http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197 Bicycle videos and fluff Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-50413 AA to distribute free bicycle helmets in London | Bikehub | http://www.bikehub.co.uk Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:09:55 +0000 http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-50413 [...] well as being AA president, said: “Cycling has always been a part of the AA’s history. The first AA patrols rode bicycles from 1905 – some 40 years before patrol vans – and they were a regular sight on the nation’s roads [...] [...] well as being AA president, said: “Cycling has always been a part of the AA’s history. The first AA patrols rode bicycles from 1905 – some 40 years before patrol vans – and they were a regular sight on the nation’s roads [...]

]]> http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-50262 Quickrelease.tv » Blog Archive » On a rutted road to snowhere Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:45:59 +0000 http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-50262 [...] cyclists were later instrumental in the foundation of the Automobile Association, an organisation created to foil police speed traps. Asphalt: A Love Story has received research grants from the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund and the [...] [...] cyclists were later instrumental in the foundation of the Automobile Association, an organisation created to foil police speed traps. Asphalt: A Love Story has received research grants from the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund and the [...]

]]> http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-49670 Twitter Trackbacks for Quickrelease.tv » Blog Archive » AA founded as ’speed trap’ foiler; spotters were cyclists [quickrelease.tv] on Topsy.com Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:41:21 +0000 http://quickrelease.tv/?p=1197#comment-49670 [...] Quickrelease.tv » Blog Archive » AA founded as ’speed trap’ foiler; spotters were cyclists quickrelease.tv/?p=1197 – view page – cached Today we tend to think of the Automobile Association as a roadside rescue organisation with a penchant for pro-car PR. However, for much of its early history it was a radical campaigning organisation, a thorn in the side of the Government. It was founded with the express aim of defeating police speed traps, as shown by this wonderfully evocative video from the AA’s Filter tweets [...] [...] Quickrelease.tv » Blog Archive » AA founded as ’speed trap’ foiler; spotters were cyclists quickrelease.tv/?p=1197 – view page – cached Today we tend to think of the Automobile Association as a roadside rescue organisation with a penchant for pro-car PR. However, for much of its early history it was a radical campaigning organisation, a thorn in the side of the Government. It was founded with the express aim of defeating police speed traps, as shown by this wonderfully evocative video from the AA’s Filter tweets [...]

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