Forum: UK
December 14th 09, 01:53 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Replies: 1,790
Views: 92,049
Cyclists above the law
Response to :
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...
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Forum: UK
December 1st 09, 03:45 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Replies: 1,790
Views: 92,049
Cyclists above the law
Response to Conor:
Cyclists are the problem, they & their poxy cycle lanes cause
delays & traffic jams for motorists who put their hands in their
pockets.
You mean those...
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Forum: UK
November 29th 09, 02:07 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Replies: 1,790
Views: 92,049
Cyclists above the law
Response to Huge:
Look, bozo, attempting to justify ignoring the law because others
do it too is "tu quoque".
Er, of course. And when one is not attempting to justify ignoring
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Forum: UK
November 29th 09, 01:49 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Replies: 1,790
Views: 92,049
Cyclists above the law
Response to Huge:
Look, bozo, attempting to justify ignoring the law because others do
it too is "tu quoque".
Er, of course. And when one is not attempting to justify ignoring the
law?
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Forum: UK
November 29th 09, 01:25 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport,uk.rec.driving
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Replies: 1,790
Views: 92,049
Cyclists above the law
Response to Steve Firth:
No I'd find myself being drawn into the typical cyclists "tu
quoque" fallacy.
How come this incorrectly used phrase has become popular all of a
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Forum: UK
November 27th 09, 12:15 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 39
Views: 1,128
Tied and soldered spokes.
Response to Naqerj:
Anyway, the front wheels have drum brakes on the inside.
However, the outside flange, the hub body and the brake drum are not
fixed to one another, which means that the...
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Forum: UK
November 26th 09, 04:09 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport
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Replies: 93
Views: 3,839
Cyclist stops at red traffic light
Response to Dave Kahn:
Interesting. Some time ago I bought a Volvo estate and I found that
other drivers intinctively got out of my way.
I found exactly the same thing when I got a...
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Forum: UK
November 12th 09, 11:15 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport
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Replies: 363
Views: 8,453
Cycling KSI up by 19%
Response to Conor:
There is no such thing as perfectly safe.
Rubbish.
That one statement undermines your claim to be a professional
driver.
I'm currently sat...
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Forum: UK
November 7th 09, 08:23 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 75
Views: 1,871
Blue light experiment.
Response to Simon Mason:
No, not a lot of difference. Here is Mr Kennedy dressed much the same
as I am when I am on my bike!
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Forum: UK
November 7th 09, 05:48 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 75
Views: 1,871
Blue light experiment.
Response to Simon Mason:
I was greatly interested in a letter from a cyclist who had fitted a
set of rear blue flashing leds to go alongside his flashing red ones.
Since he fitted them 3 years...
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Forum: UK
October 28th 09, 08:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 100
Views: 1,748
the other place
Response to Ian Smith:
Well, the moderators are quite happy to label me tedious and my
argument specious, so you can hardly object to me calling a spade a
spade.
Both of those may well...
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Forum: UK
October 26th 09, 10:03 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 62
Views: 2,042
Pavement motorists.
Response to Keitht:
Does that mean I when see a cyclist all dressed up with hi-viz and
helmet outside my house and go "What's with the ****ing pavement?
Where's yer stabilisers?" it's...
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Forum: UK
October 26th 09, 05:01 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 32
Views: 873
Terrifying bike attack.
Response to Simon Mason:
The cyclist would have been in the wrong for
colliding with the car, and for not stopping.
Agreed, but it would hardly be "terrifying".
I don't know. I would...
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Forum: UK
October 26th 09, 02:43 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 32
Views: 873
Terrifying bike attack.
Response to Ian Jackson:
I don't remember whether that particular bit of Newmarket Road's
pavement is officially approved for contraflow on-pavement cycling.
It certainly looks like a farcility...
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Forum: UK
October 24th 09, 07:41 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 381
Views: 9,384
Who is liable for the damage?
Response to D.M. Procida:
I was confusing clips with straps. Apologies.
I've not used straps, but they do sound a bit fussier.
I think that people who use them typically leave them...
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Forum: UK
October 16th 09, 11:48 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 189
Views: 7,025
Chain cleaners and lights questions
Response to Roger Thorpe:
They have said it is suitable for the purpose.
No. They. Didn't.
Er, yes they did:
"[WD40] on a cycle chain will be better than nothing"...
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Forum: UK
October 11th 09, 09:26 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 60
Views: 1,762
Today I bought.
Response to Mike Causer:
My BlackBerry screen has an emergency contact number you can see
without unlocking it. Â*I was rather dismissive of the idea that you
should program "ICE" into...
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Forum: UK
September 3rd 09, 04:44 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 169
Views: 2,824
dynamo lighting question
Response to John Dunlop:
I was asked if I was Australian by the natives whilst I was in
Cleveland. Not the Ohio one.
I walked into a gas station in Nevada, greeted the attendant,...
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Forum: UK
August 30th 09, 07:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 64
Views: 1,457
What happened to the urcm voting results?
Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:
It's not as bad as a game played where someone posts a reminder
about an awful tune like 'The Birdy Song' and it sticks in your
head all day - nothing...
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Forum: UK
August 27th 09, 03:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 64
Views: 1,457
What happened to the urcm voting results?
Response to Wm...:
I have to say that although there are some pretty vile opponents
of this proposal,
Name them please, with your reason(s) for considering them to be
...
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Forum: UK
August 19th 09, 11:26 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 21
Views: 941
Strange cycle
Response to James:
I do quite a lot of
of mental arithmetic on my bike, actually
Me too; that, and trying to remember pieces of music (but I found that
could sometimes create feedback problems...
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Forum: UK
August 15th 09, 09:15 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,148
Cycling Crash - ITU World Championship Series
Response to Keitht:
(Makes you wonder why jockeys are allowed to fall from horses and
break thier ankles. Steeplechase contestants in athletics might also
find helmets useful as would shot...
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Forum: UK
August 13th 09, 01:56 PM Posted to uk.net.news.config,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 436
Views: 6,586
Proposed Unofficial Call to Votes
Response to Wm...:
ie - you admit to being interested in my body : you are a pervert.
This is getting a bit weird for me. People inhabit bodies. I don't
see the perversion.
IANAP,...
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Forum: UK
August 13th 09, 01:49 PM Posted to uk.net.news.config,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 436
Views: 6,586
Proposed Unofficial Call to Votes
Response to Mr Benn:
Most of the people posting in this thread know what a troll is. For
example, you're a troll. You're a very clumsy troll, but you've
gained a lot of victims.
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Forum: UK
August 9th 09, 07:56 PM Posted to uk.net.news.config,uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 436
Views: 6,586
Proposed Unofficial Call to Votes
Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:
Nope, that was a forgery. But it's OK, I know judith uses a special
meaning of the word "despicable".
She puts me in mind of Daffy Duck; and it's not...
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