Can / SHOULD we fine cyclists for riding no handed? £5000 fine - seems low!!

[ufkacbln]

If a beard, beer holder, and baseball cap are present.

No Baseball cap

 

[jefmcg]

Because it is

If you will pardon the tautology, it's easy for the people it is easy for, and not for those who it isn't. I learned to ride a bike as an adult, and it is still something I get on and ride. For some people who learnt as children, the bike is an extension of their body and they understand it's physics in a way I never will.

 

[Cubist]

I'd pay £5000 to be able to ride no handed. Just don't seem to have the balance these days. More Sauvignon needed.

Or a pint of whatever the OP was having.

 

[Cubist]

The opposite, I think, as he was posting house music to the find-a-bargain thread at 3am

Actually, that would liven up an otherwise dull thread. If music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, perhaps a bit of Beethoven in the Helmet thread to soften rocks, or bend the occasional knotted oak?

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Well that's another massive threat to humanity highlighted. Tomorrow: Squirrels dropping nuts from trees!!

 

[Absinthe Minded]

It's at times like this, I miss Vernon's tales of absinthe drinking.

You called?

 

[mjr]

For some people who learnt as children, the bike is an extension of their body and they understand it's physics in a way I never will.

Maybe not understand so much as having learned through experience how far it can be abused. The facefuls of gravel are worth missing, IMO.

 

[jefmcg]

Maybe not understand so much as having learned through experience how far it can be abused. The facefuls of gravel are worth missing, IMO.

Well, yes. I was always a cautious child, so probably would not have mastered hands-free riding even if I had the opportunity.

Ironically, it was that caution that got me a broken elbow at the age of eight, that still troubles me today.

 

[jefmcg]

Or a pint of whatever the OP was having.

I think a pint of that would probably kill you

 

[snorri]

@Alltalk. As it is I'm not sure who I need to target with my pitchfork and blazing torch as I march on the citadel of blighted injustice.

A quote lifted from that notable publication "Quotes what I have spoken" by Jonathan Aitken?

Edit to delete Cecil Parkinson and insert Jonathan Aiken

 

[Cubist]

A quote lifted from that notable publication "Quotes what I have spoken" by Cecil Parkinson?

Do grammar Nazis endorse plagiarism? Discus.

It's possibly a circular argument.

 

[Cubist]

Well, yes. I was always a cautious child, so probably would not have mastered hands-free riding even if I had the opportunity.

Ironically, it was that caution that got me a broken elbow at the age of eight, that still troubles me today.

To quote Ken Dodd
My teeth are the result of an experiment to see whether I could ride a bike blindfold. Apparently you can, at least as far as the nearest kerb.

 

[snorri]

Do grammar Nazis endorse plagiarism? Discus.
It's possibly a circular argument.

Nah, there's no argument, a discus is circular and that's a fact.

 

[Tim Hall]

A quote lifted from that notable publication "Quotes what I have spoken" by Cecil Parkinson?

Sounds more Aitkenesque to me, what with his sword of truth and trusty shield of British fair play. The liar.

 

[snorri]

Sounds more Aitkenesque to me, what with his sword of truth and trusty shield of British fair play. The liar.

Absolutely right sir, a fair cop.