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Old April 20th 06, 06:43 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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See

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...142273,00.html

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wafflycat wrote:
See

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...142273,00.html

"The new trains carry only between three and six."
Not round here they don't, two is the maximum on Arriva. Since there are three cyclists
in the family, this makes it rather awkward.

Alan
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Old April 24th 06, 02:48 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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wafflycat directed us to:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...142273,00.html


I particularly liked:
"Fear not, rail companies say, for we have taken bold initiatives with
councils to provide bike storage in stations. You can hire a bike when
you get where you are going."
snip
"Promising that you can hire another bike “when you get there” is like
offering to substitute your wife of five years for a prostitute. It may
sound tempting but you never know what you may get, you’re bound to feel
guilty afterwards and, chances are, your balls will ache."

I think that makes the point rather well.

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