Unicycles on the London Underground

[Clive George]

"JNugent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> Do rucksacks also have hardened steel sharp bits sticking out and/or
>>> covered in black grease as well?
>
>> Do unicycles?
>
> If they operate in the same way as bicycles, the answer must be "yes".

Well, they're a pedal driven wheeled vehicle. But does that cover your
definition of 'operated'? Because the answer is certainly "no".

> Not that you see too many of them.

There's an entire internet out there full of useful information - you have
my permission to go and learn.

(never been to the circus?)

clive

 

[James Annan]

Clive George wrote:


> (never been to the circus?)
>

Never read uk.transport?



James

 

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

"JNugent" <[email protected]>typed


> Why?

> Do rucksacks also have hardened steel sharp bits sticking out and/or covered
> in black grease as well?

Rucksacks have aluminium frames that are almost as hard. They can seem
to move in the opposite direction to their owner.

There ain't much grease on a unicycle, cos most don't have chains...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email protected]
Edgware.

 

[John Hearns]

On Mon, 23 May 2005 21:43:32 +0100, David Hansen wrote:

> What are banned precisely?
>
> If unicycles are banned then presumably the much larger rucksacks are also
> banned. If not, why not?
For crying out loud.
Bicycles are banned on the deep sections of the Tube.
Live with it.
They are allowed on sub-surface and surface lines at times when the trains
are not jam-packed.

Now, why dance on a pinhead regarding why/why not unicycles are allowed?
That's the intent of the original poster as I see it - to stir things up.
I'll come out and say it - its down to the good nature of any Tube staff
at the gates that unicycles get on the Tube.
And FFS, how many unicycles do you see in London.


Yes, rucksacks, large cases, whatever are a pain.
So would be unicycles - if ANYONE ever carried one on a Tube. I have never
seen one.
Get real folks - there are other things to get wound up about.
And if you genuinely want to transport a unicycle about the capital,
put it in a bag and smile at the Tube staff.


Here's a tale from me.
Born again cyclist a few years ago.
I make it down the Thames as far as Greenwich North station, on the Thames
path.
I try to get through the gates to the Jubilee Line home, only to be turned
away. At the time, I was in a bit of a snit.
Looking back, best thing that ever happened to me. Proved to myself I
could ride the damn thing back.
Same as the troop of Scouts we are encouraging to ride 20 miles over the
Downs.

 

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

"JNugent" <[email protected]>typed


> > Do unicycles?

> If they operate in the same way as bicycles, the answer must be "yes".

> Not that you see too many of them.


You obviously don't see them, or look at them then. Unicycles are driven
directly without gears, cog or a chain...

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Edgware.

 

[Clive George]

"James Annan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Clive George wrote:
>
>
>> (never been to the circus?)
>>
>
> Never read uk.transport?
>
>

Do we get lions on newsgroups?

cheers,
clive

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Mon, 23 May 2005 19:31:07 GMT, "Malcolm & Nika"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<%[email protected]>:

>Dont have to search a rule book...its basic knowledge in training,
>They are banned underground for safety and comfort reasons. Imagine having a
>a bike stuck next to you at 08:30 along with the other 500 people.

Count the wheels.


Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

 

[Mark McNeill]

Response to Clive George:
> >> (never been to the circus?)
> >>
> >
> > Never read uk.transport?
> >
> >
>
> Do we get lions on newsgroups?

Clowns, certainly...

--
Mark, UK

"How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are
fables for us today."

 

[James Annan]

Clive George wrote:

> "James Annan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Clive George wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>(never been to the circus?)
>>>
>>
>>Never read uk.transport?
>>
>>
>
>
> Do we get lions on newsgroups?
>

Clowns and the occasional unicyclist not enough?

James

 

[Danny Colyer]

JNugent wrote:
>>>Do rucksacks also have hardened steel sharp bits sticking out and/or
>>>covered in black grease as well?

Clive George wondered:
>>Do unicycles?

and JNugent responded:
> If they operate in the same way as bicycles, the answer must be "yes".
>
> Not that you see too many of them.

Ahem!

I see 5 every time I enter my workshop. None of them has hardened steel
bits sticking out, nor is any of them covered in black grease.

Oh, and a question to the OP, *why* did you have to cross-post this to utl?

--
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[Clive George]

"James Annan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Clive George wrote:
>
>> "James Annan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Clive George wrote:
>>>
>>>>(never been to the circus?)
>>>>
>>>
>>>Never read uk.transport?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Do we get lions on newsgroups?
>>
> Clowns and the occasional unicyclist not enough?

I was thinking a Roman style lion pit may have its uses. But what I really
want is elephants. (And sabre-toothed chickens, but that's a seperate
issue).

cheers,
clive

 

[Call me Bob]

On Mon, 23 May 2005 23:41:14 +0100, "Clive George"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> Never read uk.transport?
>>
>
>Do we get lions on newsgroups?

Only in Kenya!

(Forget Norway)


"Bob"

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[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 23 May 2005, John Hearns wrote:

> Now, why dance on a pinhead regarding why/why not unicycles are allowed?
> That's the intent of the original poster as I see it - to stir things
> up.

No, actually - i have a friend with a unicycle who's planning to visit,
and we were wondering about what his options for getting about town were
(he's not quite up to yiking all arouns town yet). I asked because i
wanted to know the answer, no other reason.

tom

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[Tom Anderson]

On Tue, 24 May 2005, Danny Colyer wrote:

> Oh, and a question to the OP, *why* did you have to cross-post this to
> utl?

I didn't - i cross-posted it to urc.

No but seriously - utl is pretty much the best place to ask questions
related to the London Underground, and this question was related to the
London Underground. Seemed the obvious thing to do to me.

tom

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[Tom Anderson]

On Mon, 23 May 2005, Brimstone wrote:

> Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> Can you take a unicycle on the London Underground?
>
> As I recall the byelaws specifically state "bicycle" and its
> derivations.

That's the crux of it, i think. A recent thread (on urc, i think)
established that for national rail trains, the rules say 'cycles', and
cover trikes; those rules presumably also cover unis, even if that's
inappropriate. I would have thought LU's rules would be the same, but i
thought i'd check.

I know, i'll email TfL.

tom

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[Adrian]

Helen Deborah Vecht ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

> You obviously don't see them, or look at them then. Unicycles are driven
> directly without gears, cog or a chain...

Surely that depends on the height of them?

http://www.cobr.co.uk/acatalog/mosscrop_unicycle.jpg looks to me to be
chain driven.

 

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 24 May 2005 01:23:40 +0100, Tom Anderson wrote:

>
> No, actually - i have a friend with a unicycle who's planning to visit,
> and we were wondering about what his options for getting about town were
> (he's not quite up to yiking all arouns town yet). I asked because i
> wanted to know the answer, no other reason.

I apologise.
I'd imagine that all he need to is to go up to the pram/luggage gate and
smile at the person there.
Or just simply go through the normal gates.
As someone else said, a black bin bag might be worth it at busy times.

 

[Tony Raven]

Helen Deborah Vecht wrote:
> "JNugent" <[email protected]>typed
>
>
>
>>>Do unicycles?
>
>
>>If they operate in the same way as bicycles, the answer must be "yes".
>
>
>>Not that you see too many of them.
>
>
>
> You obviously don't see them, or look at them then. Unicycles are driven
> directly without gears, cog or a chain...
>

Unless they are giraffes

--
Tony

"A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought" Lord
Peter Wimsey (Dorothy L. Sayers)

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Mon, 23 May 2005 20:58:53 GMT, "Malcolm & Nika"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<[email protected]>:

>Keep up.....caps are no longer a part of the uniform.

I could have sworn they were wearing them last week.


Guy
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simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

 

[Brimstone]

Call me Bob wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2005 23:41:14 +0100, "Clive George"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Never read uk.transport?
>>>
>>
>> Do we get lions on newsgroups?
>
> Only in Kenya!
>
> (Forget Norway)
>

Nice parrots in Norway though. Although if relocated they tend to pine for
the fjords.