Heathrow posters ..

elyob said:

Just noticed this poster on my jaunts yesterday ..

http://fishpluschips.com/photos/heathrowcycling.jpg

http://www.airport-commuter.co.uk/

Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

"Safety tips

Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make yourself more
visible."

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

And this good one under health:

"Cycling can help as part of a programme to lose weight because it
burns the energy supplied by ... a couple of alcoholic drinks in an
hour (about 300 calories). "

So on a long ride, you need to stop for a couple of pints every hour?
Might be a bit wobbly after a few hours at that rate.

iakobski said:

And this good one under health:

"Cycling can help as part of a programme to lose weight because it
burns the energy supplied by ... a couple of alcoholic drinks in an
hour (about 300 calories). "

So on a long ride, you need to stop for a couple of pints every hour?
Might be a bit wobbly after a few hours at that rate.

Depends how quickly your liver's working. That said, it'd be a hell of a
rate.

--
Ambrose

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>> "Tony" == Tony Raven <[email hidden]> writes:

Tony> Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

Tony> "Safety tips

Tony> Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make
Tony> yourself more visible."

Over here in Oz we have helmet compulsion; I figured I might as well
turn it in to something useful so it sports four red blinkies on the
rear and a nice bright blinkie on the front. I'm a veritable mobile
Christmas Tree.
--
Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

Tony Raven came up with the following;:

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elyob said:

Just noticed this poster on my jaunts yesterday ..

http://fishpluschips.com/photos/heathrowcycling.jpg

http://www.airport-commuter.co.uk/

Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

"Safety tips

Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make yourself more
visible."

Oh come on, at least they're trying and the helmet thing is likely to be
their legal departments way of covering their arses. They seem to have,
overall, a very positive cycle strategy, including arranging or at least
publicising various cycling activities, and just trying to take the [censored]
won't help.

Perhaps an e or snail mail to them might, but you'd probably better explain
what you mean a bit better than simply making snide remarks like the above.

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

Paul - censored said:

Perhaps an e or snail mail to them might, but you'd probably better
explain what you mean a bit better than simply making snide remarks like
the above.

I'm ahead of you and got a nice reply from Freda as follows:

Quoted message said:

Thank you for your email to the Airport Commuter team and your positive
comments regarding cycling promotion at Heathrow

Regarding the cycle safety tips and the use of cycle helmets, I have had
discussions with Adam Coffman at CTC about this and am aware of their
position on this topic. However, it has always been felt at BAA that we
should promote the use of cycling helmets and high visibility alongside
safe cycle handling. I do not profess to be an expert on this and believe
it is something that we need to research further. But for the timebeing
we do believe it is the most responsible approach to take.

Thanks again for your comments. I hope you will continue to use the
Airport Commuter website as we will use it to promote local cycling events
and initiatives

Which means that BAA think they know more about cycle helmets than the
CTC. Still I guess it goes hand in hand with deflating bicycle tyres at
checkin and carrying flotation vests in 747's, both of which are
slavishly followed but of b****r all use in reality.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

Euan said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>>>"Tony" == Tony Raven <[email hidden]> writes:

Tony> Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

Tony> "Safety tips

Tony> Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make
Tony> yourself more visible."

Over here in Oz we have helmet compulsion; I figured I might as well
turn it in to something useful so it sports four red blinkies on the
rear and a nice bright blinkie on the front. I'm a veritable mobile
Christmas Tree.

Makes it easy to tell which way up you are as you skid off on those damn
tram lines too 😉

Are you one of those manic guys I saw last time I was in Mel, powering
down Swanston at about 80kph first thing in the morning? Scary stuff!

--
Chris

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Over here in Oz we have helmet compulsion; I figured I might as well
turn it in to something useful so it sports four red blinkies on the
rear and a nice bright blinkie on the front. I'm a veritable mobile
Christmas Tree.

Don't tell Helen -- she already makes Norfolk glow in the dark.

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Tony Raven came up with the following;:

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elyob said:

Just noticed this poster on my jaunts yesterday ..

http://fishpluschips.com/photos/heathrowcycling.jpg

http://www.airport-commuter.co.uk/

Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

"Safety tips

Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make yourself more
visible."

Oh come on, at least they're trying and the helmet thing is likely to be
their legal departments way of covering their arses. They seem to have,
overall, a very positive cycle strategy, including arranging or at least
publicising various cycling activities, and just trying to take the [censored]
won't help.

Perhaps an e or snail mail to them might, but you'd probably better
explain what you mean a bit better than simply making snide remarks like
the above.

Paul, I'm with you (not just the [censored] reference!), they are positive about
cycling. They have a BUG. They know what a BUG is. They say h*lm*t, I say
tomato. They have spent thousands on advertising cycling. I find it a
positive message, not a reason to grumble.

The quick email response is very good too. Good on the airport authorities.

Nick

Tony Raven <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3lc6djF11mqm2U1
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and carrying flotation vests in 747's, both of which are
slavishly followed but of b****r all use in reality.

I'm with Billy Connolly on this. In the event of an impending crash,
everyone picks them up, throws them and shouts "Go away nasty mountain!" 🙂

On a more serious note, smoke hoods would be more useful in the majority of
survivable crashes.

Graeme

elyob came up with the following;:

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Tony Raven came up with the following;:

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elyob wrote:
> Just noticed this poster on my jaunts yesterday ..
>
> http://fishpluschips.com/photos/heathrowcycling.jpg
>
> http://www.airport-commuter.co.uk/
>
>

Includes a new rationalisation for helmets:

"Safety tips

Always wear a helmet to help prevent injury and to make yourself more
visible."

Oh come on, at least they're trying and the helmet thing is likely to be
their legal departments way of covering their arses. They seem to have,
overall, a very positive cycle strategy, including arranging or at least
publicising various cycling activities, and just trying to take the [censored]
won't help.

Perhaps an e or snail mail to them might, but you'd probably better
explain what you mean a bit better than simply making snide remarks like
the above.

Paul, I'm with you (not just the [censored] reference!), they are positive about
cycling. They have a BUG. They know what a BUG is. They say h*lm*t, I say
tomato. They have spent thousands on advertising cycling. I find it a
positive message, not a reason to grumble.

The quick email response is very good too. Good on the airport
authorities.

LOL, the [censored] reference is not what it appears to be. It refers to the type
of Radio Controlled car I used to race, a Losi Triple X
http://www.teamlosi.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=LOSA0030

I've been known by it so long that I now drive a completely different car,
but it's how I'm 'known' on Usenet ... 😉

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

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>> "Chris" == Chris <[email hidden]> writes:

Chris> Makes it easy to tell which way up you are as you skid off on
Chris> those damn tram lines too 😉

Yeah, that caught me out the first time it rained.

Chris> Are you one of those manic guys I saw last time I was in Mel,
Chris> powering down Swanston at about 80kph first thing in the
Chris> morning? Scary stuff!

No way! Swanston Street bad, full of dopey peds not looking where
they're going. Elizabeth which runs parallel much safer.
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)