From: Peter Grange on
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
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
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
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.

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Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle
From: Keitht on
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.

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Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle