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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: SquashmeSquashme Date: Aug 7, 2008 11:10
On 6 Aug, 10:10, Boltar yahoo.co.uk> wrote:> On Aug 5, 8:10 pm,Squashme gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Very true. The argument is not just based on logic and reason, but
>> also on emotions. As a cyclist, I just wish that people did not need
>> to bring so many of their unnecessary ornaments, furniture and gadgets
>> out to travel in close formation and at speed on the Queen's Highway.
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> So do you ride around on the latest whizzy bike with suspension ,
> fancy tyres and magnesium crank (or whatever)? If so , whats wrong
> with some 20 year old clunker from Oxfam? It would do the same job.
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Good Lord, no. Hate whizzy bikes (and their rideers). Titanium pedals
seen years ago for £70 shocked me (and that was when £70 was worth
£70, not 3s 6d.). Bikes are for use, not poncing. Last year paid £300
for a Ridgeback, after final collapse of 25 year old drop-handle-
barred Holdsworth (£120 in 1981). Expect that the Ridgeback will see
me out, as I will probably become part of the sad, but necessary,
costs of motorised traffic in the next few years.
NB. The tinker-bell, lights (yes!), pannier bags and rack are
necessary self-indulgences, I feel. Pump, too. Oh, luxury living. I do
not even mention the optional helmet and ugly hi-vis waistcoat that
help motorists to drive faster in confidence.
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