Issues with folding bicycles on European trains?

[Roger Hughes]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:58:43 +0100, "Peter File"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when
>> the deep level lines first opened with their small
>> diameter tunnels. It is now often used (incorrectly) by
>> the general public to mean any Underground line. "I'll
>> take the Tube" is an expression commonly heard in London.
>> The sub surface lines are the Circle, District, East
>> London, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan Lines. Only
>> the others, the Bakerloo, Central, Jubilee, Northern,
>> Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo & City Lines are true
>> tube lines.
>
>Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on the
>Hill to Waterloo. 'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover to
>Baker St and then the tube to Waterloo'
>

Naah, you want to change to the Fleet Line at Finchley Road.

 

[Colin Blackburn]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 10:28:57 +0100, Roger Hughes
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:58:43 +0100, "Peter File"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on
>> the Hill to Waterloo. 'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover
>> to Baker St and then the tube to Waterloo'
>>
>
> Naah, you want to change to the Fleet Line at
> Finchley Road.

Green Park.

Colin

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:24:48 +0100, "Colin Blackburn"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<[email protected]>:

>Finchley Road. Green Park.

Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the double
reverse is blocked.

Guy
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[David Martin]

On 1/7/04 11:31 am, in article [email protected],
"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:24:48 +0100, "Colin Blackburn"
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> <[email protected]>:

>> Finchley Road. Green Park.

> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the double
> reverse is blocked.

If I used Sheldon's shuffle I could go via Euston and
then claim Mornington Crescent? I suppose it depends
whether you are doing the city line as top tube, seat
tube or down tube..

..d

 

[Dave Larrington]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the double
> reverse is blocked.

Agh! Quick, use Spoonguard!!

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[Miguel Cruz]

Just zis Guy, you know? <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Finchley Road. Green Park.
>
> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the double
> reverse is blocked.

Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed through
Tooting Bec.

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[James Silverton]

"Peter File" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when
> > the deep
level
> > lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels. It
> > is now
often
> > used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any
> > Underground
line.
> > "I'll take the Tube" is an expression commonly heard in
> > London.
The
> > sub surface lines are the Circle, District, East London,
Hammersmith &
> > City and Metropolitan Lines. Only the others, the
> > Bakerloo,
Central,
> > Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo &
> > City Lines
are
> > true tube lines.
>
> Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on
> the Hill to Waterloo. 'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover
> to Baker St and then the tube to Waterloo'
>
>

This brings back memories! On my first visit to London, as a
boy of 11 more years ago than I am going to admit, I asked a
very proper City type with umbrella and Derby (Bowler?)
where was the nearest Tube Station. He assumed a puzzled
expression in then said in a superior fashion, "Oh, you mean
the Underground Station!"

--
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[Whingin' Pom]

On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:41:53 GMT, Miguel Cruz <[email protected]> ()
wrote:

>Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.chapman+usenet-
>[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Finchley Road. Green Park.
>>
>> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the double
>> reverse is blocked.
>
>Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed through
>Tooting Bec.

Dollis Hill.

--
Matt K Waikikamukau,NZ

 

[David Martin]

On 1/7/04 8:19 pm, in article [email protected],
"Whingin' Pom" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:41:53 GMT, Miguel Cruz
> <[email protected]> () wrote:

>> Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.chapman+usenet-
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Finchley Road. Green Park.

>>> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the
>>> double reverse is blocked.

>> Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed through
>> Tooting Bec.

> Dollis Hill.

East Cheam.

..d

 

[Andrew Chadwick]

On 2004-07-01 19:27 +0000, David Martin wrote:
> On 1/7/04 8:19 pm, in article
> [email protected], "Whingin' Pom"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:41:53 GMT, Miguel Cruz
>> <[email protected]> () wrote:
>
>>> Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.chapman+usenet-
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Finchley Road. Green Park.
>
>>>> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the
>>>> double reverse is blocked.
>
>>> Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed
>>> through Tooting Bec.
>
>> Dollis Hill.
>
> East Cheam.

Hainault, for Bank.

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[David Martin]

On 1/7/04 9:58 pm, in article [email protected],
"Andrew Chadwick" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2004-07-01 19:27 +0000, David Martin wrote:
>> On 1/7/04 8:19 pm, in article
>> [email protected], "Whingin'
>> Pom" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:41:53 GMT, Miguel Cruz
>>> <[email protected]> () wrote:

>>>> Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.chapman+usenet-
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Finchley Road. Green Park.

>>>>> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the
>>>>> double reverse is blocked.

>>>> Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed
>>>> through Tooting Bec.

>>> Dollis Hill.

>> East Cheam.

> Hainault, for Bank.

Out of turn, Walford via Canada Wharf using the Eastern
omnibus shuffle.

..d

 

[Dave Larrington]

Andrew Chadwick wrote:
> On 2004-07-01 19:27 +0000, David Martin wrote:
>> On 1/7/04 8:19 pm, in article
>> [email protected], "Whingin'
>> Pom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 12:41:53 GMT, Miguel Cruz
>>> <[email protected]> () wrote:
>>
>>>> Just zis Guy, you know? <guy.chapman+usenet-
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Finchley Road. Green Park.
>>
>>>>> Ealing Broadway, and Colin, you're in Spoon so the
>>>>> double reverse is blocked.
>>
>>>> Nice try. There's no Spoon until someone's passed
>>>> through Tooting Bec.
>>
>>> Dollis Hill.
>>
>> East Cheam.
>
> Hainault, for Bank.

Is that via Woodford or Newbury Park?

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[Just Zis Guy]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:00:36 +0100, "Dave Larrington" <[email protected]>
wrote in message <[email protected]>:

>> Hainault, for Bank.
>Is that via Woodford or Newbury Park?

Hainault? Via Badger Bank, surely?

Guy
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[Dave Larrington]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:00:36 +0100, "Dave Larrington"
> <[email protected]> wrote in message <2kkp2pF3h0h5U2@uni-
> berlin.de>:
>
>>> Hainault, for Bank.
>> Is that via Woodford or Newbury Park?
>
> Hainault? Via Badger Bank, surely?

(he skratch his head and a hale of beetles fall out)

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[Just Zis Guy]

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 12:15:28 +0100, "Dave Larrington" <[email protected]>
wrote in message <[email protected]>:

>> Hainault? Via Badger Bank, surely?
>(he skratch his head and a hale of beetles fall out)

Requires poor French allowing Hainault to be confused
with Hinault.

Guy
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[Dave Larrington]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

> Requires poor French allowing Hainault to be confused with
> Hinault.

Ah! A-t-il dit des mensonges au Parlement?

Mushroom, mushroom.

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[Gawnsoft]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 10:40:26 -0400, "James Silverton"
<[email protected]> wrote (more or less):

>
>"Peter File" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> > The name "tube" appeared early in the 20th century when
>> > the deep
>level
>> > lines first opened with their small diameter tunnels.
>> > It is now
>often
>> > used (incorrectly) by the general public to mean any
>> > Underground
>line.
>> > "I'll take the Tube" is an expression commonly heard
>> > in London.
>The
>> > sub surface lines are the Circle, District, East
>> > London,
>Hammersmith &
>> > City and Metropolitan Lines. Only the others, the
>> > Bakerloo,
>Central,
>> > Jubilee, Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria and Waterloo &
>> > City Lines
>are
>> > true tube lines.
>>
>> Right I'll remember that on my next trip from Harrow on
>> the Hill to Waterloo. 'Im taking the surface/cut'n'cover
>> to Baker St and then the tube to Waterloo'
>>
>>
>
>This brings back memories! On my first visit to London, as
>a boy of 11 more years ago than I am going to admit, I
>asked a very proper City type with umbrella and Derby
>(Bowler?) where was the nearest Tube Station. He assumed a
>puzzled expression in then said in a superior fashion, "Oh,
>you mean the Underground Station!"

Weird. This sounds much more like the supercilious response
one would expect if you asked for the whereabouts of the
nearest /subway/ station.

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[Tom Worthington]

At 6/25/2004 09:06 PM, I wrote: Was going to take the
folding bicycle to the UK on Tuesday by aircraft then
Cambridge, Brussels, Berlin and Hamburg by train. Any issues
or suggestions? ...

Thanks for all the suggestions.

If I put the bicycle in a carry bag I assume it can be taken
as normal luggage ...

Bicycle bags worked fine on Qantas aircraft and on UK,
Eurostar, Brussels and German trains.

The intention is not to go on long cycling tours, just short
day trips around the city centre, with luggage left at a
hotel. ...

The bicycles worked well in Cambridge and Berlin. This is an
excellent way to see cities.

... problem of transporting the bicycle and luggage to and
from planes and trains. Putting the bicycle bag on top of
a small wheeled cabin bag (with luggage in it) when
walking ...

Only an issue on the London underground, with lots of
stairs.

... strapping the bag to the top of the bicycle carrier and
riding the bicycle seems to be workable. Because the bike
has small wheels the load is low down, about the level
panniers would be on a conventional bicycle....

Didn't work as it made the bicycle topple over backwards.

... Towing the wheeled bag behind the bike carrier (with the
bag handle extended as a tow bar), seems to work. But the
bag wheels are too small and noisy for road use. ...

Worked well. The wheels were noisy, but it even worked on
cobblestones.

... I realize that specially designed hard cases are
available to put bicycles in ...

At a display of bag making at the Berlin Technical Museium
there was a semi-rigid wheeled bag with larger rubber wheels
(about 70mm), which looked ideal. These are waterproof like
a hard case, but flexible and light like a cloth bag. There
were on sale branded "Sintesis" in a German department store
for about 169 Euro.

ps: Currently on a German high speed "ICE" train between
Berlin and Hamburg. Will do a web report with photos in
a few days.

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