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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels
Posted by: Philippa Bond
Date/Time: 16/07/24 14:13:00

We've got far too used to not being prepared for bad weather - and just getting into the car when the weather looks a bit iffy.  An umbrella just won't do.

When I first got into a sailing boat as a child we wore thick woollen jumpers and yellow oilskins - and still got wet and cold. Now everyone even the kids playing in the sea seem to wear wetsuits.  Times have changed.  There must be an equivalent for non competitive cyclists.

The electric cycles available to hire are good and popular and less effort than a non-electrics especially for hills.  This is one reason why the buying of cycles will not have continued at the sudden great pace it started with several years ago.

I completely agree about the lack of manners and effort to find out and abide by any rules of the road.

I was travelling in a car a couple of days ago and counted one particular BMW in front of us change lanes more than 10 times with no use of indicators whatsoever.

I was also always taught to walk along the pavement facing the traffic and I don't see a lot of that nowadays either.  Far too often groups of people seem to just walk at you and often while chatting or looking at their phones. 

So it isn't just cyclists.  It seems that no group of people is immune from this lack of considerations for others.

 


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels13/07/24 09:09:00 Eric Alan Leach
   Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels13/07/24 10:15:00 Vlod Barchuk
      Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels14/07/24 00:13:00 Ben Owen
         Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels14/07/24 07:19:00 Ben Owen
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels14/07/24 08:05:00 Simon Hayes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels15/07/24 17:47:00 Raymond Havelock
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels15/07/24 21:44:00 Peter Tolhust
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels16/07/24 14:13:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels16/07/24 17:19:00 Simon Hayes
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels19/07/24 15:24:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Cycle Sales 33% Below Pre-Pandemic levels19/07/24 19:36:00 N V Brooks

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