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From: Adrian on 30 Apr 2010 09:34 ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>Mass motoring effects an absolute triumph of bourgeois ideology on the >>level of daily life. It gives and supports in everyone the illusion that >>each individual can seek his or her own benefit at the expense of >>everyone else. -- Andre Gorz > which makes cycling seem great till it rains, you want to go the sort of > distance you cannot walk or carry more than a small rucksack. I'll be working in the middle of London over the weekend. Not only is it forecast to be pissing down, but I'll be taking several large boxes of equipment and tools, and to top it all the tube lines are predominately hors de combat for maintenance. <thinks> Nah, they can't be. After all, it's not a "holy-day". I'd quite like to hear Duhg's suggestions as to how I should be carless in that situation.
From: Mike P on 30 Apr 2010 09:38 On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:34:01 +0000, Adrian sang, in the style of Bill Bailey: > ChelseaTractorMan <mr.c.tractor(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding > much like they were saying: > >>>Mass motoring effects an absolute triumph of bourgeois ideology on the >>>level of daily life. It gives and supports in everyone the illusion >>>that each individual can seek his or her own benefit at the expense of >>>everyone else. -- Andre Gorz > >> which makes cycling seem great till it rains, you want to go the sort >> of distance you cannot walk or carry more than a small rucksack. > > I'll be working in the middle of London over the weekend. > > Not only is it forecast to be pissing down, but I'll be taking several > large boxes of equipment and tools, and to top it all the tube lines are > predominately hors de combat for maintenance. > > <thinks> > Nah, they can't be. After all, it's not a "holy-day". > > I'd quite like to hear Duhg's suggestions as to how I should be carless > in that situation. <Duhg Mode> You have two options. Option 1 .You need to go in by tube today, and stay in a hotel near your place of employment, thus negating the need to use any mode of transport other than your feet. Or, option 2 buy one of these http://www.bikesandtrailers.com/trailer-bikes/index.html and one of these http://www.bikesandtrailers.com/bike-trailers/roland_bigboy.html and cycle... -- Mike P '98 Citroen Xantia Activa '97 Peugeot 306D. The slowest post 1996 car ever built.
From: Tony Dragon on 30 Apr 2010 12:42 Brimstone wrote: > > > "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message > news:a0aec45d-9f49-4989-b0e3-4649b90e0c17(a)w36g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... >> On 30 Apr, 00:02, "DavidR" <cured...(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: >>> "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote >>> >>> >>> >>> > Many/most of the disabled are no in a position to ride any kind of >>> bike >>> > Doug. As usual, you think of no one except yourself. >>> >>> If a blind person rides on the back of a tandem cease to qualify as >>> disabled? Or a one legged cyclist? How about the people with back, >>> hip or >>> knee problems that struggle to walk a few yards but can easily ride a >>> bike? >>> >> Its because they are tarred with the same derogatory brush as cyclists >> in general. The disabled must either be seated in a wheelchair or a >> car to qualify. The fact that a wheelchair could do 20mph on a >> pavement doesn't matter. Its the image that counts. Anyone on a >> bicycle must be fighting fit and able bodied and lawless by >> definition. There can be no exceptions and that is why they are not >> allowed on pavements or railway platforms. >> > Doug, how many times do you have to be told. Bicycles are not allowed to > be ridden on railway platforms for the safety of the rider and other > people. > > You mentioned Doug & safety in the same post, that does not compute. -- Tony Dragon
From: Brimstone on 1 May 2010 03:45 "Phil W Lee" <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote in message news:jaqmt55ejpt21b5q9h5gk8pmhrkf4u4fia(a)4ax.com... > "mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> considered Fri, 30 Apr 2010 > 09:31:41 +0100 the perfect time to write: > >>Brimstone wrote: >>> "Doug" <jagmad(a)riseup.net> wrote in message >>> news:a0aec45d-9f49-4989-b0e3-4649b90e0c17(a)w36g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... >>>> On 30 Apr, 00:02, "DavidR" <cured...(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: >>>>> "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Many/most of the disabled are no in a position to ride any kind of >>>>>> bike Doug. As usual, you think of no one except yourself. >>>>> >>>>> If a blind person rides on the back of a tandem cease to qualify as >>>>> disabled? Or a one legged cyclist? How about the people with back, >>>>> hip or knee problems that struggle to walk a few yards but can >>>>> easily ride a bike? >>>>> >>>> Its because they are tarred with the same derogatory brush as >>>> cyclists in general. The disabled must either be seated in a >>>> wheelchair or a car to qualify. The fact that a wheelchair could do >>>> 20mph on a pavement doesn't matter. Its the image that counts. >>>> Anyone on a bicycle must be fighting fit and able bodied and lawless >>>> by definition. There can be no exceptions and that is why they are >>>> not allowed on pavements or railway platforms. >>>> >>> Doug, how many times do you have to be told. Bicycles are not allowed >>> to be ridden on railway platforms for the safety of the rider and >>> other people. >> >>The risk is fairly obvious. The danger is that rider or pedestrian could >>topple off the edge and get seriously squished. >> > But the risk is probably greater for a conventional wheelchair, > because instead of falling over if left uncontrolled, it will roll. Wheelchairs have parking brakes.
From: Jim A on 1 May 2010 03:55
On 05/01/2010 08:44 AM, Brimstone wrote: > And if the said bicycle falls on to the railway track 50 feet in front > of a train travelling at 50 mph? Doug would accuse the train driver of 'ramming'. -- www.slowbicyclemovement.org - enjoy the ride |