The Guardian on fair-weather cyclists.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ummer-cyclists



Are you a summer-orientated cyclist – or is cycling a way of life for
you? Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

robert hancy wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ummer-cyclists



Are you a summer-orientated cyclist – or is cycling a way of life for
you? Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

Flip-flops at the ready, a bag for each side of the handlebars and the
darkest sunglasses I can find.

(What? No mention of the Harley Davidsons that have come out of
hibernation?) ;-)

--

Come to Dave & Boris - your cycle security experts.

On 2009-06-23, robert hancy wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ummer-cyclists



Are you a summer-orientated cyclist – or is cycling a way of life for
you? Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

Safety in numbers!

Adam Funk wrote:

Safety in numbers!

possibly- if they didn't keep jumping over their handlebars every time
they stopped.

However, it'll get worse when they introduce velib type schemes... at
the moment the fair weather folk actually have bikes, and so some of
them have used one before, further they are responsible for the bike
they are riding & don't tend to be _quite_ as reckless as on a rented
one. A lot of these fair weather types have the supermarket special
BSO or some rusty family heirloom, but when they get the pure lead of
a velib between their legs steer well clear ... don't want one of them
wobbling into you.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:21:33 +0100, robert hancy
wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ummer-cyclists
It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

Define unsuitably attired. Anything that doesn't get caught in things and
keeps you at more or less the right temperature is fine by me.

Far more important to have a bike that goes and stops properly, and a
rider with the skill to know which of those to do when.

Colin McKenzie

--
No-one has ever proved that cycle helmets make cycling any safer at the
population level, and anyway cycling is about as safe per mile as walking.
Make an informed choice - visit www.cyclehelmets.org.

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, robert hancy wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ummer-cyclists

Are you a summer-orientated cyclist ? or is cycling a way of life for
you? Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with the
cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

I have become a fair-weather uncyclist . I'm off working at a site seven
miles from home, somewhat uphill, where i have to turn up smart (although
to some extent this is a self-imposed requirement). If the weather was a
bit cooler, i could cycle, but with the heat and humidity (especially the
humidity), there's no way i can do it and be presentable. Today was
cooler; if it keeps going that way, i shall be back on the bike.

tom

--
Many CS algorithms become less useful when questions start getting
answered with "maybe". -- Eric Sink

robert hancy wrote:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...009/jun/23/sum
m
er-cyclists



Are you a summer-orientated cyclist – or is cycling a way of life for
you? Photograph: Barry Batchelor/PA

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging, unsuitably attired, snail pace wobbling of the
fair-weather cyclist. The bane of summer ... or are we?

they are mostly fine normally they can be spotted miles off and avoided
most are slow so can with ease be pasted wide. i'm a right in the road
fairly fast so i just tend to see them gutter hugging....

roger
--
www.rogermerriman.com
Capital to Coast
www.justgiving.com/rogermerriman

It's that time of year once again when the streets are plagued with
the cycle lane hogging

is "hogging" the same as "using"?

unsuitably attired

the only attire I've seen that I'd call unsuitable were some
rediculously high heels. Guess what? Her feet kept falling off the
pedals.

snail pace wobbling of the fair-weather cyclist

what's the big rush?

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:34:35 -0700 (PDT), POHB wrote:
unsuitably attired

the only attire I've seen that I'd call unsuitable were some
rediculously high heels. Guess what? Her feet kept falling off the
pedals.

Not being a high heel wearer I wouldn't have thought that they would
be too bad. Surely the bit of the foot on the pedal is a wee bit more
forward than where the heel is on such a shoe.

--
Andy Leighton =
"The Lord is my shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
- Robert Rankin, _They Came And Ate Us_

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:19:38 -0500
Andy Leighton wrote:

Not being a high heel wearer I wouldn't have thought that they would
be too bad. Surely the bit of the foot on the pedal is a wee bit
more forward than where the heel is on such a shoe.

Platforms/wedges might be OK, but with regular heels the bit you
want to put on the pedal is likely to be curved and sloping with no
grip. Not that I've spent many long painful hours examining the merits
of various different shoes with her indoors, or anything like that, you
understand. Aaargh. 8:0