The BIG Issue - bikes

Donga said:

If you have $4 spare, pick up a copy of the BIG ISSUE (yellow bike sign for the cover) - a few articles on cycling including a very
positive editorial (give that man a medal).

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week ... 😉

PS. Any good?

cfsmtb said:

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week ... 😉

PS. Any good?

cool ...heading for town will lurk on a corner and see if I can spend my $4...

This might be the BIGGEST sale issue of the BIG issue yet!
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There’s been a quiet, pedal-powered revolution on our streets in recent years. At peak hour on inner-city cycle routes around Australia, bikes bank up in drifts at the lights. The humble bicycle is no longer the preserve of hippies and health freaks – sales of bicycles now exceed cars as more Australians than ever before are pushing for a healthier world. The Big Issue gets on its bike and investigates.

On Apr 24, 1:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2pi...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Donga said:

If you have $4 spare, pick up a copy of the BIG ISSUE (yellow bike sign
for the cover) - a few articles on cycling including a very
positive editorial (give that man a medal).

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week
... 😉

PS. Any good?

--
cfsmtb

Not sure - the editorial is good, but the rest will be digested over a
week's lunches. The $4 is well spent even if the articles are
ordinary.

donga

Donga said:

On Apr 24, 1:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2pi...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Donga said:

If you have $4 spare, pick up a copy of the BIG ISSUE (yellow bike sign
for the cover) - a few articles on cycling including a very
positive editorial (give that man a medal).

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week
... 😉

PS. Any good?

--
cfsmtb

Not sure - the editorial is good, but the rest will be digested over a
week's lunches. The $4 is well spent even if the articles are
ordinary.

donga

Well written feature article by Hilary Harper, but nothing really new to anyone who hangs around here. Haven't had a squint at the rest of the mag yet.

Reviewed the main article here Bike Power in The Big Issue.

Donga said:

On Apr 24, 1:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2pi...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Donga said:

If you have $4 spare, pick up a copy of the BIG ISSUE (yellow bike sign
for the cover) - a few articles on cycling including a very
positive editorial (give that man a medal).

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week
... 😉

PS. Any good?

--
cfsmtb

Not sure - the editorial is good, but the rest will be digested over a
week's lunches. The $4 is well spent even if the articles are
ordinary.

donga

Well every time I've bought it it's been top-notch so $4 very well-spent
I'd say.

--
//Adam F

quote='Adam F'Donga said:

On Apr 24, 1:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2pi...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Donga said:

If you have $4 spare, pick up a copy of the BIG ISSUE (yellow bike sign
for the cover) - a few articles on cycling including a very
positive editorial (give that man a medal).

Ah [censored], thanks for the reminder, I was told to go buy a copy this week
... 😉

PS. Any good?

--
cfsmtb

Not sure - the editorial is good, but the rest will be digested over a
week's lunches. The $4 is well spent even if the articles are
ordinary.

donga

Well every time I've bought it it's been top-notch so $4 very well-spent
I'd say.

--
//Adam F[/QUOTE]Always good reading. And I like to stop to have a chat with the bloke who sells them on the footbridge from Perth railway station to the city.

Everyone, if you have time, stop for a chat with the seller who provides you with your Big Issue - you'd be surprised how interesting it can be.

SteveA

On Apr 29, 8:12 pm, SteveA <SteveA.2ps...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

Everyone, if you have time, stop for a chat with the seller who
provides you with your Big Issue - you'd be surprised how interesting
it can be.

Finally tracked down a seller on Thursday arvo and purchased his last
three copies. He was extremely pleased with that & mentioned it was
his birthday. So I sang him Happy Birthday (with another bypasser
joining in with my off key rendition). Lovely bloke, he's in the CBD
and has his little doggie in a basket alongside. 😉

me said:

Finally tracked down a seller on Thursday arvo and purchased his last three copies. He was extremely pleased with that & mentioned it was his birthday. So I sang him Happy Birthday (with another bypasser joining in with my off key rendition). Lovely bloke, he's in the CBD and has his little doggie in a basket alongside. 😉

That is so sweet! Good on you.

I bought a copy of the latest Big Issue the other day - my first. What a fantastic read! News Ltd could score some ideas from these guys! I might leave it lying around the office for people to read...

LH