Today's Forum Topics
Set as homepage
|
View
New Forum Topics Today's Forum Topics Set as homepage |
 |
|
|||||||
| |
||||
Welcome to CyclingForums.com You are currently viewing our website as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions. You will have to register before you can post to this thread. By joining our free online community you will have access to post new topics, communicate privately with other cyclingforums.com members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos and access other special features like product reviews and classifieds. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
12-04.-2008, 11:23 PM
|
#1 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
The SUV of bicycles
Riding the Dandenong Creek bike track around Wantirna today (eastern
suburbs of Melbourne) I saw a guy on a petrol-powered bicycle, towing a trailer with his dog in it. He was tailgating me and another rider for a bit too. Is this the SUV of the bicycle world? As well as that I saw one woman on an electric-assisted bicycle (no harm there), and two kids on trailbikes (grr). Otherwise it was a nice ride. Hamish |
|
|
13-04.-2008, 06:47 AM
|
#2 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: The SUV of bicycles
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Riding the Dandenong Creek bike track around Wantirna today (eastern > suburbs of Melbourne) I saw a guy on a petrol-powered bicycle, towing a > trailer with his dog in it. He was tailgating me and another rider for a > bit too. Is this the SUV of the bicycle world? > > As well as that I saw one woman on an electric-assisted bicycle (no harm > there), and two kids on trailbikes (grr). Otherwise it was a nice ride. > > Hamish I was riding a electric-assist bike down there last week. Petrol-powered are legal if less than 50cc. In fact, the motor-assist are not as clean as they're made out to be, as their power source is ultimately coal-fired power stations. The SU is short for Stupendously Useless. At least though they don't disrupt everyone else's ride by making a racket, and feeling like you're on top of a chainsaw if you've ever ridden one, which I did years ago. Cheers, Ray |
|
|
|
13-04.-2008, 09:45 PM
|
#3 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: The SUV of bicycles
ray wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt wrote: >> Riding the Dandenong Creek bike track around Wantirna today (eastern >> suburbs of Melbourne) I saw a guy on a petrol-powered bicycle, towing >> a trailer with his dog in it. He was tailgating me and another rider >> for a bit too. Is this the SUV of the bicycle world? >> >> As well as that I saw one woman on an electric-assisted bicycle (no >> harm there), and two kids on trailbikes (grr). Otherwise it was a nice >> ride. >> >> Hamish > I was riding a electric-assist bike down there last week. Petrol-powered > are legal if less than 50cc. In fact, the motor-assist are not as clean > as they're made out to be, as their power source is ultimately > coal-fired power stations. True. At least they're fairly quiet and the fumes are emitted in Traralgon rather than me choking on them while riding :-| cheers Hamish |
|
|
Linear Mode
