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It would be good if a decision like this was made about North Laine, Kemp Town and all over Brighton and Hove. See article below. ONE-WAY RULE TO BE WAIVED FOR...
Becky Reynolds
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Feb 1, 2009
4:22 pm
2674
the lead letter in today's Argus is an irritating one from an HGV driver who doesn't believe cyclists should be allowed on the roads - he says he also cycles,...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 3, 2009
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I used to find most Argus letters irritating, which is one reason I stopped reading it. The other reason is that it used to flap about when I was driving my...
Max
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Feb 3, 2009
4:33 pm
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one thing he said was that at the lights he would always put his nearside wheels in the gutter so no cyclist could creep up by the side of him and then get...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 3, 2009
4:43 pm
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In fairness, his defensive driving (as he calls it) is not an unreasonable thing to do if you're driving a HGV. Its a similar defensive strategy to a cyclist...
Kevin O'Sullivan
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Feb 3, 2009
4:53 pm
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I saw the article but didn't get a chance to read it. There was a comment about the "rogue" cyclists that seem to be rife, stating that he has "also seen...
Russell English
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Feb 3, 2009
7:09 pm
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Hey - there's no need to insult Alan et al. They're doing us a favour by reading the Argus so that we don't have to. I get suspicious whenever the Argus starts...
Max
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Feb 3, 2009
7:17 pm
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I did say "in general"!! Can anyone remember an article that was pro cycling? Russ...
Russell English
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Feb 3, 2009
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Sorry, I'd overlooked the get-out clause. The last positive Argus article about cycling I know of was in praise of the Prince Regent's hobby-horse. Max...
Max
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Feb 3, 2009
8:48 pm
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Hi They did have Adam Trimingham (might be spelt wrongly) who wrote articles about cycling. I don't know if he is retired now. Patrick ...
Patrick James
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Feb 3, 2009
11:57 pm
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this was not an article - it's a letter, ie the views of a reader fred ... -- Alan (Fred) Pipes FRSA fred@... if I'm away, try: alan.pipes@... ...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 4, 2009
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Bike thief in Hove "thanked" for ruining trip 1:10pm Wednesday 4th February 2009 Comments (8) Have your say » By Richard Gurner » An angry restaurant...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 4, 2009
3:55 pm
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A sympathetic article in the centre pages of the Sun today (4th Feb) by Sharon Hendry on Ghost Bikes (titled "Ghost riders"). The memorial to James ...
Adam Pride
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Feb 4, 2009
10:58 pm
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there was an interesting item on Inside Out tonight about bike theft - it seems the police in Portsmouth (I think it was) were encouraging people to get their...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 4, 2009
11:26 pm
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and another article on ghost bikes below http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue11/urbanvelo11.pdf Best Regards Adam Pride mailto:adampride@... ...
Adam Pride
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Feb 4, 2009
11:31 pm
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The white (ghost) bike that we put to mark the death of James Danson Hatcher has been removed - probably by the city council. Tony Green ...
Tony Green
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Feb 5, 2009
9:38 am
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That's Portsmouth - why not ask the B&H police what they do ?  Or Abbi Hone at the Council might be able to say. Joyce Edmond-Smith ... From: Alan (Fred)...
Joyce Edmond-Smith
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Feb 5, 2009
9:50 am
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Shame on whoever removed it It was a beautiful haunting memorial and no doubt acted as a good calmer of the madder speeding motorists along this road Darrell ...
Darrell Gale
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Feb 5, 2009
9:54 am
2691
Well that is a shame, whoever did it. I'm sure that someone at The Sun would be interested in a follow-up piece about how the memorial has been removed. If...
Max
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Feb 5, 2009
10:00 am
2692
Maybe Cranks have a spare bike we could replace it with. Possibly in conjunction with a letter to the council outlining our intention to maintain this monument...
Jacob Skinner
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Feb 5, 2009
10:17 am
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... Did you mean http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2201640.ece [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Tom Coady
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Feb 5, 2009
10:27 am
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I appreciate the suggestion. However, i remember some announcements by police in Scotland about two years ago to remove roadside tributes to accident victims...
Max
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Feb 5, 2009
10:31 am
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Thanks for the link, Tom. I've used it to post a comment to the website, complaining about the disappearance of the ghost bike. Maybe others would like to do...
Max
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Feb 5, 2009
10:41 am
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... Did you mean http://www.thesun.co.uk/mysun/comment/view.page?storyId=2201640&submissionId=683295 I can't see it yet, I guess they approve the comments...
Tom Coady
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Feb 5, 2009
10:45 am
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Yep. It's now been approved and is at http://www.thesun.co.uk/mysun/comment/view.page?storyId=2201640&submissionId=683295 Max ... [Non-text portions of this...
Max
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Feb 5, 2009
11:09 am
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... IMHO UV is a bit pathetic in this era. Why not RFID? http://bikeportland.org/2007/07/10/bike-theft-on-the-rise-is-rfid-the-solution/ or entrapment, Dutch...
Tom Coady
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Feb 5, 2009
11:10 am
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you're very brave to take on Sun readers - i note that there are already the usual anti-bike messages are appearing in there! ... -- Alan (Fred) Pipes FRSA ...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 5, 2009
11:14 am
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The Portsmouth police denied it happened, as they would, but then had to admit they'd been stung! I'm sure different police forces have different ways of...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 5, 2009
11:19 am
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good idea - those RF chips must be very cheap by now and it would appease those anti-bike ranters who insist all bikes should be registered! I went along to...
Alan (Fred) Pipes
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Feb 5, 2009
11:25 am
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As far as I'm aware BHCC has no formal policy on removing roadside memorials. This came up in a recent Portslade Police Local Action Team meeting re. a flower...
Adam Pride
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Feb 5, 2009
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