[robchalmers]

GGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZ Thyme take a pill will you!

yes one guy getting on his bike barely scratches the CO2 blanket given out by rest of us but I think its a good Idea to see that there is an alternative to jumping in the car, whether thats to do a 30sec drive to the store or an hour long commute.

If the general public tried doing stuff like this it COULD help not just the environment but getting their ass in trim. I mean, if you jump on a bike to pick up a some bread and a paper at the corner store 1 mile away, rather than get in a car drive, find a space, get out, get back in drive back, each time the car is on the ‘choke’ part of the ECU program. It might help the health of our respective nations. Plus I really like the pedestrianised parts of the towns and cities around me and when I travel through the rest of this quirky little continent.

In out of the last 12 mounths I’ve spent 5 cycling and taking a train as my commute, It wasn’t out of choice it was because I had no car. it wasn’t over summer either it was through one of the harshest winters the UK has seen in a while. 16miles a day on the bike and rounghly 25 mins on a train. I lost 20lbs (starting at 185).

I now see it as a viable alternative, if I need to go somewhere a short distance away on my own I take the bike or…….. wait for it…………walk.

I personally am PRO car, hell I’d be out of a job without them! I love the freeedom, I love racing them and we need them in terms of a viable personal transport - for doing stuff like ‘the big weekly groceries run’ or the odd time you buy something big, or taking the family somewhere or taking stuff to the dump. Or just to stay dry and warm on a wet day.

Take this a propaganda if you want, but I like the idea – in fact I think it should have got a little more coverage – because If I’d remembered I would have took the bike and train to work.

p.s. for someone on a ‘green’ site you seem to be making a big fuss over other peoples FREE CHOICE to take part in an event. I doubt its all political , doom, gloom and under handed propaganda by the anti car lobby, Heck the worlds governments can’t even figure out how to help other countries – Haiti is a good case in point – or themselves , I know this is a touchy subject but …..Katrina. I doubt they could muster anything of any threat to your way of life as after all it’s a choice! Free will etc etc.

p.p.s calling the French Nazis (national socialists) isn’t a very wise idea really as the two don’t really get along after the whole 1939-1945 spat they had. Especially seeing how you’re above name calling :P