Bicycle skewers are go!

So what happens the bus rears ends something… goodbye bike…. are they covered for this…. there are some fucking crazy drivers out there… I will put money on the fact that every bus I catch that has one of these things some fucking hippy will come and tie there bike up to this mostly… mostly to give me the shits!!

Negative publicity he may have generated, what a craic!!

Seeing as how that comment was made in his ‘pre-glassed-ened’ state, I’d say said publicity was little more than a contemptuous laugh by you and me.

What SGS said was:

Areaman, not only will I post a public apology on RA if the bike racks do get used (and not to be drawn out on a technicality, I mean available for public use), but I will personally write a letter to Simon Corbell apoligising for not trusting his word, a letter to ACTION apoligising for any negative publicity I may have generated, and further letters to The Chronicle and Canberra Times editors making further public apoligies.

I still reserve the right to take issue with the extra time it will take for the bikes to get on and off the racks securely, and to have concerns about the bikes which are not properly secured.

Well, jump to it boy.

They’re only going to be on the ‘intertown’ buses.
Those buses are fairly regular, but yes it still could be a pain waiting for a bus with a free rack.

Sorry, I forgot to add in the word “naked”!

Wasn’t Sam going to run around Civic Bus Interchange if these things ever came into use?????

on WIN news, it was reported that the initiative cost $350,000. What a productive use of council funds! Where did the $350,000 go? Or did someone’s brother uncle’s best mate land the contract?

such a fanciful indulgent idea surely did not warrant much more than some K-Mart bike racks slapped on the back of the bus?

Now lets see Pedal Power have their usual annual whinge about bull bars on cars/4WDs… bike racks on buses appear far more capable of serious damage to pedestrians and cyclists!

Or…you know…we could wait and see if they get used and they work 🙂

Certainly some of the objections sound credible but who really knows what’ll happen in a Canberra context. Could be ok.

As a former salesman myself I’d love to meet the magnificent bastard who sold these things.

Truly he must be a dark angel amongst men (and surely only man is capable of such evil?)

Who in their right mind is going to wait for a bus in the off chance that a rack is free?

Who, without having done it before, is going to hold a bus up while they mess with securing their bike, and then trust it not to fall off somewhere along the way.

To say nothing of the risk that the next n00b with a bike isn’t going to mess with the way your own is secured?

And so, at great expense, very little is achieved. Bus route’s can’t be straightened, families certainaly can’t use it because what are they going to do? Split the family over two buses? (on a weekend schedule no less?)

I mean seriously. Did anyone involved in this procurement ever stop and say, wait a minute, how exactly are these things going to be used?

Roll the damn bikes onto the buses you morons!

How very very odd this is. Legalities of bus lengths aside, it will be interesting to see how long it takes people to load and unload the bikes, and how annoyed other patrons become when some people spend excess time trying to work out the instructions.

A picture of the instructions can be found here with thanks to Bus Australia

hrmms… sounds like something Crikey would say when referring to RA.

“RA’s coverage of the unfolding recumbant bike debate can found here and here.” (Note that the heres aren’t linked) “From myself to all involved… Well done you knuckle heads. You couldn’t find a root in brothel with fist full of fifties.”

Now that’s just funny.