TMS320 wrote in news
On 24/10/17 20:30, Rob Morley wrote:
On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 19:49:19 +0100
TMS320 wrote:

While cycling along a quiet residential road, I first overtook a lad
of about 14/15 giving a younger girl a lift on his handlbars.

Standing on front axle stunt pegs, perhaps? Most modern bikes are
quite unsuitable for that sort of use, unlike the one in "Butch
Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid".

I didn't notice the detail. It's possible she was sitting in his lap
had
her knees over the bar.

A short
time later I overtook a man riding hands off, smoking a fag and
talking to his phone.

It lifts the spirits to see that that all is well with the world. In
small parts of it, at least.

It makes me laugh to see chavs riding with their hands in their
trackie
tops because they're not smart enough to get gloves.

I did that many years ago when it was possible to travel decent
distances away from the roaring monsters. I had a Dutch bike and the
relaxed geometry made it easy to negotiate junctions and turns.



I haven't used gloves yet this season; today I would've if I'd been out
earlier.