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Ah yes, Schrodinger’s
Ah yes, Schrodinger’s motorist, simultaneously hard-pressed yet telling cyclists they’re too poor to get a car, but then running into Schrodinger’s cyclist, who is also a middle aged elite…
Just gonna leave this here.
Just gonna leave this here.
Some of them can turn bright orange.
scroll to the bottom for the
scroll to the bottom for the ‘making of’. I wonder if they’ve had green ink letters about the animals (real, not CGI’d) and maybe COVID – all addressed in the same whimsical (aka sickly) spirit as the finished product.
Muhammad Bilal Nasir stopped
Muhammad Bilal Nasir stopped his Vauxhall Meriva on a pelican crossing in Shirley Street, a court heard.
The 38-year-old of Winchester Road was confronted by police officers and told them he had only stopped for five minutes on January 27 this year.
(no buildings harmed)
Looks like a fishtailing
Looks like a fishtailing caravan to me. I always wonder if you get billed for any of the hassle and work this sort of thing causes.
Have you seen that loathsome
Have you seen that loathsome advert lately? I remember commenting some months ago that it trivialises a serious situation – Normalises crashing your car, in its mawkish, cutesy way.
poop poop!
poop poop!
Also noticed some weak at the
Also noticed some weak at the knees stufff here. Beats me why the council took on the disabled driver lobby. what a shame.
Follow up story:
Follow up story:
if you’ve got a frame you
if you’ve got a frame you like, then upgrading any manufacturer installed components that impair the ride makes sense – if you can get hold of them in a sensible time or price. You optimise it for the type of riding you mostly do, e.g. the terrain, weather, leisure/commute. You also learn what consistently makes a difference to your ride, and what doesn’t.
The old stuff may go on your utility bike, or one that you give to charity.
best to try to stick with a common “speed” – most of mine are 10s – so things are inter- changeable.
I love building bikes from old frames and components. I’m getting quite good with a rattle-can. In the pandemic and when it’s wet dark and cold, a bit of elbow grease on old paint keeps you off the sofa and occupied.
Mostly ebay for old 531 frames around £100, the occasional complete bike, usually new components (via Ebay) or stealing from my other bikes. Hope2cycle are my local-ish outlet for my creations. It’s nice to think someone may be getting a full 531 frame, the sort I never had as a yoof.
Know what you mean re:frankenbike – trying to stick with silver, or black or ultegra grey, mixing and matching 1″ and 11/8″ forks and stems for example.
Yes, I thought there was
Yes, I thought there was something confessional about her comments.
this pub doesn’t appear to
this pub doesn’t appear to have a had the full crash through the walls treatment yet, but I thought the general attrition they experience from cars was worth highlighting.
Bus shelter in Coombe Road,
Bus shelter in Coombe Road, Salisbury damaged after crash
Damaged? Kids with marker pens do damage, this has been destroyed. The tone is casual – just another bus shelter demolished by a car.
while I’m on it, the bus company seem to be struggling with drivers, so if the service is already meagre, probably unreliable and now likely to not run at all, it just pushes more people towards cars…
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/19516584.bus-shelter-coombe-road-salisbury-damaged-crash/
Get in the sea.
Get in the sea.
Apparently it’s nice scenery
Apparently it’s nice scenery along there…
This bloke is quoted half-way through the piece and talks a lot of sense, I.e. contradicts the journalistic “killer road”.
Neil Greig, a road safety expert at IAM RoadSmart, says while highlighting accident blackspots is important, the issue goes deeper.
He said: “Ultimately there’s no such thing as a killer road as such, it is all about driver behaviour so it’s about the drivers themselves as opposed to the road.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/a2070-crash-victim-speaks-out-on-killer-road-252250/
