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I think the issue for the UK is that we do not have roads or infra suitable for velomobiles or faired standard cycles.
And where we are building infra (Manchester, London etc) it is overwhelmingly too tight and narrow for practical use by such.
Plus rural cycleways or rail trials etc are always shared, and not maintained.
So it’s difficult to see the opportunity or the justification, short of enthusiasts, who in another mini-world might be doing lawnmower or hovercraft racing, at places like Donington Park and the local abandoned airfield.
There’s a good Youtube channel of a London-based cyclist who uses one, and I think sells them. It’s been over a year since any new videos, though.
How to catch the bus. There’s also one about getting off it. If I was going to France or Gernany I guess there’d be no shame in reading up on how to use the RER and the U-Bahn. I guess this is a great way of removing obstacles to public transport use – one of the better things the internet has done – but isn’t using buses a life skill like brushing your teeth or tying your shoe laces??I’ve never found a bus system that didn’t have a learning curve. I’ve ridden buses in at least:
- London (probably the easiest)
- Glasgow
- Chicago
- Washington, DC
- Seattle, WA
- Portland, OR
- Peoria, IL
- Denver, CO
I gave up in Dublin and walked everywhere, but I did find the train there easy to figure out.
It’s (usually) easy to find a schedule and routes, but with an unfamiliar system it’s often not obvious to figure out:
- Do I need to buy a ticket in advance? Day pass?
- Where do I buy it?
- Can I buy it as I board?
- Can I pay cash on board? How much do I need?
- Do I have to pay again if I transfer?
And yes, my expectation used to be that if I was waiting at a bus stop, the bus would stop. That doesn’t always work.
Eton Rifle wrote:
Christ, just what the fuck is it with these angry old men. I’m old now and more mellow that I’ve ever been.HRT?
(hormone replacement therapy / legal-ish testosterone)
Sounds odd to me – I’d doubt that the plastic rim strip would cause a puncture. I’d guess it’s more likely to be some fragment of metal or glass that’s somehow got in.I couldn’t see anything. Each puncture was a millimetre or two long, and longitudinal to the tyre. It seems odd that the last time this tyre was opened before Friday’s puncture was three months and 1000 miles ago, so if it was the same bit of debris it took that long to make the first puncture, and less than 50 miles to make the next one.
Action shot.
Action shot.
Also, this is not the cause,
Also, this is not the cause, but there’s a pretty good burr here, and it’s disappointing that this one ugly spoke hole made it past QC. I ground it off with a Dremel after taking this photo.
A similar thing happened in
A similar thing happened in Boston.
Good job the telescope was on a massive bollard plinth otherwise a few KSIs.This kind of instant justice is even better than when a nearby police car turns on its flashing lights right after a driver goes through an [established] red light.
She seemed a bit upset about a minor misjudgement that could have killed someone and is going to cause months of stress and inconvenience.
Usual nonsense in the comments“I understand his frustration but he leaves himself open to litigation. If a motorist, speeding or otherwise, reacts in a way which can be proven to have caused an accident then I’m afraid that this chap may find himself in front of the beak.”
I doubt there’s any rule against a bird nesting box or bat house being yellow. Is there any bird/bat he could attract there that would make disturbing the box illegal?
We’re doomed.
We’re doomed.
Silicon Valley roundabout has drivers in a spin.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said the intention was to reduce the severity of collisions and fatalities at the intersection.
However, the first official report on its performance has recorded a crash at the roundabout every two and a half days on average, compared with every eight days before.
Footage from the roundabout shows people driving round the British way – clockwise – and running into oncoming traffic, and others riding roughshod over the three-inch-high lane dividers to get where they think they need to be.
Court case thrown out after
Court case thrown out after attorney can’t find parking near courthouse.https://abovethelaw.com/2024/04/case-tossed-when-lawyer-cant-find-any-parking-near-the-courthouse/
I couldn’t get that to work.
I couldn’t get that to work.
