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- bapplebo, on 07/09/2008, -0/+19Bicycles? Bah. Over here in Sydney we ride kangaroos!
- upick, on 07/08/2008, -1/+19I love cycling its a great way to travel, relax or just sight see.. Australia has some great places for cyclists.. and there's always someone on the road cycling to work.... too bad I walk to work...
- SeventhSon, on 07/08/2008, -0/+14It would get easier if you did it every day.
- phreak79, on 07/08/2008, -0/+11As a devout cyclist, rock on. I suspect this is something most cyclists have known for a while now, always good to get the message out to the wider public though.
- reubencm, on 07/09/2008, -0/+10moving from NZ to canada i am so impressed with all the cyclist routes around the city here in vancouver. during the rush hour, 10th avenue which is a bike route, is completely packed with cyclists, we just dont have the opportunity to do this in NZ as the roads are too narrow with parking on both sides of the street there isnt enough room to ride safely. props to vancouver and other cities which encourage cyclists.
- dougvfr750, on 07/08/2008, -0/+8I'd love to cycle to work, but it's 26 miles with a 900 foot climb each way. I do it once in a while, but everyday would be tough.
- fatas, on 07/09/2008, -0/+8But still we are the 2nd fattest nation after the super-lipid ***** of America
- sgtcaboose, on 07/09/2008, -0/+7I, an Australian cyclist, just got back from a 25km ride from work. Yay for my country being the fattest in the world!
- Vivifyer, on 07/09/2008, -0/+6And yet the Fat arseholes in their HSV commodores still abuse me for riding my bike, I hope they see this news and think twice before abusing the next cyclist they see on the road.
- TheRealToma, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5FYI, and I know Americans are prone to thinking this, but kangaroos generally dont hang out near people like this image depicts. Theyre generally totally absent from cities all together.
Also, that kid should be wearing a helmet. He'd get a huge fine if he was caught riding without one in Australia. - t4k3n, on 07/09/2008, -0/+5Here in Perth West Australia we just ride in the pouch of kangeroos everywhere.
- CrazyChair, on 07/21/2008, -0/+5I place an old mattress over a bunch of wombats and then sit on it. They get me to work eventually.
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Get bicycle clips.
- rupertd, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4Being a devout cyclist in the heart of Melbourne, i can happily digg this.
The only problem is, as much I want to promote cycling...other cyclists on the road can really piss me off sometimes and i'm not sure i want another 10,000 noobs on my way to work travelling at 3km/h... - 360news, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4WE are now he fattest ?
OK - that really sucks.
THANKS America - Vivifyer, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4A Performance V8 sedan, typicaly found wrapped around light poles and trees, since 95% of their drivers are all morons.
- akashra, on 07/09/2008, -0/+4So wait... they caused it because you were driving on the wrong side of the road, not passing safely, and are generally impatient? Nice logic there.
- gavinhudson, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4Great angle -- and true!
- WiseAcre, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3That's because our country is full of stupid bogans.
- marx2k, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3http://www.boostcruising.com/database/genthumbs.ph ...
HSV Commodore - marx2k, on 07/10/2008, -0/+3Ahh Critical Mass.. Make bicyclists more visible by annoying the ***** out of everyone else.
- Greatn3ss, on 07/08/2008, -0/+3truer words have never been spoken
- WorldRTomi, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3Just take your place on the road/street. You don't need a "bike route" to ride a bicycle. Roads are not just for cars.
- winmywii, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3He said there wasn't enough room to ride "Safely". Form my experience motorist are always confused as to why I am in the road.
- Smills, on 07/09/2008, -0/+3Actually, no, we are now the fattest :( Eat more Americans, make us look ever so slightly thinner.
- Greatn3ss, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2Cycling to work/school was always a good way to get in a workout - but showing up all sweaty was my only problem, I'd do it if there were showers at my school, but alas, there aren't
- Sanduu, on 07/08/2008, -1/+3That's great for them
- forceuser, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I don't even know how Australia is the fattest country in the world, if I lived there I'd be outside all the time.
- Fixthemedia, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Cycling has been getting more popular in my area, but in Arizona in the summer its just not easy.
- bolophojep, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Whilst i agree at times, with a name OZodin you can't really make that judgement.
- 360news, on 07/09/2008, -1/+3Great to see some Aussie news on the front page.
Shame it has to be from an American URL again.
Dugg anyway - ride on - CrazyChair, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2I usually don't mind cyclists, but there are one type that really pisses me and everyone else off. They lane split up to the traffic lights when everyone is stopped, then take off at 4km/h almost in the center of the lane. Everyone pretty much has to change lanes to get around them which causes a ***** load of congestion.
When they stick close to the side of the road it's all good. - desertDenizen, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2LOL. Yes, let's reduce future generations' healthcare costs to zero with mandatory infanticide.
- tipexy, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I love amsterdam and japan's attitude to cycling. It integrates into daily lives. You don't need super special lycra or super special racing bikes. You wouldn't wear special sporty clothes to walk to the shop, why would you put on sporty clothes to ride to work.
They take the off-putting nonsense out of day to day cycling, take it back to basics, and make it much more appealing. - the6thReplicant, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Calm down dude. It's just an Australian car. Do we have to translate everything for you or is Google too difficult for you? Do you start poking your eye out when people talk in metric? :):)
- inactive, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2I ride everyday through Sydney and I think it would be better to get the noobs on the bike, then the guns get the road.
- akashra, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2"Guys on bikes" give "cyclists" a bad name :/
- akashra, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2Uh... so? That pretty much describes my commute. 38km, 370m climbing.
Hardly an excuse to not ride to work. - redxii, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1Who says I'm out of shape? I just got hairy legs is all.
- WiseAcre, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1It's a parody of lame Australianism.
- marx2k, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1redxii: Let your hair hang down [from your legs]
- LokitheComplex, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1I guess it depends on how productive people are in old age. A lot of old people are used as unpaid child care. A person who lives a long and healthy lifestyle, lives off what they earn and dies after a short illness surely must be better for a country than someone who dies in middle age after a long illness? I think its mortality that makes a lot of third world countries so poor.
- marx2k, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1It's like that with any form of transportation. However, I would much rather have noobs on bikes than noobs in huge SUVs.
- zacharytelschow, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1"And by living longer as a consequence they will end up costing MORE in medical expenses over their lifetime."
I'd like to see a source on that. Although obese people lead shorter lives, they tend to have chronic health problems which require care throughout the course of their lives, which would lead me to believe that overall, their costs are higher relative to people who take care of themselves. I don't have a source, but that intuitively makes a lot of sense. - trollick, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Healthy and long old ages are as bad as having long illnesses but dying young. If you die early the government does not have to pay you all kind of money later on (social security, etc). I'm not making this ***** up, there were studies done.
- LokitheComplex, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1Ah but healthy people have healthier old ages. Unhealthy people have long illnesses. Generally.
- LokitheComplex, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1That's all fine and dandy except for urethral stricture.
- Aslan72, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1@redxii - Yup, you can fix that. Clips will even work with khakis - I just wrap them around my ankle and I can do pretty well. Also, if you don't have them, high gear might be something to stay away from - my pants would get greasy if I rode in high gear alot because my pants legs would brush up against the chain.
- PainToad, on 07/10/2008, -0/+1And where was the point in that post...
- trollick, on 07/09/2008, -0/+1*****. Healthier people live longer and sooner or later they will start having all these illnesses associated with old age. And it costs a lot to keep old folks alive.
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