I tend not to read the Daily Mail as it tends to may my blood boil with the one way hatred toward cyclist. I don’t know if this one made it to print or is only online. But this article, Cycling through grey days on a family holiday to Cornwall, is a rather nice little story about a family’s holiday where they use bicycle as a part of it.

And no where it it does it say the usual thing about cycle as the Daily Mail normally put to print.

Just did a quick search on their website and there are more cycling related stories and none seems to be normal drivel, I think we are turning them :)

LINK : Cycling through grey days on a family holiday to Cornwall by the Daily Mail

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If they can get teenage girls to start to cycle again in Darlington, why not elsewhere here in the UK. They are right teenagers all over Europe use the bicycle to get around. When I grew up there was no chance in hell of getting a lift from my folks, on your bike son, was the answer. Best part of it was the independence I had from my parents, I could go where I wanted to go and when I wanted to do so.

This is an 8 minute version of our 55 minute documentary Beauty and the Bike. The film follows two groups of young women from Darlington and Bremen. Between them, they discover what makes – and stops – teenage girls from cycling

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I love the idea of getting more young teenagers onto their bicycles again, it made me smile.

There was a few problems with this film, they showed one cycling on the pavement, not good. And she clearly didn’t know anything about her gears, since she was standing up when starting her journey, forgot about the little thing called “setting your pedals” before you start. They also kept going on about cycling lanes and a bit of paint, that is not the answer.

We need to give them some cycle training, not just the teenagers in the short film but also the adults who talked about paint and other road users. And generally some better awareness about cycling, though Darlington is way ahead of other cities and towns in the UK.

The full DVD is available from http://www.bikebeauty.org/ and there is other short movies there too.

They have even set up a little cycle club come bike rental called velodarlo for where you can hire Dutch bikes.

So come on, get on your bicycle – its cool, fun and freedom (from your folks :) )

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“Anna O F: I am a new user to Bicing and I think it´s fabulous, works well, really effective and a great alternative to metro or bus, especially to get around town from A to B. I think it is working really well. I do not use Bicing to get into the centre in the mornings or leave the centre in the evening, so there are always bicycles in the stations when I go to use one. It works really well for me.”

Link – http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/bicing_interview2.php

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“Beatrix is a bicycle sound system. She was designed from the ground up to provide maximum dispersion of high quality audio for rides and music video productions as well as provide a visual impact to her presence.”

I have seen and heard this beaut, and if you cycle regularly in London town there is a good chance that you will hear her before you see her :)

Link : http://www.bikeology.net/

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