Comments on: Two Wheels Good

By: tejvan

tejvan — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:13:21 +0000

Thanks for link. Interesting report. I noted some of my own thoughts on a blog.

By: jonomc4

jonomc4 — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 07:54:02 +0000

Just to confirm my point about theft (here I am banging on about my own personal bet noir – with nobody caring). There is an interesting article in road.cc of a survey of cyclists – once again theft rears its head as a constant problem towards cyclists.

http://road.cc/content/news/60187-study-reveals-very-different-cycling-cultures-british-cities

I really do wish people would put more effort into campaigning for more action on theft than just more bike lanes.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:01:15 +0000

Cycle parking is fine – but for me I would never use them, the problem is with bike theft. I am now totally paranoid about it.

In summer and spring I use a road bike that costs about 4K – there is no way on earth I will leave that out – even well locked (two good locks weigh as much as the bike btw). I am fortunate at work because we have secure underground parking – even still I keep my bike in the empty desk beside me. The same applies to my commuter bike which is worth about £1.3k new – bikes are just too easy to steal and to regular a target.

For me (and quite a few other people I know) the only thing that is going to really boost cycling is the secure automatic car parks they are building in places like Tokyo. If I had the money (or I ran NCP) I would be building those all over the place in London and major cities. I am sure you could get a nice Government subsidy and then charging a reasonable fee would make it a profitable adventure.

It is a shame that I never see things like this on the “Go Dutch” campaign website.