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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 31 Jul 2010 12:25
Which means that cars outnumber bicycles by 1,000 to 1. Funny, that
city is still in the middle of a very poor country, and they could be
make better use of bicycles than cars.

India and China are nearby and they use the bicycle extensively.
Though they also want to leave it behind for the outcasts and want to
embrace CAPITALISM with full power, ie. SUVs and all.

In this clip of Kabul, you don't see the homeless, a staple of Western
capitals, but you do see a few bikes, riding against traffic, whatever
it takes to survive in chaos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZyHX3KqSl0&feature=related


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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 31 Jul 2010 20:22
OK, let's write the CCBTB or Code of Civilized Behavior Toward
Bicycles applicable in London, Miami or Kabul. It's not yet legally
binding, but it may some day:

ROUGH DRAFT

1- A bicycle is entitled to TAKE THE LANE on multilane roads. You the
driver must exit the lane 20' before and after.

2- A car and bicycle may share the lane on single lane road, provided
the vehicle slows down to 20mph.

3- The cyclist is responsible for being VISIBLE, and ignoring this
rule may result in dismissing liability of the driver.

4- The cyclist may occasionally take the other lanes to turn.

5- Those who ignore these rules, bullying cyclists, committing hit-and-
run, better join the Taliban because they will be hunted down. ;)

From: John on 1 Aug 2010 02:21
Really!

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:22:38 -0700 (PDT), "His Highness the
TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock"
<nolionnoproblem(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>OK, let's write the CCBTB or Code of Civilized Behavior Toward
>Bicycles applicable in London, Miami or Kabul. It's not yet legally
>binding, but it may some day:
>
>ROUGH DRAFT
>
>1- A bicycle is entitled to TAKE THE LANE on multilane roads. You the
>driver must exit the lane 20' before and after.
>
>2- A car and bicycle may share the lane on single lane road, provided
>the vehicle slows down to 20mph.
>
>3- The cyclist is responsible for being VISIBLE, and ignoring this
>rule may result in dismissing liability of the driver.
>
>4- The cyclist may occasionally take the other lanes to turn.
>
>5- Those who ignore these rules, bullying cyclists, committing hit-and-
>run, better join the Taliban because they will be hunted down. ;)
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 2 Aug 2010 12:01
Interesting, very interesting stuff... Riding a bicycle in Afghanistan
sounds like a crazy idea and an American commander wants more of it!
We have bikes in America though. Lots of it, tons of it, but NO PLACE
TO RIDE THEM! Such is the irony of life in the jungle. But "public
affairs" sounds PR, and such is the importance of propaganda in a war.

(I quote)

We ran a photo essay in our March issue that showed the renascent bike
culture of Kabul coming back to life after the Taliban had headed for
the hills. Colonel Derik Crotts, an American public affairs officer
for the commander of NATO who subscribes to the magazine, contacted us
and said, in effect, I know you do thes projects in Africa. Why not do
one in Afghanistan?

Because there's a war going on there, I thought as I read his email.
Still, I replied, saying I was intrigued.

Crotts called me about 90 seconds after I sent the email. His pitch
was bourbon-smooth and effortless. Fifty bikes, he said. We'll give
some to orphans, some to NGOs, some to the Afghan Cycling Federation.

But 50 bikes and the spare parts and tools needed to build them and
keep them running weigh about two tons, I said. Kind of hard to get
over the Khyber.

We'll fly them in on a transport plane, he said.

But Afghanistan is dangerous, I said.

It's not bad in Kabul, he said. You'll stay on a military compound,
and we'll give you body armor and a helmet.

Great. Body armor. I feel safer already.

That was two months ago. Today, I'm sitting in the lobby of the
Brussels Airport Sheraton, drinking coffee and waiting for our team to
assemble, Ocean's Eleven-style. I have my mechanic, my fixer, my video
guy. I have the mightiest army known to history protecting me.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-madden/biking-afghanistan-depart_b_102488.html

From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 4 Aug 2010 15:50
On Aug 4, 10:41 am, Cully J <ccar...(a)new.rr.com> wrote:
> On Jul 31, 12:45 pm, "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the
> Movement of Tantra-Hammock" <nolionnoprob...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Which means that cars outnumber bicycles by 1,000 to 1. Funny, that
> > city is still in the middle of a very poor country, and they could be
> > make better use of bicycles than cars.
>
> > India and China are nearby and they use the bicycle extensively.
> > Though they also want to leave it behind for the outcasts and want to
> > embrace CAPITALISM with full power, ie. SUVs and all.
>
> > In this clip of Kabul, you don't see the homeless, a staple of Western
> > capitals, but you do see a few bikes, riding againsttraffic, whatever
> > it takes to survive in chaos...
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZyHX3KqSl0&feature=related
>
> > ----------------------------------------------
>
> > WHEN THE REVOLUTION IS THE SOLUTION
>
> >http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
> Even if you commute on a dual suspension mountain bike, those streets
> are awful! Yet more proof that the automobile has destroyed the urban
> landscape!
>
> Cullen

If Afghanistan we can expect the Humvees and tanks to put potholes
everywhere, thus it must be a magnificent place to go mountain biking.
The IED's leave extra deep obstacles.

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