Dangerous bicycles

Dave Larrington said:

You been at the brass polish again, Guy?

Perhaps he's had one too many afternoon perversions.

Daniel.

Daniel Wilcox said:

Dave Larrington said:

You been at the brass polish again, Guy?

Perhaps he's had one too many afternoon perversions.

The dark shiny side?

Colin

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David E. Belcher said:

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"We wouldn't have trains, says University of Pittsburgh professor Stuart Derbyshire, since early
observers said passengers travelling at 30mph were sick.

Some of the detractors of that time took that opinion to the extreme, stating that any movement
over 30 mph was sure to crush the human body! Then along came George Stephenson, who quickly
disproved that idea....

By crushing a human body, or was that someone else's engine?

Hmm. I hadn't quite intended to phrase my post like that! Nonetheless, Stephenson's Liverpool &
Manchester Railway (due to no less a loco than "Rocket" itself) was the scene of the first
well-documented railway fatality, when Liverpool MP William Huskisson was run down by a train on the
opening day of the line.

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York

Dave Larrington said:

You been at the brass polish again, Guy?

Nah - late night server installs reduce my entertainment threshold to dangerously low levels,
though :-)

Guy
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So, what about the bicycle would have meant it not being around today had we heeded the signs of
danger when it first appeared?

They frighten horses, dazzle decent folk with their lamps, and threaten the social order by giving
mobility to the working classes.

And they fall over when they come to a stop.

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We'd have to be riding round on the rims. Tyres would never be invented because the laboratory
practices of Mr Goodyear would have been shut down by HSE in a jiffy.

Errm... That would be Mr Dunlop would it not?

Robert

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I don't get the point. There is always someone who is resistant to change or so rigid in their
ways that they refuse to acknowledge the need to change or the wisdom of changing.

Would you mind writing to the UCI and telling them that? You might like to point out that one man
riding one of those recumbent thingies they refuse to countenance wiped the floor with the UK 4-way
pursuit champions recently :-D

On 8 May 2003 10:13:13 -0700 someone who may be [email hidden] (David E. Belcher)
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Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway (due to no less a loco than "Rocket" itself) was the
scene of the first well-documented railway fatality, when Liverpool MP William Huskisson was run
down by a train on the opening day of the line.

Something we could repeat today as a salutary warning to party politicians. However, to comply with
the Human Rights Act things would be arranged so that they wouldn't take as long to die as the
unfortunate Mr Huskisson.

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On 8 May 2003 10:13:13 -0700 someone who may be [email hidden] (David E. Belcher)
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Quoted message said:

Stephenson's Liverpool & Manchester Railway (due to no less a loco than "Rocket" itself) was the
scene of the first well-documented railway fatality, when Liverpool MP William Huskisson was run
down by a train on the opening day of the line.

Something we could repeat today as a salutary warning to party politicians. However, to comply
with the Human Rights Act things would be arranged so that they wouldn't take as long to die as
the unfortunate Mr Huskisson.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E I will always explain revoked
keys, unless the UK government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.