I bowed my head a little

Skunk

"I always wondered if people left D-locks and the like so they could
'reserve' their place, or if people had simply mistakenly left them, or even
if the bikes had been stolen .."

I leave mine at work because of the weight.
I am the only person who cycles to work. My manager came in to see me Friday, threw a catalogue on my desk and asked me to choose what sort of rack I wanted. I plumped for one of those shed type things they have at railway stations, expecting him to say naff off, but he went for it without blinking. He is a cyclist out of work.

Dave Larrington

Colin Blackburn wrote:

> It's not about reserving a place, it's about avoiding carrying a three
> pound lump of metal each way on the ride.

Which is a nice idea until such time as the bicycle breaks down halfway home
in such a manner as to be unfixable with the tools carried about one's
person and has to be left behind for later retrieval...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

David Martin

On 22/12/04 11:35 am, in article 32t62nF3qaqqdU1@individual.net, "Dave
Larrington" <smert.spamionam@privacy.net> wrote:

> Colin Blackburn wrote:
>
>> It's not about reserving a place, it's about avoiding carrying a three
>> pound lump of metal each way on the ride.
>
> Which is a nice idea until such time as the bicycle breaks down halfway home
> in such a manner as to be unfixable with the tools carried about one's
> person and has to be left behind for later retrieval...

Well that isn't a problem for me. I can walk half way in ten minutes, and
ride past the allotment so could put it in the shed if it was uncarryable.

And anyway, isn't that waht taxis are for?

...d

congokid

In message <1103627821.712492.261180@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
hyweljenkins@hotmail.com writes

>Our place has an underground
>car park that averages 5 or 6 bike thefts a year. If security was
>better (or if security existed), and there was a shower, I'd get a road
>bike and would ride the 25 mile (each way) journey to work. It
>wouldn't take much longer than driving it.

At my work (which is about 50 yards from a tube station) there is a
large underground car park. I believe staff have to pay to use it
though, so it's never full. Last year they tried selling some of the
spaces at close to NCP rates.

There is no specific bike parking provision, but a few cyclists
including me sometimes chain their bikes to what few railings there are.

Last week, I placed my Cafe Nero coffee (free thanks to a loyalty card)
carefully to one side as I locked my bike to a railing in front of
another bike which has been there for months. My rear wheel nudged the
other bike, which promptly fell over onto my coffee cup, spilling the
entire contents. There was no lock or chain on it.

--
congokid
Good restaurants in London? Number one on Google
http://congokid.com

Michael MacClancy

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:10:36 +0000, congokid wrote:

> My rear wheel nudged the other bike, which promptly fell over onto my
> coffee cup, spilling the entire contents. There was no lock or chain on
> it.

And the moral of this story is that you should always lock or chain your
coffee cup. ;-)
--
Michael MacClancy

www.macclancy.demon.co.uk
www.macclancy.co.uk

njf>badger

Tony W wrote:
> "Badger" <the10ths.50th@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:RU1yd.800$tP.774@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>
>>The flowers kids are bad enough, but some of the staff and students are
>>even worse....
>
>
> Southampton?
YEP!
>
> Nice to know the flowers kids are still as bad as their grandparents of the
> early 70's!!
>
> T
Worse, much worse, still if you know who the estate was built for hardly
surprising....

Mike Smith

Michael MacClancy wrote:

> And the moral of this story is that you should always lock or chain your
> coffee cup. ;-)
You are Alan Turing AICMFP!

Tony W

"njf>badger< badger" <"njf"@soton.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:cqc2ri$3do$1@aspen.sucs.soton.ac.uk...
> > Southampton?
> YEP!
> >
> > Nice to know the flowers kids are still as bad as their grandparents of
the
> > early 70's!!

> Worse, much worse, still if you know who the estate was built for hardly
> surprising....

It was a no go area for students in the early 70's with several beaten to a
pulp and at least one stabbing.

T

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 20:53:12 -0000, "Tony W"
<tonyremove@chapmore.co.uk> wrote in message
<32u59rF3qacp9U1@individual.net>:

>>> Nice to know the flowers kids are still as bad as their grandparents of
>>> the early 70's!!

>> Worse, much worse, still if you know who the estate was built for hardly
>> surprising....

>It was a no go area for students in the early 70's with several beaten to a
>pulp and at least one stabbing.

And one friend of mine beaten up outside Mike's Fish Bar in the late
80s by a heroic group of hulking Flower lads, several of whom were
clearly required to overcome a terrifying 5'6" mild-mannered PhD
chemist.

Still a world class chippie, mind, but we preferred the one in
Swaythling next to the Racquet Shop (we had the flat above the Racquet
Shop and the chips were still sizzling when we got them home).

Guy
--
"then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

Al C-F

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:59:25 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<uce@ftc.gov> wrote:

>
>Still a world class chippie, mind, but we preferred the one in
>Swaythling next to the Racquet Shop (we had the flat above the Racquet
>Shop and the chips were still sizzling when we got them home).

Is that the one facing the end of Burgess Road? It's on one of my
routes home from town.

I may have to try it.

Just zis Guy, you know?

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:48:17 +0000, Al C-F
<aloysius_cholmondeley_featherstonehawe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
<f2cls0hbunap78b2f99iu7288s9dlddovc@4ax.com>:

>>Still a world class chippie, mind, but we preferred the one in
>>Swaythling next to the Racquet Shop (we had the flat above the Racquet
>>Shop and the chips were still sizzling when we got them home).

>Is that the one facing the end of Burgess Road? It's on one of my
>routes home from town.

Yes, that's it. It may well have changed hands since, of course. In
those days there was a Yugo garage on the corner as well, which
provided some unintentional comedy :-)

Guy
--
"then came ye chavves, theyre cartes girded wyth candels
blue, and theyre beastes wyth straynge horn-lyke thyngs
onn theyre arses that theyre fartes be herde from myles
around." Chaucer, the Sheppey Tales

Badger

Al C-F wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:59:25 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
> <uce@ftc.gov> wrote:
>
>
>>Still a world class chippie, mind, but we preferred the one in
>>Swaythling next to the Racquet Shop (we had the flat above the Racquet
>>Shop and the chips were still sizzling when we got them home).
>
>
> Is that the one facing the end of Burgess Road? It's on one of my
> routes home from town.
>
> I may have to try it.

just watch out for the lower flowers lot....
did you know Cantell (formerly glenaire)(sp?) school had the highest
rate of murderers and rapists amounst its former pupils of any school in
the country?
Not surprising really, the estate was built for the families of the
highest security prisoners held on the IOW!

Al C-F

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 12:44:40 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<uce@ftc.gov> wrote:

>>Is that the one facing the end of Burgess Road? It's on one of my
>>routes home from town.
>
>Yes, that's it. It may well have changed hands since, of course. In
>those days there was a Yugo garage on the corner as well, which
>provided some unintentional comedy :-)

Said site is now occupied by a drive through McDonalds.

More on topic, Colin's Cycles just up the road closed a few years ago.

Al C-F

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 19:34:52 GMT, Badger <the10ths.50th@ntlworld.com>
wrote:

>just watch out for the lower flowers lot....
>did you know Cantell (formerly glenaire)(sp?) school had the highest
>rate of murderers and rapists amounst its former pupils of any school in
>the country?
>Not surprising really, the estate was built for the families of the
>highest security prisoners held on the IOW!

Alas no. I wasn't brought up round these parts, and I'm still not
sure that I know which bit 'The Flowers' refers to. SWMBO may have
more idea though.