  18. On 9 Jun 2004 22:50:34 -0700, [email hidden] (Vince) wrote in
    message <[email hidden]>:

    Quoted message said:

    What imbalance?

    OK, you're right - imbalance implies that the balanced view
    is at least alluded to. Utter one-sidedness, then.

    Guy
    --
    May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.co.ukchapmancentral.co.uk

    88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

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