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From: The Medway Handyman on 7 Dec 2009 19:33 DavidR wrote: > "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote >> DavidR wrote: >>> "Strangely Composed" <here(a)there.nowhere> wrote >>>> If you're going to quibble... DavidR said: >>>>> "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote >>>>>> In article <hfe63g$6ql$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner >>>>>> says... >>>>>> >>>>>>> While out on my bike today, I was thinking to myself, I wonder >>>>>>> what the vehicle emissions are on my bikes and what the VED >>>>>>> would be if there was any. I came to the conclusion that the >>>>>>> emissions are nil and the VED would >>>>>>> be zero. >>>>>>> >>>>>> So you're a clueless cyclist. I'll give you a lesson. >>>>>> >>>>>> When you cycle, you exert energy over and above that of a person >>>>>> who is driving a car or walking. >>>>> >>>>> Cycling does not require more energy than walking. >>>>> >>>> Even if you assume cycling at walking pace the cyclist still has to >>>> move the mass of the bike as well as him/herself, which will take >>>> more energy. There is also additional energy required to overcome >>>> the friction >>>> inherent in the mechanisms of the cycle. >>>> >>>> As cyclists tend to move faster than walkers other factors such as >>>> overcoming wind resistance and kinetic energy conversion. >>> >>> Oh, really? When I get on a bike I somehow make do with the same >>> engine as when I walk yet manage to go further & faster. In >>> accordance with Newton's laws it suggests the machine is more >>> efficient. Perhaps you know otherwise? >> >> Typical cyclists bollox. >> >> To compare cyclists to walkers is not a scientific comparison. >> Walkers proceed at approx 4 mph, cyclists at 12 mph. Cyclists could >> not sustain such a low speed, walkers could not sustain such a high >> speed without running. > > You can't think of any scientific measure other than comparing speed? > You miss your calling as a science adviser to the shower that claim > to be the Government. If you had the intellect to read the post properly you would have spotted words like 'sustain'. Just a shame you are a fuckwit really. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist -- Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts? A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets.
From: The Medway Handyman on 7 Dec 2009 19:36 DavidR wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote >> DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> What's "real" about sticking your head in the sand as you have >>>> been? >>> >>> So you're tellling me that Fiestas are regularly to be seen >>> carrying 5 people that have managed to stop all bodily functions? >> >> Am I? Perhaps you can point to the message ID of the post in which I >> made such a claim? > > As a reminder, the statement you made is that there are certain cars > that, if carrying 5 people, the car's emission is less per person > than 5 cyclists. > That leaves out two inconvenient omissions that I have included for > you. >>> Ah well, I stand corrected. >> >> Do you indeed? >> >>>> Still good to see you hypocritically resorting to ad hominem. >>>> Makes a change from tu quoque, I suppose. >>> >>> Did you have some particularly good bottles last night? >> >> And more ad hominem, it just comes naturally to you, doesn't it? > > Still drunk. And you are still stupid. At least he will be sober in the morning. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist -- Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts? A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets.
From: The Medway Handyman on 7 Dec 2009 19:38 Steve Firth wrote: > DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: > >> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote >>> DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>>>> >>>>> What's "real" about sticking your head in the sand as you have >>>>> been? >>>> >>>> So you're tellling me that Fiestas are regularly to be seen >>>> carrying 5 people that have managed to stop all bodily functions? >>> >>> Am I? Perhaps you can point to the message ID of the post in which I >>> made such a claim? >> >> As a reminder, the statement you made is that there are certain cars >> that, if carrying 5 people, the car's emission is less per person >> than 5 cyclists. > > Are there any words that you don't understand, other than the word > "if"? > >> That leaves out two inconvenient omissions that I have included for >> you. > > I've already commented on your attempts to put words into my mouth. > > [snip] > >>>> Did you have some particularly good bottles last night? >>> >>> And more ad hominem, it just comes naturally to you, doesn't it? >> >> Still drunk. > > Libel is, I suppose, a step on from ad hominem. Just not a very good > direction to choose. No doubt you will later try to argue that my > behaviour falls far short of the perfection shown by the URC clique, > and then you'll wonder why people are laughing at you. Libel is a very common tactic use by cyclists who finally realise their arguments are shite. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist -- Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts? A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets.
From: The Medway Handyman on 7 Dec 2009 19:40 Happi Monday wrote: > The Medway Handyman wrote: > >> >> You don't pay tax to use a cycle on the roads. >> >> What didn't you understand? > > I understand it - but remind me - why is that a problem? <Sigh> Because cyclists are cheap, freeloading whinging prats. Is that clear enough for someone who is hard of thinking like you? -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: The Medway Handyman on 7 Dec 2009 19:41
Peter Grange wrote: > On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:52:25 +0000, Happi Monday <happi(a)munday.com> > wrote: > >> Halmyre wrote: >> >>> URCM - what's that? uk.rec.cycling.mutual masturbation? >> >> That ain't bright enough to do that, although i think they're into >> sucking each other off. > > Try that in lycra shorts :-) > Well, no, don't, actually. -- Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts? A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist |