http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2008/03/classic-bicycling-is-the-new-crocs.html Trends and Innovation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2008/03/classic-bicycling-is-the-new-crocs.html/comment-page-1#comment-633 Faranaaz Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:02:10 +0000 http://www.cherryflava.dreamhosters.com/?p=501#comment-633 Well, I just spent three months in Cambridge and I can tell you, that is one town where a bicycle is indispensable. I've seen university professors, hot guys and girls, and mums with tots all cycling around the town. There are bicycle shops galore selling all sorts of accessories and the most coveted bikes were the retro ones they call "City Bikes" (like in your picture), not the cheesy looking mountain bikes or thin-wheeled Tour de France types. In fact, I saw very few of that last type in my time there. If you don't have too far to cycle or too much uphill, bicycles are the perfect form of transportation. The only thing that may be a problem in South Africa is driver attitude. In Cambridge, the undisputed rule of the road was that cyclists *always* give way to pedestrians and motorists *always* give way to cyclists. I'm not sure if that would work here with our manic, reckless, "the road belongs to me" type drivers. Well, I just spent three months in Cambridge and I can tell you, that is one town where a bicycle is indispensable. I’ve seen university professors, hot guys and girls, and mums with tots all cycling around the town. There are bicycle shops galore selling all sorts of accessories and the most coveted bikes were the retro ones they call “City Bikes” (like in your picture), not the cheesy looking mountain bikes or thin-wheeled Tour de France types. In fact, I saw very few of that last type in my time there.
If you don’t have too far to cycle or too much uphill, bicycles are the perfect form of transportation. The only thing that may be a problem in South Africa is driver attitude. In Cambridge, the undisputed rule of the road was that cyclists *always* give way to pedestrians and motorists *always* give way to cyclists. I’m not sure if that would work here with our manic, reckless, “the road belongs to me” type drivers.

]]> http://www.cherryflava.com/cherryflava/2008/03/classic-bicycling-is-the-new-crocs.html/comment-page-1#comment-632 Iaan van Niekerk Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:35:25 +0000 http://www.cherryflava.dreamhosters.com/?p=501#comment-632 Sure is such a time - See www.jonnyloco.co.za for pretty sweet lifestyle bicycling - from Stellenbosch ;-) Sure is such a time – See http://www.jonnyloco.co.za for pretty sweet lifestyle bicycling – from Stellenbosch

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