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Author: Martin DannMartin Dann Date: Aug 13, 2007 18:26
Steve Firth wrote:
> Last week on TV there was a short video featuring the antics of a
> cyclist in Lancashire. The programme was supposed to be advocating the
> benefits of cycling as a means of getting to work.
Just watched the Vid on youtube, and I spotted four
criminals crossing double white lines to pass him.
I also spotted too many drivers ignoring the highway code
and passing far too close whilst overtaking.
As for the one way street, I did not see him cycle the
wrong way, did he get off and walk? e.g. like when he was
walking along the footpath at the start.
Martin "Two leading, two trailing"
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Author: cupracupra Date: Aug 13, 2007 23:45
Martin Dann wrote:
> Steve Firth wrote:
>> Last week on TV there was a short video featuring the antics of a
>> cyclist in Lancashire. The programme was supposed to be advocating
>> the benefits of cycling as a means of getting to work.
>
> Just watched the Vid on youtube, and I spotted four
> criminals crossing double white lines to pass him.
> I also spotted too many drivers ignoring the highway code
> and passing far too close whilst overtaking.
It's hard to say how fast he was riding there..... his positioning was
terrible though (unless the camera angle is misleading).
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Date: Aug 14, 2007 01:27
Martin Dann virgin.net> wrote:
> Steve Firth wrote:
>> Last week on TV there was a short video featuring the antics of a
>> cyclist in Lancashire. The programme was supposed to be advocating the
>> benefits of cycling as a means of getting to work.
>
> Just watched the Vid on youtube, and I spotted four
> criminals crossing double white lines to pass him.
This is not illegal, you could do with learning your Highway Code. See
rule 108.
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Date: Aug 14, 2007 02:13
>> Just watched the Vid on youtube, and I spotted four
>> criminals crossing double white lines to pass him.
>
> This is not illegal, you could do with learning your Highway Code. See
> rule 108.
ITYM not necessarily illegal. The cyclist could have been travelling at
10mph or less. This is as unlikely, as even most trundlies potter about at
more than that.
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Mark T
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Date: Aug 14, 2007 02:24
>>> Just watched the Vid on youtube, and I spotted four
>>> criminals crossing double white lines to pass him.
>>
>> This is not illegal, you could do with learning your Highway Code. See
>> rule 108.
>
> ITYM not necessarily illegal.
The hair-splitting debate is over there -->
> The cyclist could have been travelling at 10mph or less. This is as
> unlikely, as even most trundlies potter about at more than that.
Most cyclists grossly over estimate their speed, few have speedometers
and none of thsoe are calibrated.
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Author: Tony RavenTony Raven Date: Aug 14, 2007 02:40
Steve Firth wrote:
>
>> The cyclist could have been travelling at 10mph or less. This is as
>> unlikely, as even most trundlies potter about at more than that.
>
> Most cyclists grossly over estimate their speed, few have speedometers
> and none of thsoe are calibrated.
I have one and it is calibrated pretty accurately. Few cyclists are
travel as slow as 10mph and I am usually between 15-20mph dropping to
maybe 8 or 9 on steeper hills. Next?
Tony
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Author: NMNM Date: Aug 14, 2007 02:50
Tony Raven wrote:
> Steve Firth wrote:
>>
>>> The cyclist could have been travelling at 10mph or less. This is as
>>> unlikely, as even most trundlies potter about at more than that.
>>
>> Most cyclists grossly over estimate their speed, few have speedometers
>> and none of thsoe are calibrated.
>
> I have one and it is calibrated pretty accurately. Few cyclists are
> travel as slow as 10mph and I am usually between 15-20mph dropping to
> maybe 8 or 9 on steeper hills. Next?
>
How did you get it calibrated?
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Date: Aug 14, 2007 03:02
>> The cyclist could have been travelling at 10mph or less. This is as
>> unlikely, as even most trundlies potter about at more than that.
>
> Most cyclists grossly over estimate their speed
Whilst the speedometer on my bike isn't independently calibrated, it is
pretty accurate. I very rarely come across a cyclist at less than 10mph.
The slower ones pootle about at 12mph, the modal average seems somewhere
around 14-15mph.
I somehow doubt you would be prosecuted, even if the police thought the
cyclist was significantly over 10mph, so you can rest easy.
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Mark T
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Author: Tony RavenTony Raven Date: Aug 14, 2007 03:04
NM wrote:
>>
>> I have one and it is calibrated pretty accurately. Few cyclists are
>> travel as slow as 10mph and I am usually between 15-20mph dropping to
>> maybe 8 or 9 on steeper hills. Next?
>>
>
> How did you get it calibrated?
Very easy. Cycle computers are nothing more than wheel revolution
counters which multiply the number of revolutions per second by the user
entered wheel circumference. Measure the circumference in a roll out
test, enter it and voila, calibrated speedometer. Most of us here will
have done that and its good to about 0.1mph from cross calibration with
GPS on a straight road.
Tony
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Author: NMNM Date: Aug 14, 2007 03:08
Tony Raven wrote:
> NM wrote:
>>>
>>> I have one and it is calibrated pretty accurately. Few cyclists are
>>> travel as slow as 10mph and I am usually between 15-20mph dropping to
>>> maybe 8 or 9 on steeper hills. Next?
>>>
>>
>> How did you get it calibrated?
>
> Very easy. Cycle computers are nothing more than wheel revolution
> counters which multiply the number of revolutions per second by the user
> entered wheel circumference. Measure the circumference in a roll out
> test, enter it and voila, calibrated speedometer. Most of us here will
> have done that and its good to about 0.1mph from cross calibration with
> GPS on a straight road.
>
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