Hanging Basket

Quoted message said:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.

Seems fair - hanging things from handlebars shouldn't really be encouraged,
tho a helmet isn't exactly going to get in the way or hinder steering. To
be honest, that photo scares me anyway.

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Thompson

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Quoted message said:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.

Seems fair - hanging things from handlebars shouldn't really be
encouraged,
tho a helmet isn't exactly going to get in the way or hinder steering.
To be honest, that photo scares me anyway.

Why?

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 18:13:51 +0000 (UTC), Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

To
be honest, that photo scares me anyway.

Not too much I hope. I asked the children to cycle down the slope
slowly towards me and I managed to take 4 photos. If you look
closely, one child even has his foot on the ground. Their parents are
just behind.

On 10/07/2006 20:23, Simon Brooke said,

Quoted message said:

Why?

The girl in front is glaring at the camera is if she is about to ride
straight into it. The girl behind her looks like she's about to ram
into the back and is trying to steer out of the way. There's a kid on
the left who looks like he's just about to get knocked off by the kid on
his left, another kid at the back hasn't got his helmet on properly.
Oh, and the girl in front has a helmet dangling from her handlebars.
None of the above is meant to be taken too seriously :-)

Anyway, it's nice to see the girl in front using my preferred two-finger
approach on the brake levers - the middle two fingers rather than the
inner two. I thought it was just me!!!!

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Paul Boyd
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Tom Crispin wrote on 10/07/2006 18:44 +0100:

Quoted message said:

As it was a bike week event, I asked the organisers of Bike Week if
they'd like to use http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/40.JPG on
their website.

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

I agree, throw the helmet away or it might look like he sometimes wears
it ;-)

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Tony

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his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

To be honest, that photo scares me anyway.

Why?

They look like a pack, and the camera has given the two at the front
slightly scary expressions. They sort of look like they're swarming
towards me down the slope, and I'm about to get trampled.

Still a cracking photo thobut.

Tony Raven said:

Tom Crispin wrote on 10/07/2006 18:44 +0100:

Quoted message said:

As it was a bike week event, I asked the organisers of Bike Week if
they'd like to use http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/40.JPG on
their website.

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

I agree, throw the helmet away or it might look like he sometimes wears
it ;-)

Perhaps someone with decent photoshop skills could replace every helmet
with a brightly coloured fright wig.

Come to think of it, the improved chance of getting noticed may actually
make such an item a better safety aid than the plastic hat.

Al C-F said:

Perhaps someone with decent photoshop skills could replace every helmet
with a brightly coloured fright wig.

Come to think of it, the improved chance of getting noticed may actually
make such an item a better safety aid than the plastic hat.

I wonder how well ventilated a brightly coloured fright wig could be
made :-)

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Tom Crispin said:

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

Is there a problem with their reply?

Regardless of your view on helmets, there are only two places for them; on a
head, or left at home. Showing one being dangled from a bike encourages
other children to do it, and there is more potential for it to get tangled
up or cause a distraction.

Pete.

Danny Colyer said:

Al C-F said:

Perhaps someone with decent photoshop skills could replace every
helmet with a brightly coloured fright wig.

Come to think of it, the improved chance of getting noticed may
actually make such an item a better safety aid than the plastic hat.

I wonder how well ventilated a brightly coloured fright wig could be
made :-)

No eye deer, but I do have experience of how much protection a brightly
coloured head of real hair can afford :-)

--

JimP

" " - John Cage

In article <[email hidden]>

Tom Crispin said:

As it was a bike week event, I asked the organisers of Bike Week if
they'd like to use http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/40.JPG on
their website.

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

What helmet?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/error404/40a.jpg

:-)

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:05:46 +0000 (UTC), Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

To be honest, that photo scares me anyway.

Why?

They look like a pack, and the camera has given the two at the front
slightly scary expressions. They sort of look like they're swarming
towards me down the slope, and I'm about to get trampled.

They were moving very slowly and I expect they were thinking "There's
our teacher just in front - let's get 'im." That's how I read their
expressions anyway.

Quoted message said:

Still a cracking photo thobut.

Ta.

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:56:01 +0100, Rob Morley <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>

Tom Crispin said:

As it was a bike week event, I asked the organisers of Bike Week if
they'd like to use http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/40.JPG on
their website.

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

What helmet?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/error404/40a.jpg

:-)

Fantastic! I'll forward that on.

P said:

Tom Crispin said:

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

Is there a problem with their reply?

Not at all. I just thought this group would be interested that the
Bike Week organisers are more concerned with the safety aspect of
dangling helmets than their use on heads.

Quoted message said:

Regardless of your view on helmets, there are only two places for them; on a
head, or left at home. Showing one being dangled from a bike encourages
other children to do it, and there is more potential for it to get tangled
up or cause a distraction.

Agreed.

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:58:29 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tom Crispin wrote on 10/07/2006 18:44 +0100:

Quoted message said:

As it was a bike week event, I asked the organisers of Bike Week if
they'd like to use http://www.johnballcycling.org.uk/images/40.JPG on
their website.

The reply was:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

I agree, throw the helmet away or it might look like he sometimes wears
it ;-)

She's a girl.

Tony Raven said the following on 10/07/2006 21:58:

Quoted message said:

I agree, throw the helmet away or it might look like **he** sometimes wears
it ;-)

**She**

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Rob Morley said:

Quoted message said:

What helmet?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/error404/40a.jpg

The one indicated by her shadow....

Tom Crispin said:

Thanks Tom, but I regret we are unable to reproduce that pic because
of the helmet hanging from the handlebar.
Regards
Nick

I think a bigger concern is the boy on the left carrying his glasses in
his mouth.

PhilD

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P wrote on 10/07/2006 23:15 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Regardless of your view on helmets, there are only two places for them; on a
head, or left at home. Showing one being dangled from a bike encourages
other children to do it, and there is more potential for it to get tangled
up or cause a distraction.

You forgot the third. Dangling on the bars so they it can be put on as
they get close to keep the helmet zealots at the school gate happy.
Remember many schools have imposed mandatory helmet rules on their pupils.

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci