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.

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

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

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 ;-)

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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 ;-)

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88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University

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.
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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

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

(Robert McDonald) wrote in
om:

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


Overtaking buses is fun. Overtaking taxis ... my life's worth more than a
tenner ;-)

(Robert McDonald) wrote in
om:

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


Overtaking buses is fun. Overtaking taxis ... my life's worth more than a
tenner ;-)

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 :-(

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