Forum: UK
March 24th 07, 12:24 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 10
Views: 509
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 10:05 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 09:46 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 09:33 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 09:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 24
Views: 721
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 07:06 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,525
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 07:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 24
Views: 721
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 05:47 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 05:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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
...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 05:41 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 05:39 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 10:55 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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
...
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Forum: UK
March 23rd 07, 10:54 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 11:06 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 396
Views: 4,328
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 04:37 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 01:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 01:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 26
Views: 908
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 09:11 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,644
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 07:40 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,215
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...
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Forum: UK
March 22nd 07, 07:38 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 45
Views: 1,215
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...
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Forum: UK
March 21st 07, 10:20 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 7
Views: 423
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.
...
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Forum: UK
March 21st 07, 10:18 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 332
Views: 7,049
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...
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Forum: UK
March 21st 07, 10:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,644
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...
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Forum: UK
March 21st 07, 09:16 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 46
Views: 1,644
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...
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Forum: UK
March 21st 07, 07:31 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 34
Views: 792
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