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    From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 12:30:50 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    QUOTE: Looking ahead, Ealing residents are encouraged to continue sharing their suggestions for bike hangar locations, ensuring that the council remains responsive to their needs. The council plans to install an
    additional 25 bike hangars across the borough by the end of this summer,
    with a long-term goal of having at least 150 hangars by 2026. ENDS

    Make sure they are well lit and not those invisible ones that seem to be
    a magnet for idiot drivers.

    Keep the bike bins well-lit?

    Another cost to Ealing taxpayers.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 13:05:35 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    QUOTE: As part of their £10 million investment to support active travel,
    the council aimed to provide safe and affordable storage for bicycles, benefiting residents like Ricardo, who shared his positive experience in
    a short video. ENDS

    "I thought Brexit got rid of these bloody dago and wops" - UKIP gammon.

    Get your Gammon swivels here:

    <https://www.gammontechstore.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=GTP%2D1501%2E&CartID=0>

    (Safe)

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 12:42:25 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    QUOTE: One of the significant outcomes of the consultation is the
    reduction in bike hangar costs. Previously priced at £6 per month, the council has significantly lowered the fee to a mere 70p per month, making Ealing bike hangars the most affordable in London. ENDS

    A bit like NLCC freezing my council tax for 23-24.
    Win win.

    You’re still confusing price with cost.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 15:51:18 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    QUOTE: We promised we will be taking decisions together with residents,
    and so the 25 new bike hangars are all in locations suggested by the community.” ENDS

    So there was a wish for these hangars from the community and they are getting installed?
    Don't the Brextard gammons drone on about "democracy" - or don't they
    agree with it when it concerns cycling and ULEZ expansion?

    I posted a link to Gammon swivels earlier today.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 16:45:45 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    QUOTE:In a bid to promote active travel and combat air pollution, Ealing Council has successfully installed 25 new bike hangars across the borough.ENDS

    Need to repair the ULEZ cameras vandalised by the dirty air loving thugs.

    Actually, Ealing Council are only pandering to those who already cycle.

    Construction, delivery, maintenance, repair, removal, and replacement of
    the Bike Bins will have significant costs both financially and for environmental and air quality reasons, quite possibly at no increase in
    cycling from this project.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 18:45:56 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, May 29, 2023 at 6:06:02 PM UTC+1, swldx...@gmail.com wrote:
    QUOTE: Looking ahead, Ealing residents are encouraged to continue
    sharing their suggestions for bike hangar locations. ENDS

    How about car parking spaces that are too small for Wankpanzers?

    From cyclists to the OED!

    wankpanzer

    A pointlessly large and overpowered 4x4 vehicle, usually purchased as a
    boost to driver's ego who is likely to have some kind of inferiority
    complex. Common examples are the Audi Q, Range Rover and the BMW X7; with
    the most hideous example being the porsche cayenne. He sneered at his
    fellow humans through the tinted glass of his wankpanzer.

    Didn’t some cyclist on a £12000 carbon frame cycle recently kill someone because they didn’t get out of his way fast enough?

    What sneering name might you apply to that sort of machine?

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to swldx...@gmail.com on Mon May 29 18:23:28 2023
    swldx...@gmail.com <swldxer1958@gmail.com> wrote:

    QUOTE: Looking ahead, Ealing residents are encouraged to continue sharing their suggestions for bike hangar locations. ENDS

    Put the Bike Bins where the sun doesn’t shine…

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