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From: Peter Grange on 15 Dec 2009 05:25 On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:49:06 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >In article <s8kei51bek0l3i279mngkhhtih03cl4739(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange >says... > >> There speaks a non-cyclist who has never bothered to look. Show me a >> car that can reach efficiency percentages in the high 90s then come >> back and we'll talk about "rudimentary engineering". > >So the human powering the bike is 90% efficient? Did I say that?
From: Peter Grange on 15 Dec 2009 05:26 On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:53:33 -0000, Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >In article <q4mei59akbtu18cbavblv4nu1tsuhh463h(a)4ax.com>, Peter Grange >says... > >> So, let's get this straight. You say a motorist who payed more vat on >> a car than a cyclist payed on his bike (which is true in most, but not >> all, cases) has more right to use the road, even if they both paid >> zero VED, but someone who paid more vat on his yacht than the motorist >> paid on his car has no more right to use the road? >> >BWAHAHAHA...someone who has to resort to the argument of the right to >use a boat on a road has well and truly lost the argument. You are being _particularly_ dense today.
From: Peter Grange on 15 Dec 2009 05:27 On 15 Dec 2009 10:03:11 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Peter Grange <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much >like they were saying: > >> You really have no idea do you. I would no more ride a �100 bike than >> you would use a Trabant van to run your business. Try and stay on the >> same planet. > ><waves> I'd happily use a Trabi van for business purposes. It'd be a >fantasticly good advert. For what I'm not quite sure.
From: Keitht on 15 Dec 2009 05:30 NM wrote: > On 14 Dec, 10:56, Keitht <KeithT> wrote: >> The Medway Handyman wrote: >>> Keitht wrote: >>>> The excise varies but not due to road use, only what comes out the >>>> rear end. >>> They should tax what comes out of your rear end. You talk complete shite. >> Ta, sometimes you just know what's coming. >> >> Well folks, this is the shallow end of the gene pool . . . >> >> -- >> Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle > > Must be, I saw you there I was just throwing in arm bands -- some even struggle at the shallow end. -- Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle
From: Keitht on 15 Dec 2009 05:33
Mark McNeill wrote: > Response to MasonS(a)BP.com: > >> I have never said I don't use hi-vis, but it is cycling specific >> clothing, not a Navvy's vest. > > Last time this subject came up I meant to wonder aloud if it was > entirely wise for cyclists to wear clothing associated with road > workers who typically don't travel at 15mph or so. > > Have road crew Hi-Viz jackets taken over from Tesco carrier bags as the most abandoned item on the roads these days? There's no need to buy one, just pick your own. -- Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle |