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Four sets of essential points for cyclists to remember
And I'm just off for a 10 mile 'first time this weekend' ride...
Spooky. Actually, my 10 mile ride turned into 26 miles - mainly because my 10 mile route would have involved a return leg into a stiff-ish headwind. Instead I went the other way and had the wind behind me all the way home... WHEEEEEE! The D'Arcs are nice - quite comfortable and don't obscure your vision at all. Already very glad I got them. You haven't just ordered a Kryptonite wall thingy, cable and D lock from them as well, have you? I don't think so, but maybe I'd better check... d. |
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Four sets of essential points for cyclists to remember
Each morning going to work I pass about 5 buses. £1.20 saved and five
minutes faster. I love it! Ride past taxis and save a tenner :-) Robert |
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Each morning going to work I pass about 5 buses. £1.20 saved and five
minutes faster. I love it! Ride past taxis and save a tenner :-) Robert |
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davek wrote:
Just as I was mulling over what I should do, the 'dead' sheep just rolled over and leapt up, scaring its mates half to death. I could almost swear it was standing there laughing as all the other sheep ran away... You've either been reading too much Douglas Adams or smoking those "herbal" tabs again ;-) -- Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University |
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davek wrote:
Just as I was mulling over what I should do, the 'dead' sheep just rolled over and leapt up, scaring its mates half to death. I could almost swear it was standing there laughing as all the other sheep ran away... You've either been reading too much Douglas Adams or smoking those "herbal" tabs again ;-) -- Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University |
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Four sets of essential points for cyclists to remember
Chris Malcolm wrote:
"Richard Goodman" writes: "Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message news:40828838.0@entanet... Richard Goodman wrote: "Iain Jones" wrote in message news:Xns94CEDE0F8D249iainjones1980btinter@217. 32.252.50... Each morning going to work I pass about 5 buses. #1.20 saved and five minutes faster. I love it! Perhaps the OP meant when you're drafting Oh, yes, I used to do that in my youth. It's quite exciting provided the driver doesn't know you're there. If he/she realises, you're toast when they hit the brakes. Well, one can never discount the possibility of an emergency stop I suppose, but I can't imagine any driver with passengers on board, some of whom will be standing, deliberately hitting the brakes very hard just for the specific purpose of causing problems to a drafting cyclist. Bus brakes are deliberately hobbled for that reason. Much better to hit one errant pedestrian than to knock over a dozen inside the bus. -- Chris Malcolm +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] That doesn't sit with what I experience recently as a passenger on said bus. Brakes were FULLY capable AND being used to attempt to convert passengers into unguided missiles launched down the length of bus and out through front window... repeatedly. Velvet |
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Chris Malcolm wrote:
"Richard Goodman" writes: "Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message news:40828838.0@entanet... Richard Goodman wrote: "Iain Jones" wrote in message news:Xns94CEDE0F8D249iainjones1980btinter@217. 32.252.50... Each morning going to work I pass about 5 buses. #1.20 saved and five minutes faster. I love it! Perhaps the OP meant when you're drafting Oh, yes, I used to do that in my youth. It's quite exciting provided the driver doesn't know you're there. If he/she realises, you're toast when they hit the brakes. Well, one can never discount the possibility of an emergency stop I suppose, but I can't imagine any driver with passengers on board, some of whom will be standing, deliberately hitting the brakes very hard just for the specific purpose of causing problems to a drafting cyclist. Bus brakes are deliberately hobbled for that reason. Much better to hit one errant pedestrian than to knock over a dozen inside the bus. -- Chris Malcolm +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] That doesn't sit with what I experience recently as a passenger on said bus. Brakes were FULLY capable AND being used to attempt to convert passengers into unguided missiles launched down the length of bus and out through front window... repeatedly. Velvet |
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Iain Jones wrote:
Overtaking buses is fun. I used to think so, until a coach driver in Bath decided to accelerate to match my speed as I drew level with the cab. I dropped back pretty sharpish when I then saw a lorry coming the other way (it wasn't there when I started the maneouvre and under normal circumstances I would have completed the maneouvre before it hove into view). Overtaking taxis ... my life's worth more than a tenner ;-) Make that coaches too :-( -- Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address) http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/ Why I like OE6 - http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/danny/misc/oe6.html "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine |
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