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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Cycle Lanes |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 21:20
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Replies: 31
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| The best cycle lanes are in Europe. They properly seperate the traffic ,are wide, well cared for and clear of rubbish. They also grant priority in some cases to the bicycle over the combustion engine. Could see that being very popular in the UK!!! I ride alot and also drive alot and I must say that ... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: A unique approach to safety |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2006 15:35
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Replies: 16
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| We had some friends around for the weekend last week. They brought their young son aged 14months. My wife and I are expecting too and we are jolly proud of ourselves and very excited. Now please bear with me. We spent most of the weekend worrying about the house while little Johnny went off explorin... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Should cyclists be insured? |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:44
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Replies: 55
Views: 41194
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| Cycling is something that needs to be encouraged in every respect. Licensing, insuring, regulating cyclists will do nothing other than put off casual users. Lets face it everyone who might think of doing the odd ride to work on a nice morning, or evening pub ride or fitness ride or getting back on a... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: SO who do you reckon will win THE TOUR! |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:26
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Replies: 35
Views: 19411
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| What about Savoldelli? He had an allergic reaction during he Giro, he is an excellent allrounder and has the disciplined Discovery Team behind him. Regarding the Lance factor, He is still an owner of that team and it is incredibly well drilled, I think you will find it functions very professionally ... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Nigel Havers Speaks His Mind! |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:19
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Replies: 24
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| Although locking the rear wheel is a bad idea and does nothing to scrub off speed. Nearly all of the braking on a road bike is done with the front wheel - forget that old wives tales of going over the handlebars, as when the rider moves their weight back in th ecorrect way that is impossible. Tour d... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: SPEED BUMPS :@ |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 19:08
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Replies: 72
Views: 47121
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| I always make sure I rev the tits off the car between each hump and then go over as slowly as humanly possible on the hump. This cause maximum nuisnace and annoyance to the local arseholes who asked for the humps and they either deserve everything they get in terms of a poor quality local environmen... |
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Forum: General Chat Topic: A genuine question to the Sensible Majority |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 00:06
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Replies: 21
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| Impossible to answer. Thats why speed limits are arbitary from a safety point of view. If you want to have an environmental impact then speed limits make sense except in certain circumstances when going up hill sometimes you can coast up a hill quite quickly exceeding the speed limit and that would ... |
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: HOGGING THE MIDDLE LANE ON MOTORWAYS |
| Crunchie |
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 23:57
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Replies: 66
Views: 25088
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| I reckon most motorway go slows, are caused by the totally differing speeds between cars and trucks. You know the situation everyone piling up in lane 3 at sub 70mph a few wasters in the midde lane just taking up space, they wont pull in because they will need to pull straight back out again because... |
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