Bike ban in Germany on Sundays

Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon moonshine is God's recipe - Scientists are looking into as a possible cure for the virus but you may have to consume a Micky of it every day ;o)

Canadians and Americans may not be aware of it but we do share a common border with France.
 
You Guys are getting too technical for me - HIC !

Other then 99% of what I related is not a lie - Have a Good and Safe Night

I really enjoyed this chat ;o)
 
This link may not play outside UK but it's an intersting listen on the connection between Mamils and Hell's Angels and their effect on the rest of us:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000llw4
 
Too late at night to listen to the whole thing - but geez, it pisses me off when people moan about cyclists wearing 'racing clothing', ie lycra and a cycling top. If I'm going to the shops or to work (when it was only 2km from home), sure, i ride in 'civvies'. But go for a 'ride' ride, where I'm out there to work hard for anything from 20 minutes to 15 hours, travelling at between 30-40kph on a flat road, anything longer than a few minutes in 'normal' clobber and your undies are soaked with sweat (even if you're wearing shorts) and your cotton T-shirt or singlet the same.

I have no prob with people riding in whatever they want, but unless you've experienced trying to ride fast in the wrong clothes, you'll have no idea why this stuff (lycra and bike clobber in general) was invented. Sure, MAMILs are a new phenom - love 'em or hate 'em, the 'IL' part is just common bloody sense. Doesn't have to be fancy kit, pasted with some sponsor's brand name, but it does have to be fit for the purpose - no different to good moto riding gear.

My rant over!! Must be Stage 4 lockdown!!
 
Interesting discussion and i must agree with most that she said but I do believe pushbikes should be registered, mine was when I was a kid in Switzerland in the early sixties.
 
No way can you disregard a Breganzie from being Pushbike - Because they are alive as long you got a battery ;o)

I say FUCK the Battery, generator's and alternators , go Magneto and just accept shes a Push Starter ;o)

Personally, I never did rid of a battery and a generator with my 70 SFO !
 
Register bicycles? Yeehay more bureaucrats to shit on us. Loose clothing is the biggest drag on a cyclist, the biggest energy loss according to wind tunnel testing. I like seeing unfit people of any shape get out on a bicycle, they are getting fit and into shape. Should they just stay home and tv sport it?
 
The registration I paid (should say my parents) was 11 Francs per year; that covered road craft lessons at school, insurance and a nifty reflective small number plate about the size of a calling card. It was considered a small price to pay for the benefits provided and I don't think anybody felt their civil rights were being abused. But after all, it was a time before manbuns and manbags. :D
 
Just on registering bicycles, I have a mate who rides anything on two wheels and is bloody good at it, road racing ,velodrome, whatever.
He had a head on on his pushy with a guy on an electric bike, dark night, other guy no lights etc.
Completely smashed his right hand, hospital time off work ect.
Even with the other guys details, police did not want to know and there was no way to recoup losses through any sort of insurance.
The other guy paid for half the cost of a new set of forks, thats all.

If there was some sort of registration, then a green slip linked to your car, then maybe when theres an accident that dosnt involve a car there would be funds available.
Imagine the case of two pushies having a head on and one ending up in a wheelchair, you would be fucked.
 
I pay $109 per year to be a member of Bicycle Queensland. As part of the membership I get:

Insurance, including personal accident insurance worldwide
Legal advise
24/7 Incident Debrief
As well as discounts at selected bicycle stores and retailers
 
Haggis said:
100 'proof' is based on 50% ABV (alcohol by volume) if my hungover mind recalls correctly. Hic.
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100 degrees 'proof' is the strength of alcohol that, when mixed with gunpowder, burns with a clear flame...
 
Where on the penny farthing did you mount the numberplate?
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:LOL: :LOL: As I said Chris the plate was about the size of a credit card; it was reflective red with the Swiss white cross in the middle with the initials of the Canton underneath, in my case VD for the Canton of Vaud (caused a lot of mirth when I took my bike to boarding school in Ruabon North Wales), the actual registration number was stamped across the bottom of the plate.
Was screwed to the mud guard, or if you considered yourself a 'racer' and removed the guards, to a little bracket you could buy to mount it under the saddle.
Got stopped by a gendarme in Nyon one morning on my way to my apprenticeship for not having a working light, he wrote the number down in his little book and I had to report to the local cop-shop within a week with a working light.
 
We're going to be seeing more and more accidents involving electric bikes (and scooters) Tom. They weigh probably 3-4 times that of a 'normal' bicycle, and handle and brake accordingly - the well-designed ones with a decent frame and brakes are fine, but the cheap shite ones that represent 80% of the market are dangerous. I se a guy on a 'scooter' on our bike path, passing all and sundry as he flies up the trail at 50-60kph. It's fukkin insane.

If anything should be registered, it's electric bikes first and foremost. And I'll happily don a small rego plate if it's free - when I'm riding, the car and moto (compulsory 3rd party insurance totalling in excess of A$1200 a year) are generally idle.
 
Chrisk: "Bicycle Queensland" Wish we had a deal like that in Canada - It would have saved me years of anxiety riding Oullaw.
 
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