In praise of Ned Boulting...

[GrumpyGregry]

... on Radio Four this morning. Excellent. did anyone else hear it?

"Well, if cyclists ride the roads (of Surrey) like they have a sense of entitlement it might be because they are, well, entitled to ride on the road. Roads weren't built for cars."

Clearly all that time spent with Chris Boardman (and Carlton Reid) has rubbed off.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

... on Radio Four this morning. Excellent. did anyone else hear it?

"Well, if cyclists ride the roads (of Surrey) like they have a sense of entitlement it might be because they are, well, entitled to ride on the road. Roads weren't built for cars."

Clearly all that time spent with Chris Boardman (and Carlton Reid) has rubbed off.

I missed that. What time was he on?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I missed that. What time was he on?

He was on Broadcasting House which starts at 10:00 CET so 09:00 BST

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

He was on Broadcasting House which starts at 10:00 CET so 09:00 BST

Thanks. That should be here....http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j0m4f

(at 17:15)

 

[Fubar]

... on Radio Four this morning. Excellent. did anyone else hear it?

"Well, if cyclists ride the roads (of Surrey) like they have a sense of entitlement it might be because they are, well, entitled to ride on the road. Roads weren't built for cars."

Clearly all that time spent with Chris Boardman (and Carlton Reid) has rubbed off.

I do like his books.

 

[EltonFrog]

http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/about/

An interesting read.

 

[Keith Oates]

There will be a few people in the pub that would not agree that roads were built for cars.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[velovoice]

There will be a few people in the pub that would not agree that roads were NOT built for cars.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FTFY

 

[Keith Oates]

Well spotted, it's really my time for bed. (Any excuse)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tim Hall]

I listened to that. That nice Mr Boulting calmed me down, after hearing the lazy journalism piece that introduced him (Paddy O'Connel(?) on Box Hill with two frothing locals). Mind you Angela Epstein, who was presenting the counter argument to Ned Bolting's is a drivelling eejit.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

She seemed more 'entitled' than the people she was whining about. I reckon there's a fair few words that she could be 'entitled'

 

[GrumpyGregry]

It is deeply sad that it needs saying at all, let alone need saying to the extent that we applaud its being said.

I decry that it needs to be said. Yet I salute the elan with which it was said.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Agree it is a sad state of affairs that it needs saying but we all know it does and regularly and still doesn't make much of a dent in the motor mindset.

So if it has to be said then someone personable, inteligent, articulate and something of a crossover presenter not just pigeonholed for cycling is the right person for the job. Go Ned.

 

[Globalti]

They're all wrong. Most British roads were built for horses, which is why they are so narrow and twisty. From 1700 on turnpike roads were built for horses and carriages as Britain's economy grew and industrialised. Cars only came along late, in the 1900s. I'd say that loosely, the only roads built specifically for cars are the motorways and modern bypasses.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

With a slightly different emphasis, Ned's commentating in Eurosport's coverage of the London 6-day event right now. He's just done a very competent interview with Cavendish and he's keeping up a good commentary with Rob Hayles(?). http://cricfree.tv/euro-sports-live-stream It's good to see him develop into a good cycling commentator, and he uses the fact that he's more the enthusiast than the first rate cyclist very well.