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Posted: 18:02 - 17 May 2022 Post subject: |
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All of mine are at least 10 feet off the ground, I've done what I can to make them out of reach as possible.
Had I had them installed a couple of months back they would have picked up my neighbours garage being broken into
and his big Ducati traillie nicked along with a couple of fancy pushbikes. ____________________ Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
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FUCKING Dennis has just caught a mouse
She's under the table flinging it about, so I have put my feet up on a chair in case it runs over my feet in a feeble attempt to escape her one front leg
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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bhinso wrote: | fcuking kids on electric scooters.
Been in Nottingham and they're like everywhere m8. Whizzing in and out of road traffic and buses at speeds approaching 30mph.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm believe to be legal:
a) They have to be hired vehicles not private, as the council/government is a bit hard up
b) The rider/driver needs to have at least a provisional driving licence, i.e. be 17
So I'm seeing 10 year olds on them and thinking something's not right. Then a bacon wagon just drives straight past! Clearly better things to do. |
i hope they do have better things to do.
It's time they made these things legal and bring in regs for how they are to be used. So an age limit, registration, build standards and possibly some sort of CBT type course, for use on cycle paths and the road. I'm thinking something like the reduced effect mopeds they have in Holland.
As things stand, they do you for driving otherwise than in accordance with your licence which is a bit of a big hit for a kid pissing about on a scooter (and an even bigger one for an adult, points on licence and everything). Doesn't seem commensurate with the offence. Should be more akin to cycling on the footway with a lower-end fixed penalty. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Gears ground by an absolute t*sser in a van. Cycling along in heavy traffic, filtering past the queue (which was almost at a standstill), this guy clearly wasn't happy I was making more progress than me, initially blocked me to the left, then when I tried to go around the other side, swung across my path, jumped out and threatened to rip my throat out. Fortunately I had already turned my bike to the nearside and was back on it again so cycled away (and did so rather briskly ) but I was pretty shocked by the incident. I could smell weed and judging by the state of him (and the reaction) I'd say there's a good chance he was on steroids.
I shudder to think what might have happened if I hadn't escaped quickly. ____________________ TG. |
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They are the de rigueur method of going home after a night on the tiles if you can't get a taxi in MK. Because of the redways you can go anywhere without having to use a road and the police can't even be arsed to chase motobike riders with no helmets (probably stolen) down them so they aren't interested in a scooter until someone gets injured I suppose. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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stinkwheel wrote: | ThunderGuts wrote: | Gears ground by an absolute t*sser in a van. Cycling along in heavy traffic, filtering past the queue (which was almost at a standstill), this guy clearly wasn't happy I was making more progress than me, initially blocked me to the left, then when I tried to go around the other side, swung across my path, jumped out and threatened to rip my throat out. Fortunately I had already turned my bike to the nearside and was back on it again so cycled away (and did so rather briskly ) but I was pretty shocked by the incident. I could smell weed and judging by the state of him (and the reaction) I'd say there's a good chance he was on steroids.
I shudder to think what might have happened if I hadn't escaped quickly. |
Did you report this drug-fueled road rage incident to the police? a) probably covered by CCTV. b) Can establish a pattern of behaviour and they'll probably tug him next time he pings their ANPR and they're bored to do a drug wipe. |
There was a time I would have done, but GMP are so utterly hopeless (inept/underfunded/demotivated . . . take your pick) these days, even if you had it on video they're still not interested. I tried to report antisocial off-road bikers recently who were tearing around on the footpaths, on hold to 101 for 1hr then I gave up, went onto their online reporting tool and it said unless there was a second independent witness with permission to contact them, they wouldn't take it any further - that was presumably just a standard page you get on everything!
So instead I've taken away a bit more learning and experience. I have to admit though I'm increasingly getting to the point that I don't want to cycle to work anymore, although this is the first time anything of this severity has happened in probably 15k miles of cycle commuting into Manchester (over the last 5 years or so). ____________________ TG. |
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BT. The lazy feckless b@stards. I'm in the process of installing some grid tied solar panels to reduce some of my energy costs as I'm working from home. Part of the install is to run an underground SWA cable from my workshop (where the solar PV will feed into) to my field via my garden. I was in the process of removing turfs so that the grass can be tidily restored and found a BT cable obviously running from the local junction box to my house. Buried a whole 8 cm below ground level. The usual rule is cables buried in a garden have to be deep enough to avoid accidental damage by garden tools. Lazy w@nkers.
As I've already dug the cable into the workshop and terminated it to an isolator switch and the rest is on a 50m drum I was pretty stuffed. I've had to bring the SWA up and over the fecking BT cable (I wouldn't mind but I don't even use the bastards and haven't for years) and lay a old flag slate over the top of the sand it's buried in it to protect it with plenty of warning tape above and below it. I was really tempted to hacksaw through it but wasn't sure whether it would affect anyone else's service if I did. I did, however, dig out under the thing and forced it down a good bit deeper but still... |
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ThunderGuts wrote: | Gears ground by an absolute t*sser in a van. Cycling along in heavy traffic, filtering past the queue (which was almost at a standstill), this guy clearly wasn't happy I was making more progress than me, initially blocked me to the left, then when I tried to go around the other side, swung across my path, jumped out and threatened to rip my throat out. . |
Just because of that?! That kind of Psychopath need to be locked up. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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Gears ground by another cycling related matter, although this time mechanical. Cleaned and lubed the chain yesterday ready for another week of commuting, picked the glass out of the tyres, front wheel felt a tiny bit less than smooth so took the bearings apart, cleaned out and regreased (although they actually seemed ok). All good, all fine. Front brake was feeling a bit sticky, so whipped the cable out with the intention of wiping it down, squirting some GT85 into the cable housing. Could I get the cable back in? Could I heck. Presumably the inner lining has worn through (believable, the cables are pretty old). So that's new cables, cutting, removing bar tape, re-wrapping again etc.. which is a pain. ____________________ TG. |
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Something ground me gears yesterday but ive forgotten what it was |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 1 year, 330 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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