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Thanks again. Plucked up the
Thanks again. Plucked up the courage to sort it, and it was indeed a doddle to adjust. Now running smoothly!
Deputy mayor of Christchurch Cllr Paul Hilliard urges cyclists to wear helmets after he was involved in a collision at Fountain Roundaboutanother crash victim turned helmet evangelist – the sea that you can get in is right there.
Cyclists urge Cllr Paul Hilliard to at least wear it properly.
Yes! She graduated from a
Yes! She graduated from a Hamax child seat on a normal bike to this overnight, so is luxuriating in the extra space (and I’m loving her lower centre of gravity!) She was a bit unnerved at first (and if I’m honest, so was I ) by not being strapped in, and I need to add some foot stirrups to give her something else to brace against (we had a firm but not emergency stop yesterday that sent her sliding into my back!) but she’s loving it. She also loves peering round at the speedo to tell me how fast I’m going.
I couldn’t imagine and do not
I couldn’t imagine and do not condone using racist language in this (or any) situation myself, if that is your insinuation. I was just observing that your comment seemed to set up a hierarchy of racist language bad, misogynist language ok. I am not suggesting you are a misogynist, but the language arguably is.
Agree. Although I picked Adam
Agree. Although I picked Adam up on use of gendered language below (though it was actually meant as an observation, not a personal attack, Adam) I am far from blameless. I am trying to train myself out of using epithets like ‘crazy’ ‘insane’ or ‘mental’.
Thanks for the advice. It
Thanks for the advice. It feels like something that can be adjusted / will bed in rather than a catastophic issue, but is it too much to ask that something this expensive just works from new?!
Bothered enough to reply 3
Bothered enough to reply 3 times.
Yes, but the point (as I’m
Yes, but the point (as I’m sure you well know) is the etymology and why it is considered offensive.
Finally, 2 months after
Finally, 2 months after receiving the bike, got hold of the seating accessories and managed to use it as intended. Tern have redesigned the seating, so that slim seatpad and backrest you can see set me back £105! Unfortunately the Nexus gear hub seems to be slipping which, from a quick google, seems not uncommon. Unfortunate because I bought remotely, so taking it back for inspection / adjustment etc is not straightforward.
Presumably not the intent
Presumably not the intent behind your use in a heated moment though.
While I agree with the
While I agree with the sentiment, your slur of choice has its own biases.
It would be like being draped
It would be like being draped in a Tiffany lamp.Not quite the same, but I had
Not quite the same, but I had an infuriating near miss here recently: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RZaiowZMvJXPuJqR7. I was waiting at the red light shown. When the lights changed, I went straight across the junction. The oncoming driver started to turn across my path, before stopping and hooting at me as I passed. It wasn’t that close, but the horn irked me, so I regret to say I couldn’t resist turning round and following them to ask what the horn was for. The inexplicable response I got was that I had “driven into them”. The van driver behind them claimed to have seen it and said I was “in the wrong too”. I genuinely wish I’d had a camera just so I could work out what they were talking about. The only explanation I can think of is that I started pre-emptively steering to avoid a collision and they thought they would have had time to make the turn (they didn’t) if I hadn’t.
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but your ellipsis makes me think you’ve put an intentional error in there somewhere (or, worse, I made an unintentional one!)
Also, I think the Government
Also, I think the Government are indeed affecting change. They (or their replacement) just need to start effecting it.
