Post AYSXfP4pQJuT8DHTnc by helenczerski@fediscience.org
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 (DIR) Post #AYSXfP4pQJuT8DHTnc by helenczerski@fediscience.org
       2023-08-06T13:11:44Z
       
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       My membership of British Cycling has come around for renewal and I have no hesitation in telling them to get lost. The fact that they took on a major sponsorship deal with Shell (SHELL!) in October and have refused to reverse that decision is appalling. This is classic greenwashing - Shell are continuing to extract all the oil they can. Cycling should not offer shelter to the fossil fuel companies putting profit ahead of the planet.https://bikebiz.com/a-shocking-decision-industry-reacts-as-british-cycling-signs-deal-with-shell/#Cycling #UCI #Shell
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSXkwnLUKK99bkNJA by drgeraint@glasgow.social
       2023-08-06T16:24:22Z
       
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       @helenczerski Good for you! Please be sure to let them know why.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSYA1LngfFCWToplI by epistatacadam@toot.wales
       2023-08-06T15:41:17Z
       
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       @helenczerski what the link between British Cycling and Cycling UK or is there none. I thought BC was about cycling sport so world championships, with the gossip about doping, abuse of staff and riders and all that unhealthy stuff, so green washing hardly a great change.But CUK was, I  understood, about everyday cycling, and going on low cost trips, as I did in my youth. Though why they resisted so ferociously cycle lanes for so long, baked me, especially once motorways arrived.Anyone know?
       
 (DIR) Post #AYSYA1xNQxImP1OqKe by drgeraint@glasgow.social
       2023-08-06T16:28:52Z
       
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       @epistatacadam @helenczerski There is no link between BC and CUK. You are correct that BC is primarily a sports organisation (which has made a number of ethically dodgy decisions lately) whereas as CUK is a charity which promotes cycling for all.