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Guerrilla Pro-Cyclists in NY?

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  1. While returning home on a highway the other evening, I saw
    that a billboard outside of Syracuse had been vandalized by
    someone apparently trying to engage in some "guerrilla
    advertising." The billboard was a GEICO ad featuring the
    GEICO gecko and the slogan "Don't take higher car insurance
    rates lying down. Call GEICO" with the phone number.

    The vandalizer had altered it so that it read "Don't take
    higher car insurance rates lying down. Ride a bike instead.
    Call 1-800-FOR-BIKE."

    I have to admit, I was amused by it.

    Anyone else seen this kind of "guerrilla advertising"
    for cycling?
    --
    Trudi

    "Boy, there sure is a lot of tension around here tonight.
    It's like a Joan Crawford movie."

  2. Several in chicago. Most likely to find photos on Chicago CM site.
    criticalmassrides.infocriticalmassrides.info has link to site.

    Trudi Marrapodi wrote: <snip>

    Quoted message said:

    The vandalizer had altered it so that it read "Don't take
    higher car insurance rates lying down. Ride a bike
    instead. Call 1-800-FOR-BIKE."


    <snip

  3. Quoted message said:

    Several in chicago. Most likely to find photos on Chicago
    CM site. criticalmassrides.infocriticalmassrides.info has link to site.

    =v= The Chicago site is:

    chicagocriticalmass.orgchicagocriticalmass.org

    =v= My favorite billboard modification, which took place
    in Chicago *and* Berkeley, California, was a lite beer ad
    that was trying to cash in on low-carb fad diets. It
    depicted somebody biking and said, "LOSE THE CARBS. NOT
    THE TASTE." The message is much improved when you get rid
    of the BS. <_Jym_>

    Jym Dyer ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: __Q
    ::: [email hidden] ::::::::::::::::: "My other car is ::
    ==`\(s_ :: critical-mass.orgcritical-mass.org :: also a
    bicycle." :: (_)/ (_) ::

  4. In article said:
    Quoted message said:

    Several in chicago. Most likely to find photos on
    Chicago CM site. criticalmassrides.infocriticalmassrides.info has
    link to site.

    =v= The Chicago site is:

    chicagocriticalmass.orgchicagocriticalmass.org

    So the Critical Mass'ers do it, eh?

    Quoted message said:

    =v= My favorite billboard modification, which took place
    in Chicago *and* Berkeley, California, was a lite beer ad
    that was trying to cash in on low-carb fad diets. It
    depicted somebody biking and said, "LOSE THE CARBS. NOT
    THE TASTE." The message is much improved when you get rid
    of the BS.

    Now that's sheer luck of juxtaposition!
    --
    Trudi

    "Boy, there sure is a lot of tension around here tonight.
    It's like a Joan Crawford movie."

  5. Quoted message said:

    So the Critical Mass'ers do it, eh?

    =v= I don't know who's doing it. I know that a Masser in
    Chicago saw it on his commute and took a photo, that's all.
    I don't remember where I heard about the Berkeley billboard,
    but the San Francisco Bay Area seems to have a number of
    "billboard improvers" roaming about. <_Jym_

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