Most bizarre cycling disrepair sight?

[Rich]

Well, not so much bizarre as incomprehensible - a woman cycling on a bike with no tyres on the rims,
clattering bone-jarringly along in Islington. It's not as if you wouldn't notice! I suppose it's one
way of dealing with punctures - or preventing them ;-).

How badly maintained does a bike have to be before it becomes unridable? I guess it depends on who's
defining 'unridable'!

Rich

 

[Pete Biggs]

Rich wrote:
> Well, not so much bizarre as incomprehensible - a woman cycling on a bike with no tyres on the
> rims, clattering bone-jarringly along in Islington. It's not as if you wouldn't notice! I suppose
> it's one way of dealing with punctures - or preventing them ;-).

Blimey, that's funny for BOTH wheels not to have tyres! Slippy slippy!!

I've done it with one (in a previous life) after puncturing when the tyre wouldn't stay on the rim.

> How badly maintained does a bike have to be before it becomes unridable? I guess it depends on
> who's defining 'unridable'!

I dunno. It is amazing what you can ride when you want to.

~PB

 

[David Nutter]

Rich <[email protected]> said:
> Well, not so much bizarre as incomprehensible - a woman cycling on a bike with no tyres on the
> rims, clattering bone-jarringly along in Islington. It's not as if you wouldn't notice! I suppose
> it's one way of dealing with punctures - or preventing them ;-).
>

I saw (and laughed at) some kid riding a BMX with no rear tyre up my road. 'Twas very noisy...

> How badly maintained does a bike have to be before it becomes unridable? I guess it depends on
> who's defining 'unridable'!

In WWII, the Japanese surprised the British forces in Malaya by bicycling up the roads at
speed. Unfortunately the heat caused the tyres to burst so they rode on the rims instead and
made a lot of noise.

They were very surprised to find virtually no enemy forces; just lots of abandoned equipment. Only
afterwards did they discover that the British thought tanks were clattering up the road and since
they had no anti-tank weapons didn't stick around to face the "armoured columns".

Regards,

-david

 

[Mr R@T \ -Lsqco]

In news:[email protected], Rich <[email protected]> typed:
> Well, not so much bizarre as incomprehensible - a woman cycling on a bike with no tyres on the
> rims, clattering bone-jarringly along in Islington.

Crack / heroin addict, desperate for a fix? Would have thought most other Islington residents would
have more pride than to ride such a machine...

Alex

 

[Eddie Dubourg]

Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message

> How badly maintained does a bike have to be before it becomes unridable?
I
> guess it depends on who's defining 'unridable'!

Pop across to the Netherlands - some of the machines over there have to be seen to be believed

E

 

[Tony W]

"Eddie Dubourg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:S6z%[email protected]...

>
> Pop across to the Netherlands - some of the machines over there have to be seen to be believed

Try India !! The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:21:28 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:

>The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.

Handy if your dynamo packs up, then

Guy
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[W K]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:21:28 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.
>
> Handy if your dynamo packs up, then

No, thats just a wind up.

 

[Eddie Dubourg]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:21:28 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.
>
> Handy if your dynamo packs up, then

You owe me a keyboard......

(whooshsplurgsplugsplatterplatter)

E

 

[Tony W]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:21:28 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.
>
> Handy if your dynamo packs up, then

Dyslexia + spell checker can have some strange results!!

T

 

[Tony W]

"W K" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:21:28 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >The Dutch are just armatures in comparison.
> >
> > Handy if your dynamo packs up, then
>
> No, thats just a wind up.

No -- just a dash (knowledge of German required).

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 20:45:52 -0000, "Tony W" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Dyslexia + spell checker can have some strange results!!

Dyslexia lures KO. I have problems tryping because of burn scars on my left hand.

Guy
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[Tony W]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Dyslexia lures KO. I have problems tryping because of burn scars on my left hand.

What has the left hand got to do with typing?

 

[Tony Raven]

Just zis Guy, you know? <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dyslexia lures KO.
>

Why do they use such a difficult to spell word for dyslexia?

Tony

http://www.raven-family.com

"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" George
Bernard Shaw.

 

[Eddie Dubourg]

"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:b1p3s8
> > Dyslexia lures KO.
> >
>
> Why do they use such a difficult to spell word for dyslexia?

Which b*st*rd spelled lisp with an s?

E

 

[Tony W]

"Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Why do they use such a difficult to spell word for dyslexia?

As a card carrying dyslexic I can honestly say its one of the few words in the English language that
looks as if its spelt right. Obviously it was designed by a fellow dyslexic

T

 

[Just Zis Guy]

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 19:20:37 -0000, "Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Why do they use such a difficult to spell word for dyslexia?

Probably for the same reason that the facial paralysis which makes it almost impossible to say B, P
or L is called Bell's Palsy.

Guy
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[Tony Raven]

Just zis Guy, you know? <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Probably for the same reason that the facial paralysis which makes it almost impossible to say B,
> P or L is called Bell's Palsy.
>

You've been listening to ISIHAC ... or was it the News Quiz? One of those Radio 4 18:30
programmes anyway

Tony

 

[Just Zis Guy]

Tony Raven wrote:

>> Probably for the same reason that the facial paralysis which makes it almost impossible to say B,
>> P or L is called Bell's Palsy.

> You've been listening to ISIHAC ... or was it the News Quiz? One of those Radio 4 18:30
> programmes anyway

Guilty as charged. It was the good Dr Garden on ISIHAC.

--
Guy
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I wonder if you wouldn't mind piecing out our imperfections with your thoughts; and while you're
about it perhaps you could think when we talk of bicycles, that you see them printing their proud
wheels i' the receiving earth; thanks awfully.

http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.shtml#103 http://www.highwaycode.gov.uk/09.shtml#104

 

[David E. Belche]

"Rich" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Well, not so much bizarre as incomprehensible - a woman cycling on a bike with no tyres on the
> rims, clattering bone-jarringly along in Islington. It's not as if you wouldn't notice! I suppose
> it's one way of dealing with punctures - or preventing them ;-).
>

Had to ride the last half-mile or so home from work late at night once with both tyres flat (but
still on the rims)! Goodness knows what I must've ridden over to do that kind of damage....

David E. Belcher

Dept. of Chemistry, University of York