British Bike Tribes in THE INDEPENDENT

Artemisia

Article in today's INDEPENDENT about bike "tribes" in the UK - dark
siders, Bromptonautes, etc.

http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...bes-841244.html

Apologies if already posted.

EFR
Ile de France

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:13:45 -0700 (PDT), Artemisia
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>http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...bes-841244.html

Hurrah! Darth Stuart represents the Darksiders.

Guy
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Roger Thorpe

I'm not too happy about the courier who said

"I'm not as aggressive as some couriers, many of whom take even me by
surprise. Recently, a woman walked out in front of me while I was
filtering through traffic at Parliament Square. I hit her so hard she
was out cold for about a minute."

I've been a courier and frankly there's no excuse for that sort of
thing. I doesn't take too long to realize that around london many people
are used to traffic that comes from the left.. you just take extra care.

and as for the statement:

"I don't take too many risks but it's hard - most of us get paid by the
drop and the faster you go, the more money you make."

well, I think I know how most of us would feel if a taxi or LGV driver
were to say that.

Roger Thorpe

Nick Kew

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:51:41 +0100
Roger Thorpe <myinitial.mysrname@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'm not too happy about the courier who said
>
> "I'm not as aggressive as some couriers, many of whom take even me by
> surprise. Recently, a woman walked out in front of me while I was
> filtering through traffic at Parliament Square. I hit her so hard she
> was out cold for about a minute."
>
> I've been a courier and

Write to the paper! You're exactly the person to be seen complaining
of that particular comment.

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Rob Morley

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:51:41 +0100
Roger Thorpe <myinitial.mysrname@warwick.ac.uk> wrote:

> I'm not too happy about the courier

Not just him - the fixy guy who ignores the legal requirement for a
brake, the one who thinks it's safe to hang shopping from the
handlebars ...

Duncan Smith

On Jun 6, 8:13*am, Artemisia <e.rose...@free.fr> wrote:
> Article in today's INDEPENDENT about bike "tribes" in the UK - dark
> siders, Bromptonautes, etc.
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...wheel-life-a-gu...
>
> Apologies if already posted.
>
> EFR
> Ile de France

That's quite a well written and interesting article, classifies the
types of cycling groups rather well I thought. I wonder if there's a
term for those who happily cast themselves between groups at will?

I've been fighting an urge for a year or so to get hold of a similar
BMX to the one I had in th 80s - a Raleigh Burner Super Tuff-II with
Skyway Mags - before the oval tubing nonsense...

...The wife's away this weekend - I wonder how she'd feel about
another bike in the lounge? Maybe if I hid it under all the others
she wouldn't even notice!

Regards,

Duncan

PoB

>
> ...The wife's away this weekend - I wonder how she'd feel about
> another bike in the lounge? Maybe if I hid it under all the others
> she wouldn't even notice!

> Regards,

> Duncan

Not been married long? IM(limited)E wives/partners can notice an extra
grain of dust if you've been assigned to doing the cleaning....

pOB

David Hansen

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:08:08 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be Duncan
Smith <DSmith1974@googlemail.com> wrote this:-

>That's quite a well written and interesting article, classifies the
>types of cycling groups rather well I thought. I wonder if there's a
>term for those who happily cast themselves between groups at will?

Someone who swings both ways. Bisexual:-)





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Colin Reed

"David Hansen" <SENDdavidNOhSPAM@spidacom.co.uk> wrote in message
news:71qi4411k5rmd7uj6396k6bulpkc4qrbes@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:08:08 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be Duncan
> Smith <DSmith1974@googlemail.com> wrote this:-
>
>>That's quite a well written and interesting article, classifies the
>>types of cycling groups rather well I thought. I wonder if there's a
>>term for those who happily cast themselves between groups at will?
>
> Someone who swings both ways. Bisexual:-)
>
Bikesexual, surely! ;-)

Phil Cook

Colin Reed wrote:

>
>"David Hansen" <SENDdavidNOhSPAM@spidacom.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:71qi4411k5rmd7uj6396k6bulpkc4qrbes@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:08:08 -0700 (PDT) someone who may be Duncan
>> Smith <DSmith1974@googlemail.com> wrote this:-
>>
>>>That's quite a well written and interesting article, classifies the
>>>types of cycling groups rather well I thought. I wonder if there's a
>>>term for those who happily cast themselves between groups at will?
>>
>> Someone who swings both ways. Bisexual:-)
>>
>Bikesexual, surely! ;-)

What have French leap-years got to do with it? ;-)

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