Unicycles on the London Underground

[Tony Raven]

Tom Anderson wrote:
>
> TfL said:
>
> "You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less than 2
> meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event of an
> emergency."
>
> So now you know.
>
> tom
>

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Tony

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[Alan Braggins]

Clive George wrote:
>"JNugent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> If you care to re-read the relevant posts, you will see that the
>> "non-existent" thing is any mention of "spikes" (except by your good
>> self).
>> If unicycles have no hardened steel parts (or bits), please accept my
>> apologies (though I don't think it will be necessary).
>
>Which parts of a conventional bike are made of hardened steel then?

Ball bearings. Not exactly sticky out pointy things though.

 

[Alan Braggins]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
>sure the yike would be handy in my profession, involving as it does
>regular trips to London including using the Tube, if only I could ride
>it. But I can't yet, so I am using a nice new Brompton instead.

That nice new Brompton, it folds and unfolds, does it?

 

[Chris Tolley]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 00:38:02 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

> TfL said:
> "You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less than 2
> meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event of an
> emergency."

A unicycle 1.99m *long*? A pennyfarthing without the farthing...

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[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On 26 May 2005 12:11:24 +0100 (BST), [email protected] (Alan
Braggins) wrote:

>That nice new Brompton, it folds and unfolds, does it?

Let me just check...

Guy
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[Malcolm & Nika]

"David Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 26 May 2005 00:38:02 +0100 someone who may be Tom Anderson
> <[email protected]> wrote this:-
>
>>TfL said:
>>
>>"You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less than 2
>>meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event of an
>>emergency."
>>
>>So now you know.
>
> Basic knowledge for all readers now.
>
>
> --
> David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP

I stand corrected. But i think they are wrong. They have been in the
past........

Nice to see our northern cousins so interested.
Can't stop i'm off to basic knowledge school.

Mal

 

[JNugent]

Malcolm & Nika wrote:

> "David Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Tom Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> TfL said:

>>> "You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less
>>> than 2 meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event
>>> of an emergency."

>>> So now you know.

>> Basic knowledge for all readers now.

> I stand corrected. But i think they are wrong. They have been in the
> past........
> Nice to see our northern cousins so interested.
> Can't stop i'm off to basic knowledge school.

Going for the green badge?

 

[Alan Braggins]

In article <[email protected]>, Chris Tolley wrote:
>On Thu, 26 May 2005 00:38:02 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> TfL said:
>> "You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less than 2
>> meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event of an
>> emergency."
>
>A unicycle 1.99m *long*? A pennyfarthing without the farthing...

I think while it's being carried the major dimension of a giraffe unicycle
counts as length not height.

http://semcycle.biz/record/ says the record is a unicycle 35m tall.
Banning it from the Underground seems entirely reasonable.

 

[Malcolm & Nika]

"JNugent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Malcolm & Nika wrote:
>
>> "David Hansen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Tom Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> TfL said:
>
>>>> "You will be able to transport a uni-cycle as long as it is less
>>>> than 2 meters in length and if you can handle it easily in he event
>>>> of an emergency."
>
>>>> So now you know.
>
>>> Basic knowledge for all readers now.
>
>> I stand corrected. But i think they are wrong. They have been in the
>> past........
>> Nice to see our northern cousins so interested.
>> Can't stop i'm off to basic knowledge school.
>
> Going for the green badge?
>
No...the basic course in 'common sense'. Its a bit tough but im hoping to
pass.

Mal

 

[A Pedant]

Malcolm & Nika wrote:
>
> No...the basic course in 'common sense'. Its a bit tough but im hoping to
> pass.
>

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."
Albert Einstein

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Tony

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