Comment on Environmental protester halt the world championship in cycling... one of the best alternatives to fuel driven transportation....

ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• dimspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cycling might be.

  Cycling the sport isn’t. The sheer volume of support cars, media cars, motorbikes at every race is utter insanity.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    sportwashing

    For the folks too lazy to look it up:

    Sportswashing is a term used to describe the practice of individuals, groups, corporations, or governments using sports to improve reputations tarnished by wrongdoing. A form of propaganda, sportswashing can be accomplished through hosting sporting events, purchasing, or sponsoring sporting teams, or participating in a sport.

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• electrogamerman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Seems the protest was effective then

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Image

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• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Try cycling where I live and you’ll hate the idea of cycling in a week

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not a problem with cycling. That is a problem with city planning.

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Which isn’t a excuse not to improve it.

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  • lazyplayboy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why?

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    • CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They live on the international space station

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    • nicman24@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Death roads most likely

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      • Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’ve commuted regularly by bicycle for almost 2 decades in 3 other countries, but were I am now - Portugal - I won’t because drivers are stupidly dangerous (some of the worst in Europe judging by accident statistics), though unlike almost all of my countrymen here I refuse to buy a car and walk, use public transportation or at worst rent one when needed.

        The infrastructure isn’t even worse than in Britain (were I did regularly cycle to and from work): it’s just that when there are no segregated cycling lanes the quality of everybody else with you on the road makes a huge difference when you’re the narrow crosssection (so harder to spot for drivers who just quickly peek on the mirrors and easy to fit on their blindspot) squishy, i’ll protected and low-acceleration road user.

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