Forum: UK
August 8th 09, 01:59 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 14
Views: 839
MTB versus Racer
Happi Monday wrote:
Me: 26" Steel (lightweight) mountain bike with 26 x 2.1 off-road tyres
He: Specialized Aluminium-frame racing bike, "go-faster" lycra shorts,
yellow jersey, lightning...
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Forum: UK
August 5th 09, 10:42 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 14
Views: 691
cyclist shoots policeman
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5978380/Policemen-injured-as-shots-fired-outside-Waterloo-station.html
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Forum: UK
November 6th 07, 06:23 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 87
Views: 2,097
Slagging off cyclists article.
David Hansen wrote:
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 17:29:14 -0000 someone who may be "p.k."
wrote this:-
Two points:
1) "car tax" is better then "road tax", but is...
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Forum: UK
November 6th 07, 05:29 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 87
Views: 2,097
Slagging off cyclists article.
David Hansen wrote:
On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:12:39 -0800 someone who may be
" wrote this:-
OK, OK, I might be using the wrong term for a pedant, but I'm
...
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Forum: UK
November 2nd 07, 05:46 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 18
Views: 456
Another cyclist in disguise
David Hansen wrote:
We are told by the usual suspects that it is only cyclists who drive
along pavements. The poor hard done by salt of the earth motorist
never does so, according to them.
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Forum: UK
November 1st 07, 10:47 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 14
Views: 691
More bad news from the courts
Roger Thorpe wrote:
Tim Hall wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7071664.stm
"A man has been given a suspended prison sentence and a £500 fine for
charges relating to the death...
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Forum: UK
October 20th 07, 07:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 7
Views: 613
That Times article
Finlay Mackay wrote:
The text is
actually fairly balanced, if you ignore the idiotic premise
(casualties per km is the only sensible measure to use if you want to
compare the relative merits...
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Forum: Techniques
October 14th 07, 11:16 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 11
Views: 654
Bike rental/hire in Dorset/Devon UK
mtb Dad wrote:
Not sure if this belongs in rec.misc?
Thinking of a family cycling holiday in Dorset/Devon UK next summer.
I'm looking at costs of flying bikes over vs renting there. We...
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Forum: UK
October 14th 07, 07:13 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 72
Views: 2,066
Oh dear... cycling "advocate" on Radio Wales
wrote:
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If a cyclist hits your car due entirely to his own error, your car may
be damaged but you are unlikely to be, and should have little
difficulty in demonstrating that...
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Forum: UK
October 8th 07, 10:45 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 56
Views: 1,326
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Forum: UK
October 4th 07, 08:35 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
JNugent wrote:
Why are you so bent on taking that sentence to mean something it could
only mean if lorries were made transparent material? You seem to think
that the lorry driver could see the...
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Forum: UK
October 3rd 07, 04:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
JNugent wrote:
The suggestion was rather that had the driver of the lorry spent the
whole of his time stationary at the junction looking to see what was
coming up behind him and alongside him,...
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Forum: UK
September 30th 07, 09:01 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
Tony Raven wrote:
But please be my guest
fantasising in your attempts to avoid the inevitable conclusion that
she was clearly visible if he had bothered to look but instead he was
too busy...
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Forum: UK
September 30th 07, 12:13 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
Terry wrote:
I'm not fmiliar with the word numpties but assuming it means fools
it's worth noting that ordinary sensible people make mistakes too. We
can be forgetful, momentarily distracted,...
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Forum: UK
September 29th 07, 01:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
Tony Raven wrote:
Don't forget that in the case in point there was clear video footage
of the accident and as the prosecution said in the trial "She was
alongside for 37 seconds and would have...
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Forum: UK
September 28th 07, 07:07 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 19
Views: 503
Old woman
wafflycat wrote:
"Paul Boyd" wrote in message
...
On 28/09/2007 15:12, lardyninja said,
I'm fifty next year. Due to...
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Forum: UK
September 27th 07, 09:00 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 15
Views: 757
Road Safety Petition- Strict Liability.
spindrift wrote:
Please note, this does not mean drivers will always pay out, liability
is limited if the other persons' behaviour was dumbass.
For anyone who hasn't seen this, here is...
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Forum: Techniques
September 26th 07, 10:19 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 97
Views: 1,470
Helmet pondering
Chalo wrote:
. But if we take a leap of
faith and assume that helmets must, by their very nature, provide some
significant protection against fatal head injury, then to make sense
of the...
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Forum: UK
September 21st 07, 05:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 83
Views: 2,021
Emma Foa's death- verdict announced
Marc Brett wrote:
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:12:50 -0700, spindrift
wrote:
The dead woman's only mistake was to be
riding her bicycle and assuming that "a luminous...
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Forum: UK
September 21st 07, 04:28 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,126
Elderly Drivers
Bernie wrote:
Old people who don't have the reaction times of younger people should
be banned from the road.
that is not an argument for banning old people, it is an argument for
banning anyone...
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Forum: UK
September 12th 07, 06:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,102
Pavement motorist admits offence
Marc Brett wrote:
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:16:06 +0100, Matt B
wrote:
Marc Brett wrote:
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:48:28 +0100, Matt B
...
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Forum: UK
September 7th 07, 04:46 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 3
Views: 333
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