Saddle sore? Dutch cycling professor sees what’s wrong with Brisbane streets (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)

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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 points 1 year ago

And yet he comes and gets shown around by one of our Ministers in the middle of a crackdown against cyclists by our excellent police force.

Oh, and one of the places they were cracking down against cyclists is a place that that same Minister has a record of him breaking the "law" while showing that foreign dignitary around.

[-] Nottalottapies@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the crackdown is dumb. I wish BCC would invest a few billion to improve infrastructure ahead of the Olympics. Wishful thinking probably.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

Indeed. Or just redirecting a fraction of the money spent on road widening projects towards basic bread-and-butter bike paths, without the need to only concentrate on the big flashy projects so much.

[-] murbul@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Fox got blocked after that :)

I've ridden with Mark Bailey before and he rides FAST. His PR for the Goodwill Bridge is 44km/h with 33 km/h average, and consistently well above 20km/h average for most of his rides. I don't think you can wave all that away as a GPS glitch.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, I was wondering why the discourse seemed to stop after 8 comments on that activity. Still, while I side more with Fox here than I do with Mark, I do think by hiding behind a pseudonym, Fox was not doing himself any favours. It's hard to blame Mark for blocking him given that.

[-] murbul@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

He's also blocked on MB's Facebook where he uses his real name. And TBF he is a bit of a troll. Although the bar for being banned by the minister is fairly low. Any kind of negative sentiment on his posts is usually hidden or outright blocked pretty quickly.

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