This campaign from last summer in London (On Yer Bike London) certainly had great attention grabbing ability. I mean, look at the picture..... now stop. However, I really don't think we want to associate biking with skin tight clothes. I think, along with many others, we should try to associate normal clothes with bicycling. I ride in my suit to work, it's not a big deal. You do need to take some precautions though... like fenders with extended mud flaps, and trouser ties at your ankles. In any event I applaud the effort to get more people on bikes, and the nice photos that arose from it, but maybe next time we can show a celebrity or several normal people wearing usable outfits riding bicycles.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Attention Getting, but is it the right signal?
This campaign from last summer in London (On Yer Bike London) certainly had great attention grabbing ability. I mean, look at the picture..... now stop. However, I really don't think we want to associate biking with skin tight clothes. I think, along with many others, we should try to associate normal clothes with bicycling. I ride in my suit to work, it's not a big deal. You do need to take some precautions though... like fenders with extended mud flaps, and trouser ties at your ankles. In any event I applaud the effort to get more people on bikes, and the nice photos that arose from it, but maybe next time we can show a celebrity or several normal people wearing usable outfits riding bicycles.
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