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General Motors: “Stop pedaling, start driving” vs Giant Bicycles’ comeback

General Motors’ campaign in US college newspapers: (via Bike Portland) Seems to be implying that driving is cooler than cycling. Pretty funny… to a lot of the younger generation (including Americans, at least in cities like Portland), there’s nothing cool about driving a huge truck. Anyway, here’s Giant Bicycles’ comeback: (via Justin Haugens) GM have  ... [More]

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Brisbane 2011

Brisbane day 4 – can you identify the animal?

Tuesday 4th October It was time to go bush. We picked up a booked car at Europcar (around the corner from the hotel, though it turned out Thrifty was also close-by) and after some negotiating of central Brisbane’s one way streets, found the Pacific Motorway. One way streets don’t affect one as a pedestrian, but  ... [More]