{"id":4044,"date":"2022-02-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2025-04-06T00:55:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:55:57","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-680-monday-31st-january-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2022\/02\/01\/yarrabug-radio-show-680-monday-31st-january-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #680 Monday 31st January 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bike Shaped Objects & the waste stream<\/a>: on this weeks program Chris and Steve attempt to tackle the huge topic of ‘bike shaped objects<\/a>‘ and barely scratch (align?) the topic. We discuss low-end bikes from an Australian perspective, referring to\u00a0Aaron Gordon<\/a>s recent Motherboard article:\u00a0Mechanics Ask Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers to Stop Making and Selling \u2018Built-to-Fail\u2019 Bikes<\/a>, Mac Liman’s\u00a0Petition to end the manufacture and sale of built-to-fail budget bicycles<\/a>\u00a0(google docs), recent ABC series\u00a0War on Waste<\/a>\u00a0and rapidly changing public attitudes to disposable consumer items. We used\u00a0Reserve Bank of Australia\u00a0Inflation Calculator<\/a>\u00a0to compare $200 in 1978\u00a0for an estimate in 2021 ‘money’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bike Shaped Objects & the waste stream: on this weeks program Chris and Steve attempt to tackle the huge topic of ‘bike shaped objects‘ and barely scratch (align?) the topic. 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