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I’m cycling on a side street crossing a major suburban arterial road in Adelaide.
At the intersection, I scan left and the traffic is banked up from traffic lights 300 metres away. To my right is a sizeable gap. Off I go.
A shiny 4WD accelerates towards me, closing the gap faster than I thought possible, but nowhere near fast enough for panic.
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Welcome to July – a month when ridiculous numbers of Australians forgo rude quantities of sleep to watch a bunch of spandexed bulgers ride bikes in a big circle round a snotty nation on the other side of the planet.
Bitter? Moi? I’d answer “mais oui” but that would be playing right into the hands of le enemy.
France’s annual Tour de Tighty Pants brings mixed emotions for those of us who pedal pushies about the place on a daily basis. And by mixed emotions, I mean a seething combination of bitter and twistedness.
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Nick says:
Yeah joy…and fark knows about what side you should take. We’re not even the bat. What is it with all these haters. I walk, run, ride bikes, drive a car, ski, snow board, own dogs, own cats, have kids etc etc…I’m supposed to hate everybody and everybody hate me but… Read more »
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Garet says:
Stephen, I don’t know where to begin with your comments. Have you anything at all that would support your contention that commercial road users pay the bulk of road costs? Provide some evidence, but I think you’re talking out of your proverbial on that one. And as for your limited… Read more »
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