Think Bicycle

[Active Monkey]

All the recent bike jacking and yesterday’s sad story of the 2 cyclist hit by a cop van got me thinking why dont we as cyclist have a site and stickers etc like the Bike riders do with think bike.

Would you guys be interested and think this would work? Creating a ThinkBicycle site with ThinkBicycle stickers to raise awareness that we are cyclist and have a right to that you need to think of us when you are in your car.

 

If interested are there people here that are willing to assist me with this cause?

We as cyclist need to make the public aware..

[udxcob]

ThinkBike works for motor and bicycle

[Tumbleweed]

Contact Shaun Hannie and throw some weight behind the Sign-Up initiative. Some years back, we had some hubbers who were very generous in supporting them.

[Active Monkey]

ThinkBike works for motor and bicycle

 

 

Seems your right, maybe more of us can join them or even more ppl use the think bike ( with the bicycle) stickers..

[Squier]

It’s a good idea and something that I would support.

 

However, I would like to start something like “ThinkBakkie” or “ThinkBullbar” where awareness is raised amongst cyclists that they should think for everyone on the road. Ultimately it doesn’t matter who is right and who is wrong, the cyclist always comes of second best. We seem to get complacent on the road and even though we don’t necessarily break the law or make mistakes, we start to think of motorists as motorists instead of brainless idiots. I’m not saying that everyone in a car is an idiot and doesn’t follow the rules of the road, but when you are on your bike you seriously need to think of them that way.

[scotty]

Idea is good but i don't believe anything will follow through.

 

Shaun Hannie tried his best to get Sign Up working, with kit, stickers, T shirts etc, and Hubbers were very supportive and vocal but when action was needed they disappeared.

[TNT1]

I do my bit through think bike. It's not perfect, but it's something.

[Pants Boy]

It’s a good idea and something that I would support.

 

However, I would like to start something like “ThinkBakkie” or “ThinkBullbar” where awareness is raised amongst cyclists that they should think for everyone on the road. Ultimately it doesn’t matter who is right and who is wrong, the cyclist always comes of second best. We seem to get complacent on the road and even though we don’t necessarily break the law or make mistakes, we start to think of motorists as motorists instead of brainless idiots. I’m not saying that everyone in a car is an idiot and doesn’t follow the rules of the road, but when you are on your bike you seriously need to think of them that way.

 

I'd also support it, BUT the biggest issue is cyclist mentality. On my cycle to work yesterday and this morning as well, I found two cyclist taking up a whole lane of Duncan road in Hatfield, Pretoria. There was a queue of frustrated drivers behind them this morning, getting very aggressive, frustrated and silly when overtaking them. They veered of into another road, merrily chatting away, and left the chaos in Duncan road. The queue was now stuck at a traffic light, and as I'm on my bike I got away from the robot fairly fast, only to have a couple of cars see how close they can get to me (I had my wheels practically touching the pavement, pavement was FULL of pedestrians) and the final one in the queue cutting sharply in front of me and braking. Now, whilst I have a ton of sympathy for the drivers, I was a block behind these tits on their bikes when they slowed traffic - at that point in time I was actually on the pavement.

 

The 'awareness campaign' should have as it's FIRST priority educating CYCLISTS, then other road users. A mate of mine's medical aid refused to pay for his medical bills after a tumble, because he was driving on the tar and there was a pedestrian walkway to the side of the road - law actually states that he was not allowed to ride in the road, so they refused him on 'unlawful behavior'. Things like these are going to become more commonplace, and people need to wise up to the facts.

 

Well, a little more than 2cents, but there you go