Martyn P's Page

"At least it gets people talking about the abuse rather than simply accepting it as the price you pay for cycling in Australia. "

"Lovely article Mike-O. Must be a slow news days because the knuckledraggers are out in force in the comments section."

"Maastricht is one of the prettiest areas of Holland and definitely the hilliest! I'm not really across the sport cyclist (Wheelrunners as they're known in Dutch/Flemish) scene but I can help with some googling. General English language…"

"Damn that Henry Ford. But I guess we wouldn't have Strava either."

"I like this one.  The peak of man's achievements! When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for…"

"Mid May apparently. Be sure and report back if you get the chance to ride it! Been following the media hype on the Amsterdamfietsersbond page... Happy cycling over there!"

"What an awesome video, thanks for the link, its whetted my appetite for my return in July for a holiday and can't wait to get on a bike around Amsterdam again. Want to see the newly renovated Rijksmuseum and ride the controversial cycle path…"

"Hmm, yes if there's no cars nearby then it becomes somewhat less interesting. I'd like to see the option to return the car to a different spot. At least they have a daily cap, on my Go Occasional plan its $70 which is probably…"

"Wow that video is an awesome alternative to the other punch up one doing the rounds. I thought it was going to kick off when he pulled over. Instead it was all calm and polite and 'my friend' this and 'my friend' that. Most…"

"Just sold my old crapwagon and signed up for Goget car share. $9 per month membership, $9 per hour for the car. Works out cheaper apparently if you drive less than 10k per year than owning a car. Have only used a car once so far but was…"

"The heavy breather tax. Absolutely classic, just when you think humans couldn't be any dumber...ah that made my day."

"Spotted this the other day off the back of the Guardian blog. A good but infuriating read."

"I don't think domestic manufacturing is the cornerstone of any cultural consciousness, I was implying that car culture is as historically ingrained in the UK as it is here. So you're differentiating between a classier 'motoring…"

"Not sure I agree with your premise of the car being more important culturally. The UK was a major car manufacturing country through to the 70's when most manufacturing industries were gutted and began to fail to compete with rising Japanese…"