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Forum: UK March 24th 07, 12:24 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 10
Views: 509
Posted By Tony Raven
Moving Front Mech

wrote on 24/03/2007 11:52 +0100:
Just had a much more detailed investigation and found the problem.
Basically the seat tube is pulling out of the bottom bracket assembly
by...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 10:05 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

mb wrote on 23/03/2007 21:54 +0100:

The above statement by Niall is a bit like saying cyclists have a
tendency to jump red lights.


Or your statement that "BMW drivers use the indicators...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 09:46 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

Steve wrote on 23/03/2007 21:10 +0100:
In article , Tony Raven says...
Ziggy has been round here before under another pseudonym with an
identical...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 09:33 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

mb wrote on 23/03/2007 21:19 +0100:
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:10:18 +0000, Niall Wallace wrote:

The real problem with motorbikes is the tendancy for people to buy the
biggest and fastest...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 09:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 24
Views: 720
Posted By Tony Raven
Ping: Danny Colyer

Danny Colyer wrote on 23/03/2007 20:39 +0100:
Ekul Namsob wrote:
I was particularly astonished at the suggestion that the pedestrians
should have respected the cyclist's right of way. As I...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 07:06 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 23
Views: 1,510
Posted By Tony Raven
Boris Johnson

Paul Murphy wrote on 23/03/2007 18:33 +0100:

Actually I and many other people listen very closely to what he says. Do you
seriously think what he said about the Liverpudlians shows sound...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 07:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 24
Views: 720
Posted By Tony Raven
Ping: Danny Colyer

Danny Colyer wrote on 23/03/2007 18:12 +0100:
Richard Bates wrote:
Bathwick Hill, leading to the youth hostel, has now defeated me
three times!

and dkahn400 responded:
It's quite an...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 05:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

Steve wrote on 23/03/2007 11:09 +0100:
In article , Ziggy says...
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:51:33 GMT, Steve wrote:

Sheesh! You know...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 05:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

Chris Malcolm wrote on 23/03/2007 17:22 +0100:

Of course motorcyclists injure more cyclists and pedestrians than car
drivers. But the average motorcyclist is a young man, well known to be
...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 05:41 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

Budstaff wrote on 23/03/2007 14:54 +0100:

This is a little bit 'holier than thou' surely? _All_ categories of road
user (cyclists included) have members whose behaviour leaves somehting to be...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 05:39 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

Budstaff wrote on 23/03/2007 12:07 +0100:

In my experience the big area of conflict between m/c's and peds/cyclists
is when m/c's are filtering through slow and stationary traffic, and peds...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 10:55 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

John Kane wrote on 22/03/2007 23:55 +0100:

There are a number of well documented cases where carrying a bible has
saved someone's life (usually male since it seems essential to carry
...
Forum: UK March 23rd 07, 10:54 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

raisethe wrote on 23/03/2007 00:43 +0100:

Nevertheless, it is still not relevant unless the call is to banish
motorbikes from all roads. This is not a policy that would be in the
best...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 11:06 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
Posted By Tony Raven
ctc and motorcycles

raisethe wrote on 22/03/2007 22:55 +0100:
On 22 Mar, 22:39, Mark Thompson
wrote:
Is there any evidence that
they are...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 04:37 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

wrote on 22/03/2007 13:55 +0100:


That was a serious question - Can't be bothered to use the kill file,
can I just kill him?


Please, please, please, you will be...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 01:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

wrote on 22/03/2007 13:31 +0100:

I've lost the will to live: Does anyone know how to buy a house in
Scotland, specifically Aberdeen?


No but I can tell you how to...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 01:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 26
Views: 888
Posted By Tony Raven
Stolen bike

elyob wrote on 22/03/2007 12:37 +0100:

Not really a "one for the good guys". You put yourself in a potentially
dangerous situation to retrieve your stolen bicycle due to the uselessness
of...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 09:11 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 46
Views: 1,642
Posted By Tony Raven
Most 'exotic' roadkill?

Dave Larrington wrote on 22/03/2007 08:33 +0100:
In ,
Tony Raven tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:
Tom Crispin wrote on...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 07:40 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 45
Views: 1,215
Posted By Tony Raven
bike bridge, and seasonal variations in cycling

James Thomson wrote on 21/03/2007 23:19 +0100:

I came across the following recently, and didn't know whether to laugh or
cry:



Next time you are knocked off your bike, call the police and...
Forum: UK March 22nd 07, 07:38 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 45
Views: 1,215
Posted By Tony Raven
bike bridge, and seasonal variations in cycling

Simon Brooke wrote on 21/03/2007 22:20 +0100:

This is chicken and egg. Cycling on the streets is not pleasant, because
the behaviour of motorists is bloody awful. The behaviour of motorists...
Forum: UK March 21st 07, 10:20 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 7
Views: 423
Posted By Tony Raven
Lidl Stuff

Paul Boyd wrote on 21/03/2007 22:04 +0100:
On 21/03/2007 17:02, said,
Spring must definately be here, Lidl are doing their bike stuff again
on Monday.

...
Forum: UK March 21st 07, 10:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 332
Views: 7,042
Posted By Tony Raven
Definitive proof ;-)

Ian Smith wrote on 21/03/2007 21:46 +0100:

Ekul/Luke is showing signs of dottiness too. It seems that anything
said by someone that knows about quantum mechanics is not to be
believed...
Forum: UK March 21st 07, 10:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 46
Views: 1,642
Posted By Tony Raven
Most 'exotic' roadkill?

Tom Crispin wrote on 21/03/2007 21:48 +0100:
On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:16:08 +0000, Tony Raven
wrote:
pedant

a nearly dead princess

/pedant

Does...
Forum: UK March 21st 07, 09:16 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 46
Views: 1,642
Posted By Tony Raven
Most 'exotic' roadkill?

Tom Crispin wrote on 21/03/2007 20:58 +0100:
On 12 Mar 2007 23:24:40 GMT, Mark Thompson
wrote:

What's the most exotic (or...
Forum: UK March 21st 07, 07:31 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
Replies: 34
Views: 792
Posted By Tony Raven
If anyone spots a forthcoming h***** stupidity story ...

Simon Brooke wrote on 21/03/2007 18:27 +0100:

John Maynard Keynes. But, re global warming, remember that he also said 'in
the long run we're all dead'.


Rudolph Clausius beat him to that...
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