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Cycling
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PICK N PAY PLUMSTEAD HELMET ATTACK
02 Jul 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Please enjoy this tool wearing his helmet indoors. While shopping, no less. You, my friend, are a tool Shame. [thanks grant]
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MEADOWRIDGE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
30 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
It is not only the larny sidewalk cafe’s and trendy restaurants that are subjected to this madness and intolerable behaviour dished out by cyclists. Cyclists who seem hell-bent on wearing their helmets in public places; in some kind of sick alien-style ritual that forms the core of these helmet attacks that seem to be spreading [...]
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CYCLISTS SAY “UP YOURS” TO VIDA E AND GENERAL PUBLIC’S REQUESTS
15 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 52 Comments
BLATANTLY ignoring Vida e’s polite public-led request (here) for cyclists to remove their helmets when frequenting their establishment; it seems that THESE cyclists couldn’t care less about the general public’s wishes regarding their grossly inappropriate, anti-social and imposing behaviour. This, sent in this morning by a 2oceansvibe reader and concerned fellow citizen. Camps Bay [...]
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UK SAINSBURYS CYCLING HELMET ATTACK
10 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Only a week since the last overseas attack we received from New York (here ), this new report comes in from a victim in the UK. Let’s hear Ryan A’s reaction: Madness Seth, Many of us have been sitting in the relative safety of the UK watching, with horror, the shameless helmet attacks back [...]
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LONE ATTACKER TARGETS SHELL STATION
04 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 10 Comments
As the resounding chorus of dissent aimed at these senseless attacks continue, each new sighting becomes more and more difficult to comprehend. Like this recent accosting at the Shell garage shop, on Buitenkant. What is this alien doing? Take me to your leader. Vida e in South Africa have followed the 2oceansvibe led [...]
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NEW YORK CYCLE HELMET ATTACK
01 Jun 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
One would think that in a city which is still suffering the heartache and memories of the 9/11 attacks, people would be more mindful when walking into stores and laying on a full-on helmet attack? This, from Kerrin N in New York City: Hi Seth, Greetings from Brooklyn (New York, not Millerton), I [...]
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BLOODY RUDE OF HIM
21 May 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
You’re rude and you’re coming across as a tool. Kindly remove your helmet. [thanks rob]
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CYCLISTS NOT GOOD FOR BUSINESS
11 May 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
Public sentiment and general hygiene concern has come to the fore, as more and more restaurants country-wide are now blatantly refusing entry to ALL cyclists, let alone those who refuse to wear their helmets while they dine – a very particular complaint that we have, here at 2oceansvibe. This, from Remo’s restaurant, just outside Mount [...]
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PINELANDS “ROCKED TO THE CORE” FOLLOWING LATEST ATTACK
01 May 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
This just in. Having spent some time in my youth in Pinelands, it always cuts me deep when I hear bad stories to do with the once sleepy hollow. I was having a great day today, between working on the movie script and some down time at Caprice – before I received this email and [...]
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THE BEST BIKE STUNTS OF YOUR LIFE
29 Apr 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 8 Comments
A couple months back we brought you one of the funniest ads of your life, featuring a BMX that a guy was selling (here). That has nothing to do with this article, other than the fact that it involves a bike of sorts. I just mentioned that to, you know, bring across an air on [...]
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THE NATIONAL SKIRT PROJECT – LET’S HAVE THAT CHAT
08 Apr 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 10 Comments
I didn’t want to get into this, as it is clearly a publicity stunt of sorts, but the emails don’t seem to be stopping and I simply have to say SOMETHING about it. I’m talking about this “National Skirt Extension Project” thing that is being advertised everywhere. So check it out. Here are the ads [...]
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WHY CYCLING SHORTS ALWAYS COME IN BLACK
30 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
I’d say the colour black has the monopoly when it comes to cycling shorts colours. I think we should have a quick recap as to why that is. Here is a super cool group of cyclists wearing black shorts: Cyclists – in black shorts(I think it’s fair to say they are lined up according [...]
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LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS FALLEN AND GONE TO HOSPITAL
23 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
News just in from The Associated Press: Armstrong falls during race, is taken to hospital 18 minutes ago BALTANAS, Spain (AP) — Lance Armstrong has been taken to a hospital after falling during the first stage of a five-day race in Spain. The seven-time Tour de France champion may have injured his [...]
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POM CYCLIST BREAKS RULES
13 Mar 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 1 Comment
Shocking, shocking, shocking! As poms and ex-pats have to spend their time worrying about terror attacks repeats of past atrocities, it seems a local trend of attack is on the rise over there – bicycle helmets indoors. When will the madness end? This, from a troubled Dale S: Hey Seth, I am in [...]
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HELMET ATTACK AT DURBAN AIRPORT
25 Feb 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
It seems it is not just Cape Town that is under attack by the indoor helmet wearing brethren. Here we see fresh footage taken at Louis Botha airport in Durban on Sunday. Indoor helmet attack at Louis Botha airport, Durban The similarities to suicide bomb attacks are numerous. Most notable is the fact [...]
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CYCLIST SOILS HIMSELF IN SHEER DEFIANCE
23 Feb 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 16 Comments
The public outcry against cyclists wearing their helmets in restaurants and other retail outlets, is reaching fever pitch. With the public attacks occurring everywhere from Sea Point Spar and Giovanni’s, to Newport Deli and Vida e; there seems to be no end in sight, as they INSIST on further alienating themselves from the overwhelming majority [...]
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“FUNKY” CYCLING OUTFITS
05 Feb 2009 by Seth Rotherham / 10 Comments
No, no, no, no, no! That’s just not going to cut it, I’m afraid.
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SEA POINT SUPER SPAR UNDER ATTACK
02 Feb 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Not only have we had to endure fatalities at local eateries and coffee shops, but it seems the cycling helmet terror attacks are being carried out at grocery stores as well. Spotted at Sea Point SuperSpar Another reason to shop at Woolworths How long is law enforcement and the public as a whole [...]
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BICYCLING MAGAZINE HAS A STYLE GURU
28 Jan 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
It’s so cool that Bicycling Magazine has a fashion/style editor, called “STYLEMAN.” It’s even better that a recent issue rasies the question we brought up with regards to cyclists wearing helmets whilst dining in restaurants/cafes and eateries around Cape Town. You’ll find STYLEMAN’S reply might hamper his chances of working for Vogue. www.bicycling.co.za [...]
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OYO RESTAURANT TREATS CYCLISTS LIKE PESTS
15 Jan 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Apparently Oyo restaurant at the V&A Waterfront are chasing cyclists away like “pests” and telling them that no more cyclists will be served. I swear. This is not the actual cyclist in question. Merely another incredible example sent in by a reader Check this out from hellopeter: THE INCIDENT I have frequented [...]
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‘PIRATES’ IN HOUT BAY BANS CYCLING HELMETS
13 Jan 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
As the trend for zero tolerence when it comes to cyclist’s wearing their helmets in public grows, it is interesting to note that some establishments have now made it law. This, found on the menu at Pirates in Hout Bay. 2oceansvibe and Cape Town as a whole, applaud Pirates I must say, my [...]
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GROOT CONSTANTIA ATTACK
07 Jan 2009 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Just when we thought 2009 was going smoothly, this happens! The bizarre helmet religious war continues, as we take in images from this, an unprecedented attack at a Groot Constantia wine tasting. Readers are warned that the following image may cause vomiting. An incredibly thick-skinned cyclist parades indoors with his helmet on Now [...]
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WE MAKE HEADWAY WITH THE CYCLISTS
22 Dec 2008 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Fresh from not inviting me to his birthday party, Goldfish’s Dom sent this in, which earns him minimal points as he begins the mammoth climb back into the good books. You would have caught the various attacks along the Atlantic Seaboard, with regards to cyclists entering and dining in restaurants and eateries with their helmets [...]
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LATEST HELMET ATTACK AT NEWPORT DELI
18 Dec 2008 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The madness continues, as normal people everywhere, from Camps Bay to Mouille Point, are subjected to these unprovoked attacks on the social norm and general etiquette. This image, sent in by Shads, tells a harrowing story of ignorance, bad upbringing and emboerrissment. Grown adults, dining in a public eatery WITH their helmets on. Now [...]
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