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Car advertising at its worst. Branding cycling as what no sane person would do.

A month to go: 10.04.10. They say that registration is closed. Whatever that means.

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Don’t forget your Dashing Tweeds cap.

Lacoste

If you want to ride with high-heel shoes, you may want to consider these:

from the Italian Cycling Journal

Top image by Fyxomatosis – follow the link for the porn (bike-, that is)

I mean, these guys have been marking cycle lanes for 100 years. They know how wide to make them.

Matt Taylor is a Brighton based illustrator and designer. He has recently produced a nice set of “Tattoos and Bikes” drawings. We are a bit more conservative (small c) and prefer the image above

By Curitiba CC

Different capital cities, the same asinine mentality, which ignores the importance of quality cycling infrastructure:

In Rome a bridge half-way into an important cycle way has been closed for fourteen months, with no notice nor work to fix the problem. Roma Pedala is obviously angry that the makeshift barrier (ignored by everyone) has now been made permanent, making the cycleway useless.

In London, new drawings have been released of the much hyped Super-Cycleway project. If a high-school student had produced such a joke for a school project, he would have been given an “F”. Any teacher would have responded, “Your big idea is changing the colour of the tarmac from green to blue? How is that going to make a new rider feel safer?”

We can only hope that the imminent financial meltdown in the two countries will bring a total devastation of the present political classes and the civil service, which will allow new administrations run by people with surnames that start with ‘van’ or end with ’sen’.

Romans and Londoners do not deserve to be ruled by asses such as Alemanno and Johnson.

Realistic mock-up of the Superhighway drawings by Ade at the LFGSS forum

UPDATE – Rob has a very good post on the subject. And if you think it is just a joke, look at this shoddy paint-job which heralds the Mayor’s Super-Project

I don’t want to die in my sleep, by Chris Thornley, via Chicks and Bikes

To celebrate Women’s Day, the London Cycling Campaign is organising a circular ride on Sunday 7 March, starting at 14 from the Shortwave Bar & Cinema, in Bermondsey Square, with an after-party at the end, including music and film screenings.

UPDATE: Watch Mark’s video of the ride with poignant commentary.