I've discovered the magic secret
 

I've discovered the magic secret to making cars give you loads and loads and
*loads* of room.

Take one 8 foot tall Budleia, attach it to a BoB YaK, then strap the taller
branches to the rear rack and finally squeeze onto the bike pushing the rest
of the branches up your back.

From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.

Then cycle two miles to the tip. Amazing how much space I got on the
road :) Mind it was probably just as well since I couldn't see behind
me very well at all, so maybe not a 100% practical solution to the
getting room problem.

The guys at the tip were most impressed.

--
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The struggle of people against power is the struggle
of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Arthur Clune wrote:
From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.

*Please* tell us you got someone to take a photo!

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
URL:http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Arthur Clune wrote:
I've discovered the magic secret to making cars give you loads and loads and
*loads* of room.

Take one 8 foot tall Budleia, attach it to a BoB YaK, then strap the taller
branches to the rear rack and finally squeeze onto the bike pushing the rest
of the branches up your back.


With the added advantage of being surrounded by butterflies as you cycle.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Tony Raven wrote:

: With the added advantage of being surrounded by butterflies as you cycle.

The smell was certainly a lot more pleasant than traffic fumes!

--
Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt
The struggle of people against power is the struggle
of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Arthur Clune wrote:
I've discovered the magic secret to making cars give you loads and loads and
*loads* of room.

Take one 8 foot tall Budleia, attach it to a BoB YaK, then strap the taller
branches to the rear rack and finally squeeze onto the bike pushing the rest
of the branches up your back.

From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.

Then cycle two miles to the tip. Amazing how much space I got on the
road :) Mind it was probably just as well since I couldn't see behind
me very well at all, so maybe not a 100% practical solution to the
getting room problem.

The guys at the tip were most impressed.

Caution - heavy plant crossing

I've discovered the magic secret
 

MSeries wrote:
Arthur Clune wrote:

I've discovered the magic secret to making cars give you loads and
loads and
*loads* of room.

Take one 8 foot tall Budleia, attach it to a BoB YaK, then strap the
taller
branches to the rear rack and finally squeeze onto the bike pushing
the rest
of the branches up your back.

From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.

Then cycle two miles to the tip. Amazing how much space I got on the
road :) Mind it was probably just as well since I couldn't see behind
me very well at all, so maybe not a 100% practical solution to the
getting room problem.

The guys at the tip were most impressed.

Caution - heavy plant crossing

Maybe they thought it was President Bush on a bike ;-)

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Danny Colyer wrote:
Arthur Clune wrote:

From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.


*Please* tell us you got someone to take a photo!

In 1992 I helped the parents move house. Including moving a very large
houseplant known affectionately as "the triffid". I think they still
have photos of a tree moving slowly along the Brighton seafront.

--
Nick Kew

I've discovered the magic secret
 

Arthur Clune wrote:

I've discovered the magic secret to making cars give you loads and loads and
*loads* of room.

Take one 8 foot tall Budleia, attach it to a BoB YaK, then strap the taller
branches to the rear rack and finally squeeze onto the bike pushing the rest
of the branches up your back.

From behind, it must have looked like a tree was cycling the bike.

giggle

Rob found that a three foot wide angle iron fish tank stand strapped
across the rear rack works fairly well in this regard, especially if
you're wanting to do gravity training :-)


--
Carol
"How fleeting are all human passions when compared to the massive
continuity of ducks." - Dorothy L. Sayers, _Gaudy Night_