Bikes in Taxis

[Martinm]

Peter Clinch <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Vincent Wilcox wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know where I can get St George Lycras?
>
> Try http://www.foska.com/ (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.

Just seen some in stock at Wimbledon Action bikes

 

[Congokid]

In message <[email protected]>,
"[Not Responding]" <[email protected]> writes
>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?

Yes, and no.

(and it's even easier with a Brompton).

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[Congokid]

In message <[email protected]>, Tony Raven <junk@raven-
family.com> writes
>MartinM wrote:
>>
>> ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
>> carry bike racks
>
>So the answer is to summon a taxi over from Denmark rather
>than use a London cab?

Just don't try to smuggle any Carlsberg beer in it.

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[Tony Raven]

MartinM wrote:
>
> ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
> carry bike racks

So the answer is to summon a taxi over from Denmark rather
than use a London cab?

Tony

 

[Robert Bruce]

mae <[email protected]> wedi ysgrifennu:
> MartinM wrote:
>>
>> ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
>> carry bike racks
>
> So the answer is to summon a taxi over from Denmark rather
> than use a London cab?

Nah, I'm not going sahff of Schleswig-Holstein. Especially
at this time of night...

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Rob

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[Vincent Wilcox]

MartinM wrote:
> Peter Clinch <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>
>>Vincent Wilcox wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Does anyone know where I can get St George Lycras?
>>
>>Try http://www.foska.com/ (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.
>
>
> Just seen some in stock at Wimbledon Action bikes

Oh the humanity!

 

[Martinm]

congokid <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In message <[email protected]>, Tony Raven <junk@raven-
> family.com> writes
> >MartinM wrote:
> >>
> >> ISTR it is a legal requirement for taxis in Denmark to
> >> carry bike racks
> >
> >So the answer is to summon a taxi over from Denmark
> >rather than use a London cab?
>
> Just don't try to smuggle any Carlsberg beer in it.

What from Northampton? BTW my wife went on the brewery tour
when at college there, they chose Northampton as their UK
ersaztbierkeggery because the water had the same "balance"
as Kobenhaven (presumably pH7)

 

[Colin McKenzie]

congokid wrote:
> In message
> <[email protected]>, "[Not
> Responding]" <[email protected]> writes
>> 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?
> Yes, and no.
>
> (and it's even easier with a Brompton).
>
Is it practical to bungy a Brompton to the rack on an
ordinary bike?

The rack is strong enough - it's more a matter of size.

Colin McKenzie

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