CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 14years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
"I travel around the world speaking about how ramming 'health' and 'environment' down peoples throats doesn't get them onto bikes - infrastructure and taming the automobile does."
The rest of the post is more about half truths...
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/04/eco2-bikes-greenwashing-bicycle.html
I emailed the eco bike makers to ask a few questions about their bike's eco credentials.
Yep, greenwash gets every where, there is an environmental cost to everything, even cycling. Not so sure that Aluminium is the most environmentally friendly frame materials, it takes an awful lot of energy to process. A bamboo frame would be more environmentally friendly.
"A bamboo frame would be more environmentally friendly."
Perhaps - "The chainstays are available in carbon fiber for extra stiffness in the drivetrain. Finish. We coat the bamboo with a satin polyurethane to seal it up."
This is good - "Crash tolerant. Bamboo is a lot of tougher than most people realize.
10 year warranty"
I knit my own bikes from muesli then eat them afterwards,
@ chdot, I repeat "there is an environmental cost to everything".
Min - how do you knit muesli?
"there is an environmental cost to everything"
Especially web use...!
"how do you knit muesli?"
tastefully
"Min - how do you knit muesli? "
Merely by using the power of my own smugness.
"power of my own smugness"
Is it sustainable?
The supply is endless. :-)
Min - have you tried shredded wheat?
I wouldn't use it for the saddle though - that woudl probably chafe a little...
I can't quite believe that I have found myself in the position of wondering what kind of breakfast cereal would make the best saddle.
I daresay it would all just go soggy in the rain anyhow.
Sugar Puffs would probably be quite comfy.
I'd steer clear of All Bran.
"Civilise the car! A mind-expanding quote from a high-up Oz motoring official:"
“The car’s high speed, particularly relative to walking, creates an aggressiveness that must be constrained. Certainly it has not been possible to rely on the self-restraint of the individual motorist, whose motoring decision-making is usually singularly self-centred."
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