General

So you may have already heard about this, but I’ll put it up anyway. John Griffin, pictured above, is the big bad boss
of Addison Lee – a cab company that most UK cyclists will be familiar with. He has recently told all of his minions to
ignore the law and drive in the bus lanes. This is illegal, but he’s told his minions he’ll pay the fines should they incur
them. It also makes the road significantly more dangerous for cyclists, and we don’t like that.

If you want to have a look at some interesting stuff related to this, check the TIMES and GUARDIAN articles, they’re
good, also check out THIS column written by Griffin (what a numpty)

So what can you do? Well, there’s an organised Addison Lee ‘Die-In’ protest kinda do outside the Addison Lee offices
today at 6pm (35-37 William Road, NW1 3ER) which you should get deaded-up for (‘Make-up and fake blood welcome!’)
Info on this can be found at the FACEBOOK event page.

If you hold an account with Addison Lee, it’d be cool if you could cancel it and use another service. Also, there’s a
PETITION you can sign to revoke their licences. Anything else? Well as always there’s an informative and useful
thread on the London FGSS FORUM with good links and junk, and then there’s an ‘Official Boycott Addison Lee’
wordpress which is worth checking out. That’s about it I think. He’s a right dick ain’t he?

FEZZIE! YO. I got Info on the Tour de Latitude Charity ride from London to Latitude in an email from the
ever-pleasant Amy of Cyclodelic. Check it out and get involved:

‘I’m helping to organise a really awesome new bike event that I thought the readers of the 14Blog would be
super interested in….

Tour de Latitude is a fun charity cycle challenge following a scenic route from starting points in London
(113Miles), Ipswich (55Miles) and Sudbury (35Miles) to Latitude Festival on the Suffolk coast. The event
is sponsored by Marks & Spencer who will be providing delicious themed food stops along the route.

On arrival participants will be treated to ice baths and free massages as they prepare to enjoy the
weekends exciting line up of live music, comedy and theatre’

Tour de Latitude