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Old June 21st 14, 06:12 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Bertie Wooster[_2_]
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The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg
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Old June 21st 14, 12:15 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:12:40 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!

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Old June 21st 14, 12:31 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 21/06/2014 12:15, Stanley Daniel de Liver wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:12:40 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!


She doesn't need to, she has good crumple zone in front and behind.
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Old June 21st 14, 12:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Nick[_4_]
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On 21/06/2014 12:15, Stanley Daniel de Liver wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:12:40 +0100, Bertie Wooster
wrote:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!


I think the problem is that she hasn't been wearing a dutch cap.
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Old June 21st 14, 05:05 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Rob Morley
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On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 06:12:40 +0100
Bertie Wooster wrote:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


I think there needs to be a bash guard under the steering arm, it looks
like it just caught on the edge of the see-saw and pulled the front
wheel around.

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Old July 14th 14, 07:54 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Mark Williams
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"Stanley Daniel de Liver" writes:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!


URL:http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/not-dangerous/

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Old July 20th 14, 05:32 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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In article
Mark Williams ] wrote:

"Stanley Daniel de Liver" writes:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg


But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!


URL:http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/not-dangerous/


the question was "Is cycling dangerous" and the answer is no

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Old July 20th 14, 07:03 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:32:12 -0400 (EDT), Anonymous
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In article
Mark Williams ] wrote:

"Stanley Daniel de Liver" writes:

The only one of these eight cyclists who concerns me is the girl on
the very back:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7...97234daa_z.jpg

But the cyclist isn't wearing a helmet!


URL:http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/not-dangerous/


the question was "Is cycling dangerous" and the answer is no



Trey explaining that to the families of the cyclists killed on the roads this
year alone.

 




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