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Daniel Barlow

Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> writes:

> While it would cause me physical pain to agree with the
> good Mr Brant on anything, I've never managed to go
> over the bars on any bike under and circumstances, and
> that includes a lot of idiotically steep off road
> downhills. Touch wood, fingers crossed - I don't
> believe I would enjoy
> it.

Try carrying a shopping bag on the handlebars and getting it
caught in the spokes. Worked for me.

'Course, I was younger and foolisher then.

OK, you probably meant "when braking", and in that
case I agree.

-dan

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Richard Corfiel

On 2004-05-01, DG <dg@vertnogo.org.uk> wrote:
>
> ...and ride a bike? 20mph easily exceeded so watch out -
> cyclists will/must be held accountable as well.
>

Either my speedo is really upset (tried repositioning the
sensor today, need to recalibrate and check it), or 20mph is
not that easy to sustain nowadays. Its quite fast on a bike.
I used to average 16 or 17 going to work, but that was a few
years ago.

- Richard

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Richard Corfiel

On 2004-05-01, iarocu <iarocu@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> A novel idea having the default setting favouring
> pedestrians. I would think it would work well at slowing
> the boy racers down late at night as well having to halt
> at every pelican crossing. Iain C

One memory relevant to that. From my younger days, when I
worked in a theatre, driving an old series III Landrover
home after a night's show or get-in, over a speed bumpy
residential area, in second gear, with a suitably noisy
big diesel engine. Very little soundproofing under the
bonnet of a series III. Such stop starting is can be
wasteful and noisy.

- Richard

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Richard Corfiel

On 2004-05-01, Jon Senior <jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove> wrote:
>
> I would hope not (Although experience tends toward a lot
> of plods not really understanding bikes very well)! Given
> that a cyclist may be more aware of their surroundings and
> that a bike travelling at 20mph can probably stop in a
> shorter distance than a car travelling at the same speed,
> I think to regard that behaviour as careless or reckless
> simply on the basis of speed, would show a lack of
> understanding.
>

Surely it depends on conditions. I took Rob's GTT just past
the speed limit in the right turning lane of a two lane bit,
and wondered why all the cars were going slow to my left.
Then I saw the speed cameras. It was a clear lane though.
Apologies to Rob if he ever got a speeding ticket, though it
would be difficult to trace the GTT (not difficult to trace
us though, thanks to the fundraising t-shirts)

- Richard

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Davek

> Nuisance on a bike though, when there's nothing in sight
> in any direction.

Would the sensors be sensitive enough to detect a cyclist?
If you were really conscientious, you could end up sitting
at the lights all night waiting for a car to come along...

d.

Just Zis Guy

davek wrote:
>> Nuisance on a bike though, when there's nothing in sight
>> in any direction.

> Would the sensors be sensitive enough to detect a cyclist?
> If you were really conscientious, you could end up sitting
> at the lights all night waiting for a car to come along...

If the lights don't detect the bike they are technically
defective, and you can pass them at red. Might cause a bit
of an argument if observed by plod, but that is my
understanding of The Leur.

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Mark Tranchant

Simon Mason wrote:

> Just spotted this in The Times from last year - I didn't
> know that 60% of our city's streets were going to be 20
> mph in 6 years - who'd want to drive a car then? I reckon
> the council are after Cambridge's number 1 slot in time
> for the 2011 census ;-)

http://www.cambourne.info/news.html

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Mark.