Rolo
@rolo-lines.bsky.social
Designer (Commercial Interiors and education spaces). Everyday cyclist. SEN Dad. Actively active travelling.
I've said this before, I'll say it again, the minute Starmer heard about Venezuela, I bet he was on the phone to Tony Blair's thinktank to spin it
January 4, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I've said this before, I'll say it again, the minute Starmer heard about Venezuela, I bet he was on the phone to Tony Blair's thinktank to spin it
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I guess if they can ignore a live streamed genocidal slaughter for two years, bombing a sovereign state and kidnapping its President is small potatoes.
January 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
I guess if they can ignore a live streamed genocidal slaughter for two years, bombing a sovereign state and kidnapping its President is small potatoes.
Limiting non-essential habitual car use is actually quite simple without banning car ownership. All workplace car parking bays should be taxed. Do that, things change.
January 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Limiting non-essential habitual car use is actually quite simple without banning car ownership. All workplace car parking bays should be taxed. Do that, things change.
Yes I know Tom. Me too. But Forester is regularly mentioned in UK advocacy circles to imagine a totally fictitious elitist hard-core of cyclists that are opposed active travel infra, whilst many so called "ordinary cyclists" dictate "normal" bikes and clothing. Forester had zero influence here.
January 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Yes I know Tom. Me too. But Forester is regularly mentioned in UK advocacy circles to imagine a totally fictitious elitist hard-core of cyclists that are opposed active travel infra, whilst many so called "ordinary cyclists" dictate "normal" bikes and clothing. Forester had zero influence here.
Unfortunately trends like this are designed and marketed by gentrifiers and estate agents to falsely inflate property and land values. The people behind this article have no genuine interest in Hull
January 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Unfortunately trends like this are designed and marketed by gentrifiers and estate agents to falsely inflate property and land values. The people behind this article have no genuine interest in Hull
It's toxic and it's driving division amongst cyclists.
January 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
It's toxic and it's driving division amongst cyclists.
Why perpetuate this stereotype? A 50yr old book nobody read by 1 fringe extremist has no influence on sports cyclists today, many who also commute daily by bike. They're not judging "ordinary cyclists", they are ordinary cyclists. Actually seems like other ordinary cyclists that are over opinionated
January 2, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Why perpetuate this stereotype? A 50yr old book nobody read by 1 fringe extremist has no influence on sports cyclists today, many who also commute daily by bike. They're not judging "ordinary cyclists", they are ordinary cyclists. Actually seems like other ordinary cyclists that are over opinionated
In UK, this idea is now key. In London a disproportionate amount of Active Travel infrastructure funding is spent. Elsewhere infra is largely poor, underfunded, or in many cities very unlikely to ever be instated at all - that's not pessimistic, it needs to be acknowledged and approached creatively.
January 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
In UK, this idea is now key. In London a disproportionate amount of Active Travel infrastructure funding is spent. Elsewhere infra is largely poor, underfunded, or in many cities very unlikely to ever be instated at all - that's not pessimistic, it needs to be acknowledged and approached creatively.
I really don't like this worn out trope. Plenty of "avid cyclists" cycle to work. Plenty of "avid" cyclist's" are parents whose children cycle to school. Plenty of "avid cyclists" have campaigned for decades for safe cycling infrastructure. Being an "avid cyclist" doesn't make you John Forester.
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I really don't like this worn out trope. Plenty of "avid cyclists" cycle to work. Plenty of "avid" cyclist's" are parents whose children cycle to school. Plenty of "avid cyclists" have campaigned for decades for safe cycling infrastructure. Being an "avid cyclist" doesn't make you John Forester.
Anemoia - fake nostalgia for a time you didn't experience and can't remember. Be very aware of this sentiment. It's sanitised cherry picked history to fit an agenda, and poorly educated people like the followers of Nigel Farage (pronounced Faridge, same as sewage) are highly susceptible to it.
January 1, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Anemoia - fake nostalgia for a time you didn't experience and can't remember. Be very aware of this sentiment. It's sanitised cherry picked history to fit an agenda, and poorly educated people like the followers of Nigel Farage (pronounced Faridge, same as sewage) are highly susceptible to it.
Londoner moaning that they couldn't afford a 5k bike, a mile from their house to the nearest cycle path and the local "cycling culture scene could be better", I pointed out that Northerners are skint, don't care about the scene, have virtually no cycle paths and ride everywhere on secondhand bikes.
December 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Londoner moaning that they couldn't afford a 5k bike, a mile from their house to the nearest cycle path and the local "cycling culture scene could be better", I pointed out that Northerners are skint, don't care about the scene, have virtually no cycle paths and ride everywhere on secondhand bikes.
Because it paints a picture of an omnipotent benefactor flying around the world giving gifts to children everywhere when actually that very same organisation have effected the bombing, exploitation and subjugation of many of those underprivileged countries to further Western exceptionalism.
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Because it paints a picture of an omnipotent benefactor flying around the world giving gifts to children everywhere when actually that very same organisation have effected the bombing, exploitation and subjugation of many of those underprivileged countries to further Western exceptionalism.
Labour and Tories are terrible. But it is not, like Labour are peddling, a binary choice. There is a green and a yellow party that are both progressive, non fascist and not complicit in genocide.
December 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Labour and Tories are terrible. But it is not, like Labour are peddling, a binary choice. There is a green and a yellow party that are both progressive, non fascist and not complicit in genocide.
Doing all my Xmas shopping by bike in about 2 hours.
December 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Doing all my Xmas shopping by bike in about 2 hours.
Underutilised bike lanes are usually in the wrong place, often built in parallel to existing car routes leading to car parking - not actual urban centres or actual destinations. Cyclists are efficient pragmatists, habitual drivers usually aren't.
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Underutilised bike lanes are usually in the wrong place, often built in parallel to existing car routes leading to car parking - not actual urban centres or actual destinations. Cyclists are efficient pragmatists, habitual drivers usually aren't.
Yeah, mistake phone call, we all know the bs
December 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Yeah, mistake phone call, we all know the bs
Whatever, it's a military organisation.
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Whatever, it's a military organisation.
In the real world he was made mystical to give the impression of abundance to all children forcing parents to spend more. Historically he was not real, it's an early 20th Century ploy. Sicker still: Norad a military company are "tracking him" over subjugated countries that don't celebrate Christmas
December 26, 2025 at 4:11 AM
In the real world he was made mystical to give the impression of abundance to all children forcing parents to spend more. Historically he was not real, it's an early 20th Century ploy. Sicker still: Norad a military company are "tracking him" over subjugated countries that don't celebrate Christmas
Unfortunately he doesn't. In his current form, he's a creation of American capitalism and exploitation. He's as Maga as it gets.
December 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Unfortunately he doesn't. In his current form, he's a creation of American capitalism and exploitation. He's as Maga as it gets.
Corbyn was just a placeholder. A seat warmer
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Corbyn was just a placeholder. A seat warmer
No, but Lib Dems don't attract the same punter. They haven't taken money from oil, or relied on unemployable antisocial people to make up the voter numbers for the past 40 years like Labour. They haven't played the socialism card then found to be in the pocket of corporations. And not pro genocide.
December 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
No, but Lib Dems don't attract the same punter. They haven't taken money from oil, or relied on unemployable antisocial people to make up the voter numbers for the past 40 years like Labour. They haven't played the socialism card then found to be in the pocket of corporations. And not pro genocide.
Why "Never Labour people"? You sure about that? Pro-war for profit Blairites suddenly like immigrants and Arabs do they?
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Why "Never Labour people"? You sure about that? Pro-war for profit Blairites suddenly like immigrants and Arabs do they?
I find it very hard to believe their deliberating between Reform and Lib Dems.
December 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I find it very hard to believe their deliberating between Reform and Lib Dems.