Bikes in Taxis

On 10/6/04 1:39 pm, in article [email hidden],

Not Responding said:

Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

You may need to take the door off, or the roof if it is a
very big bike..

..d

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

I've got my MTB, me and a couple of other folk, all with
moderate to large luggage levels in a Black Cab during a
Christmas Train Fiasco when GNER sent us from Edinburgh to
Dundee by cab in the wee small hours. I did take off the
front wheel and made sure I took all the discomfort going
for the sake of my fellow passengers, but it was okay (about
60+ miles) and I'd be very surprised if you couldn't manage
it with just you and a bike.

But call up the cab company and say what you want to do.
Quite a few have bigger vehicles for awkward loads anyway,
and if they've got a minivan might be easier for all
concerned if they send that.

Though there is the obvious retort that if it's in cac
range why not just ride it home? Unless it's a track bike
or summat?

Pete.
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Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

//de-lurk

umm - could you not just go by taxi and then cycle home?

Neil Brown said:

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

//de-lurk

umm - could you not just go by taxi and then cycle home?

I am proud to say that, to date, I have always ridden bikes
home from bikeshops.

Right now, however, I've still got this bloody duff arm
and probably couldn't ride a kilometer in a straight line
let alone 5 miles on busy roads with junctions and
signalling required.

Same duff arm means I can't drive and have sold car
hence taxi.

Incidentally, the bike I've gone for is that Halford's
street, slicked MTB with a hub gear that I mentioned
earlier. It'll be my utilitarian hack and leave-at-the-
station bike once I've re-learned to ride.

Once I'm fully functional, I have the following shopping
list: folder (to keep on boat); high quality commuter (Rotor
with Rohloff hub, maybe); and, stupidly lightweight and fast
road bike ('cos I now own Lycra).

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

I have had to take a bike in a London black cab on a few
occassions and they have always gone in.

You may not get in the first cab that you hail, because a
lot of cab drivers don't want to risk any damage to their
cabs, especially if they are owner-drivers, but I am sure
you will eventually find one who will take you.

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

My racer goes in with no wheel removal or seat lowering,
23" frame.

Some cabbies will take you others won't, they'll more than
likely be the [censored] who carve you up if they are stupid
enough to throw a fare because of a chip on their shoulder
about bikes.

I wrote to the Public Carriage Office about this a couple of years ago, I suggested that they should follow other world-class European cities and make cabs carry bike racks.

I'd been impressed whilst in Copenhagen with my work and my Danish colleagues came out on the drink with me after work and then got a taxi home with their bikes on the back. I wanted to be able to do the same in London.

Needless to say the PCO didn't think it was a good idea and went on about obscuring number plate and back windows.

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

If you phone a taxi co (computacabs, for example) and ask
them, they'll tell you it should go in their biggest taxi
(there are several sizes, I can't remember what they called
the big one).

I was happy enough mine would fit to brave cycling across
london, with the proviso that if I wimped out, I could
still get the bike from london bridge to kings cross via
a big taxi.

--

Velvet

Quoted message said:

Right now, however, I've still got this bloody duff arm
and probably couldn't ride a kilometer in a straight line
let alone 5 miles on busy roads with junctions and
signalling required.

Same duff arm means I can't drive and have sold car
hence taxi.

Oh - sorry to hear that, too much lurking and not enough
paying attention on my part

Vincent Wilcox <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style
taxi. Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any
degree of dismantling necessary?

My racer goes in with no wheel removal or seat lowering,
23" frame.

Some cabbies will take you others won't, they'll more than
likely be the [censored] who carve you up if they are stupid
enough to throw a fare because of a chip on their shoulder
about bikes.

ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to carry
bike racks

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 13:39:49 +0100, "[Not Responding]"
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

I often ride in black cabs (trad, Metrocab and latest mod
version) and my MTB fits in fine. I do have to turn the
front wheel to be near 90deg from the rest of the bike, but
that's the work of seconds.

Only once, out of about 40 or 50 times, has the cab driver
refused to take a bike on board.

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In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

So? Did you get your new bike home by hanson carriage? Is
there a story to tell, or was it all uneventful? Enquiring
minds need to know you know. :o)
--
.paul

If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not
the sport for you.

MartinM said:

Vincent Wilcox <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

My racer goes in with no wheel removal or seat lowering,
23" frame.

Some cabbies will take you others won't, they'll more than
likely be the [censored] who carve you up if they are stupid
enough to throw a fare because of a chip on their shoulder
about bikes.

ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
carry bike racks

Yes but this is not Denmark it is GREAT britain.

Does anyone know where I can get St George Lycras?

paul said:

Enquiring minds need to know you know.

Anything to keep you distracted while waiting for your
'bent? 🙂

Roos

On 10/6/04 10:52 pm, in article
[email hidden], "paul"

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by taxi).
I've heard that a bike should fit in a London style taxi.
Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is any degree of
dismantling necessary?

So? Did you get your new bike home by hanson carriage? Is
there a story to tell, or was it all uneventful? Enquiring
minds need to know you know. :o)

Give him a break.. He'll have been up celebrating his
parties massive increase in seats in the local council
election ([N R] is/was (don't have the full results to hand)
a councillor in Fareham).

IIRC there are at least two elected councillors on the ng,
of different flavours.

..d

[email hidden] (MartinM) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Vincent Wilcox <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Not Responding said:

I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by
taxi)....is any degree of dismantling necessary?

My racer goes in with no wheel removal or seat lowering,
23" frame.

Some cabbies will take you others won't,

Quoted message said:

ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
carry bike racks

but can you get them to go north of the river? Can you 'eck

best wishes james

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

paul said:

Enquiring minds need to know you know.

Anything to keep you distracted while waiting for your
'bent? 🙂

Roos

It's leaving the factory today (allegedly) and will be with
Bikefix on Wednesday. Hopes to be fitted and collection on
Thursday 😄

6 days and COUNTING
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If at first you don't succeed... Skydiving is probably not
the sport for you.

Vincent Wilcox <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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MartinM said:

Vincent Wilcox <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

[Not Responding] wrote:

>I'm off to pick up my new bike this afternoon (by
>taxi). I've heard that a bike should fit in a London
>style taxi. Can anyone confirm this and, if true, is
>any degree of dismantling necessary?

My racer goes in with no wheel removal or seat lowering,
23" frame.

Some cabbies will take you others won't, they'll more
than likely be the [censored] who carve you up if they are
stupid enough to throw a fare because of a chip on their
shoulder about bikes.

ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
carry bike racks

Yes but this is not Denmark it is GREAT britain.

Does anyone know where I can get St George Lycras?

Googling does not reveal anything but I have seen lots of
footbally shirty material tops of dubious officialness. I
got an England white strip lookalike t shirt with collar
for 5.99; various newsagents have a whole display of them,
just needs a real badge. Will do until July 4th (and of
course a few days after when we cheer them all in an open
top bus down Oxford St!). Seen a bra and panties set if
that is any use? ;-)

Vincent Wilcox said:

Does anyone know where I can get St George Lycras?

Try foska.comfoska.comOpen ↗ (also other home nations, Ireland,
US, NZ, Oz, South Africa and Jamaica, plus some rather Top
(tm) Dennis the Menace numbers and a nifty Marmite one.)

Pete.
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ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382
640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net
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