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Live blog: Aubisque will (probably) be ready for Tour after road collapse; man who couldn’t get bike on train from cycles 170 mile journey instead; Team Sky claim Moscon has “no case to answer” for crash + more
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chrisonabike 58 seconds ago
Hang on, isn't that a third slice of the pie that some people regularly come on here to bisect? Do you mean that a utility cycle * isn't a meaningful journey either? * Possibly made by someone in a mobility vehicle or wheelchair to use the Dutch grouping of these things. Just since i noted someone using a "cycle facility" in a mobility vehicle this evening. Although IIRC that is not legal in the UK; however there appeared to be no arseholery intended and though the cycle lane isn't in good nick it may have been a better bet than the narrow footway.
Rendel Harris 12 minutes ago
@Pub bike Thank you for the elucidation, most interesting.
Rendel Harris 16 minutes ago
@mdavidford Scientists define dark energy as "smooth, uniform and repulsive on a cosmic scale", I don't know about the first two but the third criterion seems to indicate that we might have found it...
mdavidford 38 minutes ago
I thought the standard model couldn't account for dark energy though?
Rendel Harris 46 minutes ago
@Nigel Garage Ah, there it is. As with all the other dozen plus personae he has employed, the "I'm the courteous voice of reason" facade starts to fade as he finds nobody agrees with him about pretty much anything. If we follow the standard model he'll be banned within a fortnight.
Pub bike 1 hour ago
@Rendel Harris No, a lever is one of the six classical simple machines defined during the Renaissance (the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, wedge, and screw). It only becomes mechanised when simple machines are combined. For the want of a better source according to wikipedia "the six classical simple machines are not mechanised on their own. They are fundamental mechanical devices that use human or natural physical force—such as pushing, pulling, or gravity—rather than motors, engines, or automated power sources to function". For example a pair of pliers is a classical simple machine. A pair of pliers functions as a double first-order lever joined at a central pivot point (the fulcrum). A hand held mechanical automatic wire stripper that involves levers interacting with other levers is mechanised though. And a bicycle is definitely not a classical simple machine either: it is a compound machine that joins many simple machines together to make work easier.
jackcycles 1 hour ago
I made a distinction between utility cycling, leisure cycling, and meaningful journeys in a previous article. A distinction clearly lost on you Clem.
jackcycles 1 hour ago
Motorised, not mechanised. Very good, you got me. Broken clock and all that. Still, pub bore wouldn't have been able to interject if I had written it correctly, would he?
leedorney 1 hour ago
Oh soo sad!
Rendel Harris 1 hour ago
@Pub bike Fair point, but if you use a lever to do something then in adding your force plus a fulcrum it becomes a mechanized process, no?
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Laaandan! Laaandan!
Laaandan! Laaandan! Laaaaaaandan! It’s the centre of the universe with its traffic, sh*t roads, psychos, pollution, psychos, absence of hills, overpriced everything, achingly trendy people, psychos and a bit of light stabbing now and again – but isn’t is just a brilliant place to live. God bless ya Laaaaandan!
Ken Alog wrote:
Piss off if you don’t like it.
StoopidUserName wrote:
How very cordial.
StoopidUserName wrote:
#brexit
I’m quite surprised that
I’m quite surprised that Sadiq Khan hasn’t done more what with Jeremy Corbyn as his honest to goodness, bike riding, down to earth leader and all… I thought building more cycle lanes would have been a pretty easy win for the Labour party (corbyn as benefactor of any praise by proxy), as it happens Sadiq Khan has proven once again that politics is just a game of juggling lies and that politicians promises are worth about as much as an Greece has saved up in the bank.
Sink the lot of the smiley slimy arseholes! Burn parliment and lets start again.
So a quarter of our
So a quarter of our population avoid exercise at all costs? That low?
At least we know now who to tax extra to fund the NHS windfall!
KendalRed wrote:
Probably just better to tax the rich than respondants to a poorly phrased and emotively worded survey.
KendalRed wrote:
But then it goes on about people wanting exercise facilities near to them (and, presumably, cheap). I wonder if those would be the people who’ll drive to a gym, spend an hour in a spin class, then drive home again rather than just going for a bike ride in the Outside….?
Sky rider not to blame for
Sky rider not to blame for Reichenbach’s fall, no s*** Sherlock.
Leviathan wrote:
I’m a bit slow, only just got that. Thanks.
Leviathan wrote:
No need to call the Doctor.
Who?
After Reichenbach Falls?
Maybe call the Professor? No point I guess.