Search found 147 matches

by gnvqsos
28 Jul 2018, 10:05pm
Forum: Off-road Cycling.
Topic: South Downs Way
Replies: 8
Views: 8204

Re: South Downs Way

I would rather see a mass readathon where CTC members read backcopies of the CTC magazine-that would be mentally challenging reading about the merits of a dished rear wheel,dia-compe brakes and leather saddles and chafing.
by gnvqsos
28 Jul 2018, 10:01pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?
Replies: 51
Views: 3613

Re: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?

It is a bit sad to cry troll instead of making a decent argument.E-bikes are simply a dilute version of an electric motorbike-or a smaller version of an electric car,both being dependent on burning gas and lignite.They are assisted in theory but many are ridden by somewaht overweight riders,possibly unable to finance the expense of a decent motorbike/scooter.In the nearfuture theymay be banned unless their persistence is justified by tax revenues.
by gnvqsos
28 Jul 2018, 6:13am
Forum: Off-road Cycling.
Topic: South Downs Way
Replies: 8
Views: 8204

Re: South Downs Way

This seems like an effective way to alienate anyone seeking some p and q in the Downs.100 miles offroad is a tougbh challenge,and for many, possibly dangerous given the hot weather.The organiser should be given a meddle.
by gnvqsos
28 Jul 2018, 6:04am
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?
Replies: 51
Views: 3613

Re: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?

Unread postby landsurfer » 26 Jul 2018, 10:22pm
Surely there is a mistake.
The post title ?
Should it read ..
Road Tax for Motorbikes.

The fundementa lmistake lies with cyclists who think an electirc bike is different from a motorbike or scooter.They are powered vehiicles dependent upon fossil fuels for their source of power.I shall be urging my MP to raise the uissue in the Commons.At present they are an anomoly and need to be addressed urgently,as they are apotential menace.At present their cost is such that they lie beyond the teenage market,but as technology advances their costs will plummet and soon teenagers will afford them-at which point there will be opressure to eithr ban them or subject them to tax.I would supoert banning them form bridal paths and toe paths,and exclkude riders under 17 and over 70 unless the elderly can pass a simple proficiency test.
by gnvqsos
26 Jul 2018, 10:57pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Crime figures...
Replies: 2
Views: 498

Re: Crime figures...

19 out of 20 criminals disagree
by gnvqsos
26 Jul 2018, 9:41pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: The Laws of Football
Replies: 53
Views: 3204

Re: The Laws of Football

I think the referee was wrong-it is unlikely anyone wearing such sheer shorts would risk breaking wind-to do so would invite posible embarrassment and public humiliation.I have known many cyclists who have transgressed and ridden home in great discomfoort-often toi the rear of the groiup.
by gnvqsos
26 Jul 2018, 9:31pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?
Replies: 51
Views: 3613

Re: Road Tax for Electric Bikes ?

Taxes have never controlled behaviour,and people have no option but to pay the tax.
by gnvqsos
23 Jul 2018, 9:23pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Why have disc brakes become so popular?
Replies: 494
Views: 24024

Re: Why have disc brakes become so popular?

"


Well as I can see they are an expensive gimmick,I have eschewed them for a conventional alternaive,which is both economical and effective.I do not need to drink urine or eat faeces to qualify any opinion I form about their epicuyrean qualities.It is clear you have been sediced sucked in,ripped off and now have to prosletyse to alleviate your sense of disappointment.
by gnvqsos
23 Jul 2018, 2:23pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Why have disc brakes become so popular?
Replies: 494
Views: 24024

Re: Why have disc brakes become so popular?

If you cannot stop using a conventional caliper set-up ypu need to sharpen your anticipation,the sole exception being loaded when a cantilever is very adequate.Disc brakes are a gimmick-rather like the nbew shapes of mountain-bikes.
by gnvqsos
20 Jul 2018, 10:39pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Banning cars around schools, the Vienna solution
Replies: 16
Views: 1856

Re: Banning cars around schools, the Vienna solution

I imagine that the streets outside the zone will be more busy and more dangerous-the very streets where perhaps many children live?Secondly the Austrians are quyite accepting of a central authority whereas inn the UK we will not accept small restrctions on the unmentionable frree market economy
by gnvqsos
20 Jul 2018, 10:18pm
Forum: Family Cycling
Topic: Cycling activities for 7 year old
Replies: 8
Views: 1787

Re: Cycling activities for 7 year old

I have rigged up a dynamo attached to a training machine,and our five year old generated currant for his oet iguana.
by gnvqsos
19 Jul 2018, 9:57pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Why have disc brakes become so popular?
Replies: 494
Views: 24024

Re: Why have disc brakes become so popular?

It is very hard to improve a bike and make new fangled bikes that are better.Manufacturers are developing newer devices(discbrakes) which may be no better overall.In the 1980s and 90s many people bought music they had aleady paid for renouncing vinyl for CD format records.Ironically the conosewer now plays his vinal on a £2000 record player,even though the sound quaklity is poor.
by gnvqsos
15 Jul 2018, 10:35pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: £800 or £1600 bike, what will you notice really?
Replies: 48
Views: 3380

Re: £800 or £1600 bike, what will you notice really?

I would spend less by purchasing the cheaper option and focus on getting really fit.Shift your question ie are you good enough for the bike>
by gnvqsos
14 Jul 2018, 3:28pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Can the UK survive John Cleese leaving ?
Replies: 38
Views: 2001

Re: Can the UK survive John Cleese leaving ?

If I knew Paul O Grady,the thinking womans Cilla Black was threatening to inflict herself on the lucky Italians I would have voted Tory.Having said that the Tories came fourth where we live,and still beat Liberals.My altered vote would have had little effect on the overall figures.
by gnvqsos
13 Jul 2018, 6:19pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: pedestrianising Oxford St rejected bt Westminster Council
Replies: 16
Views: 1819

Re: pedestrianising Oxford St rejected bt Westminster Council

[quote][/quote
It seems strange to draw an opposition between "businesses in pedestrianised zones" and "the independent retail sector," when often it's independent shops that are found on pedestrianised streets. Perhaps an assumption is being made that pedestrianised zone = mall?2

The issue is about Oxford Street,which I imagine has few independents.There was no assumption as the case in point has been specified.Malls I think are enclosed,and often are built with the intentioin of excluding .You rarely see cars driven round Meadowhall or Trafford Centre these days.