Comments on: Talking to Mikael… some more! http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/ Sitting up straight; The key to growing urban cycling Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:45:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Dottie http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Dottie Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:43:50 +0000 http://www.situp-cycle.com/?p=670#comment-224 Aw, I like the narration in the first film! Thanks to you and Violeta for putting these together. Very interesting to watch. Aw, I like the narration in the first film!

Thanks to you and Violeta for putting these together. Very interesting to watch.

]]> By: Herve http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Herve Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:17:59 +0000 http://www.situp-cycle.com/?p=670#comment-196 Interesting how the dutch are so effective at promoting cycling by emphasizing the POSITIVE. It's so different from what has been happening here! We've had so much brainwashing about helmets that most people now believe that cycling is too dangerous! How wrong? It is still as safe as being a pedestrian crossing the street. Yet you don't see pedestrians putting on their helmets & being worried about their safety. We are created such an incorrect perception with this silly compulsory helmet law, that many people have been discouraged from cycling. As a result, cycling has become more dangerous due to the 'safety in numbers' factors. When you realise that helmets are a thin polystyrene layer that is not designed to cope with any type of serious accident, it becomes clear how ridiculous the whole compulsory helmet argument is. What where they thinking when they introduced that law? Interesting how the dutch are so effective at promoting cycling by emphasizing the POSITIVE.

It’s so different from what has been happening here! We’ve had so much brainwashing about helmets that most people now believe that cycling is too dangerous! How wrong? It is still as safe as being a pedestrian crossing the street. Yet you don’t see pedestrians putting on their helmets & being worried about their safety.

We are created such an incorrect perception with this silly compulsory helmet law, that many people have been discouraged from cycling. As a result, cycling has become more dangerous due to the ‘safety in numbers’ factors.

When you realise that helmets are a thin polystyrene layer that is not designed to cope with any type of serious accident, it becomes clear how ridiculous the whole compulsory helmet argument is.

What where they thinking when they introduced that law?

]]> By: AMSTERDAMIZE | 100% Lycra-Free, Guaranteed http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/comment-page-1/#comment-183 AMSTERDAMIZE | 100% Lycra-Free, Guaranteed Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:49:16 +0000 http://www.situp-cycle.com/?p=670#comment-183 [...] Rubbo from Sit-up Cycle, who’s recent video interview with Mikael Colville-Andersen made waves on the internets, posted another great video (check the [...] [...] Rubbo from Sit-up Cycle, who’s recent video interview with Mikael Colville-Andersen made waves on the internets, posted another great video (check the [...]

]]> By: Atha http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Atha Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:07:36 +0000 http://www.situp-cycle.com/?p=670#comment-170 this message speaks to me....i long for safe, but also gorgeous bike trails around the city....riding makes me strong, fills my lungs, makes my body happy, is calming, joyful....i think youre on the right track with your message of a better way of life for us...(any alternative to obesity or even just carrying a few extra kilos! is good) if there is any little thing that my family and i can do to help.....? this message speaks to me….i long for safe, but also gorgeous bike trails around the city….riding makes me strong, fills my lungs, makes my body happy, is calming, joyful….i think youre on the right track with your message of a better way of life for us…(any alternative to obesity or even just carrying a few extra kilos! is good)

if there is any little thing that my family and i can do to help…..?

]]> By: Violeta http://www.situp-cycle.com/2009/12/18/talking-to-mikael/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Violeta Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:56:06 +0000 http://www.situp-cycle.com/?p=670#comment-160 haha! funny I never thought of my glasses as being stylish...loved the video, Mike, keep up the great work. haha! funny I never thought of my glasses as being stylish…loved the video, Mike, keep up the great work.

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