Trailgator success and failure

Quoted message said:

On the way back we had the misfortune to be cut up by an idiot female in
a silver Ford Puma. Conveniently, the next lights stayed red for long
enough for us to catch up. She wound her window down to shout at us that
she "had never seen anything so ridiculous in [her] entire life" and
that we should be wearing helmets. She had to cut us up as there was
nowhere else for her to go (after all, the two empty traffic lanes on my
right and the possibility of waiting ten seconds were not to be
considered).

Can you email me off group, I've got a gun, kindling, and matches to send
to you.

On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:14:51 GMT,

(Ekul Namsob) said:

We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns look good.

Careful!!!!

You might find yourself doing all the work.
www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/triplet

It's really sad that one idiot can ruin what would otherwise be a fun
way to travel. I suppose I have developed a thick skin when it comes
to comments by the ill informed, even though as a parent I am wanting
to 'do the right thing' so am more sensitive to any criticism.

In the long run you have to believe in yourself, and don't let the
idiots push you around.

...d

Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Quoted message said:

On the way back we had the misfortune to be cut up by an idiot female in
a silver Ford Puma. Conveniently, the next lights stayed red for long
enough for us to catch up. She wound her window down to shout at us that
she "had never seen anything so ridiculous in [her] entire life" and
that we should be wearing helmets. She had to cut us up as there was
nowhere else for her to go (after all, the two empty traffic lanes on my
right and the possibility of waiting ten seconds were not to be
considered).

Can you email me off group, I've got a gun, kindling, and matches to send
to you.

Sadly, I never got the daft bat's registration number and it seems a
little rash to take it out on random Puma drivers.

Cheers,
Luke

--
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Swansea City 2-2 Southend United
We went up twice with Tilly and Brush

David Martin said:

It's really sad that one idiot can ruin what would otherwise be a fun
way to travel. I suppose I have developed a thick skin when it comes
to comments by the ill informed, even though as a parent I am wanting
to 'do the right thing' so am more sensitive to any criticism.

In the long run you have to believe in yourself, and don't let the
idiots push you around.

I hold out hope that our commitment to cycling to church each week, a
round trip of around four or five miles, will mean that eventually we
take the Trailgator into town. I know though that Kate right now doesn't
have the confidence to make the trip with Hannah in tow.

Cheers,
Luke

--
Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United (AET)
Swansea City 2-2 Southend United
We went up twice with Tilly and Brush

Tom Crispin said:

On Mon, 21 May 2007 16:14:51 GMT,

(Ekul Namsob) said:

We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns look good.

Careful!!!!

You might find yourself doing all the work.
www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/triplet

The middle seatpost's at the wrong height!

To be honest, I suspect a childback could be just the thing to help me
abandon the car for journeys within Preston.

Cheers,
Luke

--
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Swansea City 2-2 Southend United
We went up twice with Tilly and Brush

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Quoted message said:

Sadly, I never got the daft bat's registration number and it seems a
little rash to take it out on random Puma drivers.

It might still be worth reporting it - she did something dangerous but gave
you a load of abuse later which is at least as bad. And a child ended up
getting involved.

As the standard response goes... she might have done the same to other
people who did get the registration number and the police haven't quite got
enough evidence to prosecute yet.
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On Mon, 21 May 2007 20:04:40 GMT,

(Ekul Namsob) said:

Quoted message said:

www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/triplet

The middle seatpost's at the wrong height!

Can you solve the riddle?
www.johnballcycling.org.uk/photos/small

Ekul Namsob said:

We still intend to cycle to church each week as I can act as outrider,
hovering off Small's rear wheel but the sad consequence of this is
that my wife is now not willing to take the Trailgator to nursery in
the city centre. We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns
look good.

best thing I ever bought:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3640/1491/400/100_2086.0.jpg

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AndyMorris said:

Ekul Namsob said:

We still intend to cycle to church each week as I can act as outrider,
hovering off Small's rear wheel but the sad consequence of this is
that my wife is now not willing to take the Trailgator to nursery in
the city centre. We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns
look good.

best thing I ever bought:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3640/1491/400/100_2086.0.jpg

Best thing I ever built

http://www.citycycling.co.uk/issue19/issue19page2.html

...d

Ekul Namsob said:

Yesterday morning was fine and sunny. It was also day two of Radio One's
Big Weekend. Knowing that we would need to get past the venue to get to
church and expecting traffic to be heavy, we decided that cycling to
church would be a good idea. Consequently, we got the Trailgator out for
my almost four-year-old daughter.

The journey to church was fine. Without exception, drivers gave us a
wide berth and passengers smiled, waved or stared.

good would hope so as well.

Quoted message said:

On the way back we had the misfortune to be cut up by an idiot female in
a silver Ford Puma. Conveniently, the next lights stayed red for long
enough for us to catch up. She wound her window down to shout at us that
she "had never seen anything so ridiculous in [her] entire life" and
that we should be wearing helmets. She had to cut us up as there was
nowhere else for her to go (after all, the two empty traffic lanes on my
right and the possibility of waiting ten seconds were not to be
considered).

owch, small minded fool.

Quoted message said:

It's a great pity: 99% of all who passed us or followed us were
impeccable sharers of the road. Small had a fantastic time, waving and
smiling at others and chatting to people in convertibles at traffic
lights.

We still intend to cycle to church each week as I can act as outrider,
hovering off Small's rear wheel but the sad consequence of this is that
my wife is now not willing to take the Trailgator to nursery in the city
centre. We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns look good.

good one idiot shouldn't put you off. does sound like a nice way to
travel.

i've allways rather fancied tandems unfortantly i can't see how i'd get
it though bushy parks gates, which would rather limit it's apeal. that
and where i'd store it!

Quoted message said:

Cheers,
Luke

roger

In message <[email hidden]>, AndyMorris
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Ekul Namsob said:

We still intend to cycle to church each week as I can act as outrider,
hovering off Small's rear wheel but the sad consequence of this is
that my wife is now not willing to take the Trailgator to nursery in
the city centre. We are now investigating childback tandems. Thorns
look good.

best thing I ever bought:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3640/1491/400/100_2086.0.jpg

Don't have a Thorn, but we do have a Dawes Twocan, bought at a good
price from the local bike shop because he hadn't been able to sell it.

DD1 - now 6, loves it. though after I've been out with it towing DD2 in
the Chariot trailer, riding even my hub geared utility bikes feels like
it's flying :-) I had to different bars on the back (an old pair of
drops) as when we got it she was 4 1/2 and the reach to straight bars
was a bit much for her. I'd like to find some child sized toe clips as
well.

highly recommended.

Gratuititous photo : :-)

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrumble/39898158/>
--
Chris French

(Roger Merriman) said:

i've allways rather fancied tandems unfortantly i can't see how i'd get
it though bushy parks gates, which would rather limit it's apeal. that
and where i'd store it!

The gates are easy. They are big enough to drive a car through so I
can't see why a tandem should cause a problem.

Storage is another matter.

...d

(Roger Merriman) said:

i've allways rather fancied tandems unfortantly i can't see how i'd get
it though bushy parks gates, which would rather limit it's apeal. that
and where i'd store it!

The gates are easy. They are big enough to drive a car through so I
can't see why a tandem should cause a problem.

Storage is another matter.

...d

David Martin said:

(Roger Merriman) said:

i've allways rather fancied tandems unfortantly i can't see how i'd get
it though bushy parks gates, which would rather limit it's apeal. that
and where i'd store it!

The gates are easy. They are big enough to drive a car through so I
can't see why a tandem should cause a problem.

Storage is another matter.

..d

thats only the road, there are shared paths (to the best of my knowledge
any way) which are much more useful. and some of those gates would be
fairly hard to squeeze a tandem though.

roger

In article said:

Gratuititous photo : :-)
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrumble/39898158/>

"This photo is private.
Oops! You don't have permission to view this photo."

chris French said:

Gratuititous photo : :-)

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrumble/39898158/>

Hmm... that one's private.

Cheers,
Luke

--
Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United (AET)
Swansea City 2-2 Southend United
We went up twice with Tilly and Brush

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Quoted message said:

chris French <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Gratuititous photo : :-)

<http://www.flickr.com/photos/scrumble/39898158/>

Quoted message said:

Hmm... that one's private.

Quoted message said:

Cheers,
Luke

I wanted to see it too...

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On Tue, 22 May 2007 15:58:33 +0100, [email hidden] (Roger

Merriman) said:

David Martin said:

(Roger Merriman) said:

i've allways rather fancied tandems unfortantly i can't see how i'd get
it though bushy parks gates, which would rather limit it's apeal. that
and where i'd store it!

The gates are easy. They are big enough to drive a car through so I
can't see why a tandem should cause a problem.

Storage is another matter.

..d

thats only the road, there are shared paths (to the best of my knowledge
any way) which are much more useful. and some of those gates would be
fairly hard to squeeze a tandem though.

Bushey Park, Sarf West Lunnon? Certainly ridden with a fleet of
tandems in through the gate near Kingston bridge and out <waves hands,
looks at multimap> somewhere near Hampton Hill.

Tim