Arguing with Cagers

Alex Graham said:

I couldnt agree more there - lots of 4x4s that never do anything more strenuous than mounting the
curb etc

Those 4x4s will no doubt soon be absolutely essential for the school run. They're apparently about
to put speed bumps all down Lonsdale Road. Hurrah. Fear the power of wide wheelbases...

At least there's a cycle lane...

Simon

Simon Hay said:

Alex Graham said:

I couldnt agree more there - lots of 4x4s that never do anything more strenuous than mounting the
curb etc

Those 4x4s will no doubt soon be absolutely essential for the school run. They're apparently about
to put speed bumps all down Lonsdale Road. Hurrah. Fear the power of wide wheelbases...

At least there's a cycle lane...

Simon

Oh god. The cycle lane is the narrowest most poorly surface heap of [censored] ever! I sodding hope they
are the sort of bumps you can cycle through or round. Remember that means all the twatfaces will
swerve into the cycle lane so that they can straddle the speedbump more effectively.

An easier solution would be to replace the radar speed warning thing with a camera.

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Alex Graham said:

An easier solution would be to replace the radar speed warning thing with a camera.

Nah - an antitank gun.

Guy
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An easier solution would be to replace the radar speed warning thing with a camera.

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Nah - an antitank gun.

We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

I have been offered a harpoon gun. Do you wish to borrow it when we have eradicated the pests?

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Sandy Morton said:

We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

Hehe - out of interest how can you go downhill in a boat?

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Sandy Morton said:

We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

Ah, don't they get on yer [censored]. Windsurfers, no problem, but the Jetskis with their incessant
droning - it's a bit like wanking, I think - it only gives pleasure to the person who's doing it. I
like watching sailing boats, fishing boats, any kind of boats - except jetskis. Why PWC by the way?
I rpesume I'm missing something obvious....

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I have been offered a harpoon gun. Do you wish to borrow it when we have eradicated the pests?

<evil grin>

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We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

I have been offered a harpoon gun. Do you wish to borrow it when we have eradicated the pests?

Jet skis, nasty noisy smelly things that require little skill and physical ability to go fast on and
annoy and endanger other water and waterside users, best confined to going round in circles on ex
gravel pits. What sort of person uses them? <in the tones of Lloyd Grossman>.

Ah, that's better, another of my predjudices aired in public. Good luck with the harpoon Sandy.

Meanwhile back at the ranch: I took the Shiney Road Bike out today after laying it up for the
winter, forgot how smooth and effortless it felt after boingy mtb and heavy winter hack and the
forecast looks good for the weekend so maybe I'll be out on it again before winter proper returns.

Pete (who when not enjoying the serenity of cycling enjoys the serenity of windsurfing).

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Alex Graham said:

Hehe - out of interest how can you go downhill in a boat?

Niagara Falls?

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Niagara Falls?

With a 5 knot speed limit and jetskis?

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Sandy Morton said:

We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

Heh. My parents lived several years near the marina in Brighton. When I visited them there, just
going for a swim left me right in the path of hundreds of Robert Maxwells:-(

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I have been offered a harpoon gun. Do you wish to borrow it when we have eradicated the pests?

Can you backdate that a couple of years? They've gone and moved now:-(

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Nice to know you have such a high opinion of us!

Half term starts monday for me 🙂

I hadn't noticed YOUR posts being juvenile. Enjoy your half term.

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Don't be so old Tony W

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Don't be so old Tony W

Sorry, young Jedi -- but you will learn.

Alex Graham said:

Sandy Morton said:

We have a similar problem with the boat - 5 knots downhill with a following wind. The PWC (jet
skiers) go ever so slightly faster:-(

Hehe - out of interest how can you go downhill in a boat?

What do you think makes the rivers flow? 😉

Colin urc AT spiralpathways DOT co DOT uk

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Have any of you cyclists ever got into an argument with a cager and then thought "What really is
the point???"

Yep, which is why I don't bother anymore. Firstly people tend not to be a receptive mood so often
an abusive argument ensues, with little result. And far from being a stress reliever I usually find
that I feel more stressed after it than before.

And of course one day you might meet the nutter with a knife.....

Or in London, a gun.... :-(

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I either ignore them or just smile or wave (which can really wind some people up) and then
forget them.

I take the same approach when in the cage.

There is no point in arguing. Do you expect the cager to stop half way through and say

"Why dear chap/chappess, you have convinced me of my the error of my ways. Please take the keys to
my cage immediately and do as you see fit."

Its not going to happen is it. If someone in a cage starts to argue they have already lost it
mentally and are unstable. Anything could happen. They might even come back after you.

Just let it go and live to ride another day.

Tony W said:

Enjoy your half term.

:-D Ill try to.

Finally got some time to go on a club run or two! yay

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Colin said:

What do you think makes the rivers flow? 😉

Erm due to the presence of gravity, you cannot have a river that suddenly slopes down for a short
section (what I would call downhill) without some kind of major depth change ie rapids or something.

And I think youll find that the surface of a river is horizontal to any accuracy that you can
measure. Or at least the kind of river you could float a reasonnably sized boat on.

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Alex Graham said:

And I think youll find that the surface of a river is horizontal to any accuracy that you can
measure. Or at least the kind of river you could float a reasonnably sized boat on.

Depends how accurate your ruler is. Have a look at an OS map and you'll see that even majot rivers
cross contours fairly frequently.

James

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Graham said:

Colin said:

What do you think makes the rivers flow? 😉

Erm due to the presence of gravity, you cannot have a river that suddenly slopes down for a short
section (what I would call downhill) without some kind of major depth change ie rapids or
something.

They're the best fun to be had on a good river. You haven't lived if you haven't shot the rapids -
or indeed the waterfalls:-)

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And I think youll find that the surface of a river is horizontal to any accuracy that you can
measure. Or at least the kind of river you could float a reasonnably sized boat on.

What's a reasonably sized boat? We took 6-man rafts over a 9 metre (30 foot) waterfall in Oz, and
that was an open-to-everyone (no experience required) event. Not as exciting as a riverboard, but
not bad ...

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