Comments on Cycle Chic™ - The Original from Copenhagen.: This is Where It's Hat

the same dedication to encouraging people to cycle...

2008-12-01T08:24:00.000+01:00

the same dedication to encouraging people to cycle as in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Japan, etc. is the catch.

I commented on your post on the other blog. Have a look at Promoting Cycling on Copenhagenize.com.

And see how bicycle culture can explode, positively, when you merely concentrate on the bikes, as they have in Paris. Letting people be homo sapiens and not talking down to them.

This all looks like a perfect dream for me. I live...

2008-11-28T13:33:00.000+01:00

This all looks like a perfect dream for me. I live and work in Cambridge, UK, where we have US-style H&S liability culture gone insane.

In all your photos, not one cyclist is wearing a cycle helmet, yet the Cambridge local authority here will not publish any 'promotional' cycling material with a cyclist in it, if they are not wearing a cycle helmet and 'appropriate clothing'.

That means no scarves, long coats, riding with one hand, dark clothing and should include hi-viz clothing.

Here in the UK, cycling is presented as a highly hazardous activity, with the need to wear protective gear or else you'll be held partly liable for your injuries if a driver runs you down.

It is insane and getting worse each year. Copenhagen sounds fantastic - what's the catch?

http://www.polaine.com/matt/2008/11/28/cycling-uk-hs-hysteria-versus-copenhagen-chic/

your post its too interesting for girls who always...

2008-11-21T14:35:00.000+01:00

your post its too interesting for girls who always wear hats, like me

Hats rule! Me, I tend to favor something with a n...

2008-11-20T19:04:00.000+01:00

Hats rule! Me, I tend to favor something with a nice brim, to keep the rain and/or sun out of my eyes. Don't leave home without it! Val

Beautiful post! Maybe you can do a part II later o...

2008-11-20T17:42:00.000+01:00

Beautiful post! Maybe you can do a part II later on in the winter.

And thank you for the notice about the V&A exhibition. I was there in August and visited the Supremes exhibit. Looking at the Fashion v. Sport exhibit, it looked a bit too, uh, butch for my tastes. But the hat exhibit looks fab! I should be back to London before May and will endeavor to go. Yay.