Less horsepower & more pedalpower

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 04 Feb 2007, 12:03

Dont suppose they have a pic of that with a 50p piece in the shot for size comparison do they?

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 04 Feb 2007, 19:22

speedbird591 wrote:and then look what happened

I sure like the way you have coloured your face in the colours of the Union Jack....

More seriously: In Denmark it is illegal to mask your face like that....

ianhind · Post by **ianhind** » 04 Feb 2007, 20:56

Combining the motor and pedal power threads, I was clearly never intended to have a motorbike.

Encouraged to get a car licence ASAP by a father who had ridden motorbikes (with and without sidecar) for many years. But a pedal bike was ok, and at the time even riding around the Heathrow locality was not too bad.

But now, there is no way that I would travel around this area by bike. Roads are too busy and the "country lanes" are too narrow to enjoy. Not sure how "thehappyotter" survives.

speedbird591 · Post by **speedbird591** » 04 Feb 2007, 23:00

DanKH wrote:I sure like the way you have coloured your face in the colours of the Union Jack....

I'm glad you find it amusing, Dan. It makes me feel as though all the pain was not suffered in vain!

Worryingly, I also broke my nose falling off a bike when I was 10. I hope it's not something that's going to happen every 50 years :roll:

On the plus side, after 50 years of mostly breathing through one nostril, I've now cracked it fairly straight and can breathe much better! On the minus side, they've asked me to return my cycling proficiency certificate.

Ian :sad:

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 04 Feb 2007, 23:51

OneMacGuru · Post by **OneMacGuru** » 05 Feb 2007, 12:04

Coming off the bike is fine - encountering the effects of gravity can even be pleasurable but you see that last half inch before contact with mother earth..... :shock:

Al

DanKH · Post by **DanKH** » 05 Feb 2007, 13:37

Garry Russell wrote:And then there is this

Only in France.....!

Or Japan.

4JSTU · Post by **4JSTU** » 06 Feb 2007, 09:27

:sad: Nothing special, one of those 'does what is says on the tin' kind of bike's.

Had it for 12 years now, done many a lap of Rutland Water and Grafham Water Reservoirs, now just use it to nip into town on.

:dance:

Post by **Garry Russell** » 19 Feb 2007, 22:52

I wouldn't know if I was coming or going

Garry

AlexP · Post by **AlexP** » 22 Feb 2007, 19:26

Well hereâ€™s mine, final got it out of the shed and dusted it off. Itâ€™s not as flash as some of the kit on display here but Iâ€™m really please with it and I especially like the name â€“ â€˜Vulcanâ€™!!.

Weather permitting I hope to get out on it this weekend.

Alex