Forum: UK
August 28th 07, 04:27 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,207
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Forum: UK
August 23rd 07, 07:24 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,388
London cycle maps launched
Lily wrote:
Can anybody tell me what are the cycle routes in London. Are they
bicycle-only routes, cycle tracks, cycle lanes, bus lanes, shared-use paths,
or merely recommended quiet...
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Forum: UK
August 19th 07, 11:51 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 1,086
Views: 18,712
Criminals on TV
Ian D Henden wrote:
Surely, to be calibrated, the speedo has to be checked against equipment at
least ten times as accurate,
Accurate or precise?
and THAT equipment has to be calibrated
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Forum: UK
August 19th 07, 09:34 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 681
Gears adjustment in London
Liliana Ziolek wrote:
Looks like the Hackney one would be a good bet for you - depending on
where you live or work of course.
! :) Actually I'm Tower Hamlets (E14, Poplar).
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Forum: UK
August 18th 07, 09:40 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 681
Gears adjustment in London
Liliana Ziolek wrote:
Hello everybody,
I've just moved to London.
ps. If you are new to cycling in London, some boroughs fund discounted
one-to-one cycling lessons for residents or people who...
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Forum: UK
August 18th 07, 09:32 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 681
Gears adjustment in London
Liliana Ziolek wrote:
Hello everybody,
I've just moved to London. As I wanted to commute to work I bought a bike
(new one) on ebay, beeing not wisely enough to buy it in-store ready to
go......
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 02:52 PM Posted to uk.rec.motorcycles,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,059
And now cycle lane cameras
sweller wrote:
John Hearns wrote:
Advanced Stop Lines are one of the few traffic engineering features
which cyclists say they find useful.
So do motorcyclists. Hey, it says "Bicycle"...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 10:14 AM Posted to uk.rec.motorcycles,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,059
And now cycle lane cameras
sweller wrote:
John Hearns wrote:
Motoring types have been moaning about the pesky little peddlars and
their SPAD tendencies for quite a while and enforcement of the cycle
lane rules...
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Forum: UK
July 25th 07, 08:52 AM Posted to uk.rec.motorcycles,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,059
And now cycle lane cameras
sweller wrote:
Motoring types have been moaning about the pesky little peddlars and
their SPAD tendencies for quite a while and enforcement of the cycle lane
rules for all parties is going to...
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 08:40 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 19
Views: 726
Dunwich Dynamo '07
Pete Whelan wrote:
I ride it like a moth, and follow the tail-lights
A meuth? A meuth raading eye baike?
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 09:24 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,800
Turning right.
Paul Boyd wrote:
Haggis said that cyclists "do not have to have", not "do not have".
There's an important difference.
Point taken.
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Forum: UK
July 24th 07, 09:03 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 53
Views: 1,800
Turning right.
Haggis McMutton wrote:
Cyclists unlike motorists do not have to have any experience, age or
knowledge of the rules of the road
Err... I have had a full driving licence for 25 years, and...
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Forum: UK
July 22nd 07, 09:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 48
Views: 1,527
Traffic lights
Tom Crispin wrote:
As we were using main roads that was not usually a problem. The only
place that was difficult was using the bus lane to turn right onto
Tower Bridge. Regrouping was...
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Forum: UK
July 21st 07, 08:32 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
The other view point, there is one you know... wrote:
Nah, I know my way around here...
How about you?
So where are your ten news reports today then?
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Forum: UK
July 21st 07, 07:49 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
The other view point, there is one you know... wrote:
Should the cyclist have slowed down then, in anticipation of having to
stop or do cyclists have the right of way?
Should you get lost?
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Forum: UK
July 21st 07, 12:54 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
spindrift wrote:
It was found for sale on e-bay in a damaged condition with no papers
or license plates.
Despicable doesn't even begin to describe this.
After many months of her evading...
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Forum: UK
July 20th 07, 12:59 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
spindrift wrote:
My friend was left dead in the Cromwell Road by a Range Rover driver,
Errr, not the asian Imperial lab technician? I understood they traced
the woman driver who had been...
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Forum: UK
July 20th 07, 12:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
spindrift wrote:
Woman who may have been on a cycle lane has bruised arm.
No, she was "mown down"
My friend was left dead in the Cromwell Road by a Range Rover driver,
who sped off. Never...
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Forum: UK
July 20th 07, 12:32 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
The other view point, there is one you know... wrote:
is this a cycling group or a car group?
A cycling group.
And as someone who has had a dear, dear friend killed on the roads, and
has...
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Forum: UK
July 20th 07, 12:16 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
Around 3500 people die on the roads in the UK every year.
I'm waiting for your ten posts per day.
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Forum: UK
July 20th 07, 12:13 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,079
Tut, Tut
The other view point, there is one you know... wrote:
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Forum: UK
July 18th 07, 09:09 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 23
Views: 406
Silly cycling article- post feedback please.
Paul Boyd wrote:
What a load of stereo-typed ********! Typically, the red light thing
came up. Do cars in London always obey red lights and other traffic
laws? They certainly don't in...
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Forum: UK
July 18th 07, 09:07 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 23
Views: 406
Silly cycling article- post feedback please.
"Joseph Clery drives a van around London for a living, delivering
day-labourers and tools to building sites across the city. He describes
cyclists as "my worst nightmare".
"You never know what...
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Forum: UK
July 18th 07, 09:03 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,942
pedal reflectors
Adrian Godwin wrote:
Strips of reflective material along the crank edges would probably be
equally effective and perhaps close enough to the pedal to satisfy all
but the letter of the law....
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Forum: UK
July 16th 07, 06:59 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 11
Views: 447
How to free peddles screwed into wrong crank?
Colin Murphy wrote:
Bought a bike off Ebay; advertised as having 'dodgy peddles' and needing
a little work. When ever I've come across 'dodgy peddles' they've been
screwed into the wrong...
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