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Who knows why I'm posting this...?
I bought a motorbike a few years ago and had to do the Compulsory Basic Training CBT. The guy who ran the course had a well practised joke about observations: 'When I go to the toilet for a dump I do an observation.' But, you know, in a funny kind of a way, he was right. What the CBT taught me more than anything was observation. For instance most cyclists I see, and I know, change lanes with a vague apologetic raising of the arm and without looking at all - trusting to the good will of the average car user. I'd respectfully suggest that this is not the optimal strategy. The motorbike's are long since gone. I ride to work every day, and every day that guy's voice runs through my mind a bit like Obi wan Kenobi nagging/inspiring Luke Skywalker. Observation, observation, observation. It's a ridiculous suggestion but if you've got 120 quid to spare you cold do worse than a good CBT course. Touch wood I feel a lot safer on the road because of it. My 2 pennorth. cheers dd |
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"DDEckerslyke" wrote in message It's a ridiculous suggestion but if you've got 120 quid to spare you cold do worse than a good CBT course. Touch wood I feel a lot safer on the road because of it. Or read cyclecraft about £14. Jc. |
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Josey wrote:
"DDEckerslyke" wrote in message It's a ridiculous suggestion but if you've got 120 quid to spare you cold do worse than a good CBT course. Touch wood I feel a lot safer on the road because of it. Or read cyclecraft about £14. Jc. http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Se...mozilla-search A quick look here showed them for less too :-)) |
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Dan Gregory wrote:
Josey wrote: "DDEckerslyke" wrote in message It's a ridiculous suggestion but if you've got 120 quid to spare you cold do worse than a good CBT course. Touch wood I feel a lot safer on the road because of it. Or read cyclecraft about £14. Jc. http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Se...mozilla-search A quick look here showed them for less too :-)) Although there is one for £458 !!!! |
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:41:03 -0000
"DDEckerslyke" wrote: Who knows why I'm posting this...? I bought a motorbike a few years ago and had to do the Compulsory Basic Training CBT. Wossat? Compulsory training? Since when? /me did Star Rider silver onna motorbike, but there was no question of it being compulsory. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ |
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:00:06 +0000, Nick Kew wrote:
Wossat? Compulsory training? Since when? At least 10 years ago, probably more like 15. I did my motorbike test in the days when 4 times round the block with the examiner standing at the kerbside was the standard. Emergency braking: the fat examiner leaps out from his hiding place behind a lamp-post and surprises you. Or not, as the case may be.... Mike |
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On 18/11/2006 20:00, Nick Kew said,
Wossat? Compulsory training? Since when? I was looking at doing the bike test what must be 15 years ago, and it was compulsory then, I'm pretty sure. -- Paul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/ |
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Mike Causer wrote:
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:00:06 +0000, Nick Kew wrote: Wossat? Compulsory training? Since when? At least 10 years ago, probably more like 15. I did my motorbike test in the days when 4 times round the block with the examiner standing at the kerbside was the standard. Emergency braking: the fat examiner leaps out from his hiding place behind a lamp-post and surprises you. Or not, as the case may be.... Keeping his fingers crossed that he has picked the right bike :-) -- Geoff |
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Nick Kew wrote: On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:41:03 -0000 "DDEckerslyke" wrote: Who knows why I'm posting this...? I bought a motorbike a few years ago and had to do the Compulsory Basic Training CBT. Wossat? Compulsory training? Since when? In 1990 CBT took the place of part one of the two-part motorcycle test (which had been introduced in 1982). |
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Following on from DDEckerslyke's message. . .
It's a ridiculous suggestion but if you've got 120 quid to spare you cold do worse than a good CBT course. Touch wood I feel a lot safer on the road because of it. STOP STOP STOP! [Is there an echo in here?] Just about the only thing bicycles and motorbikes have in common is the number of wheels. This boils down to : Motorbikes are rarely overtaken (Also they don't ride in the gutter and 'keep out of the way' of 'proper traffic'.) The relationship between a cycle and other traffic is entirely different to that of a motorbike and requires a completely different approach. Just to give one simple example: At a road narrowing a cyclist will often want to move into the centre of the lane in good time to stop some twerp behind trying to squeeze through at the same time. This isn't an issue for motorbikes. Motorbikers often mean well when they give advice to cyclists, but in my experience every time this has been flawed - sometimes seriously. -- PETER FOX Not the same since the deckchair business folded www.eminent.demon.co.uk - Lots for cyclists |
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