h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

To be serious for a moment as a car driver I have only ever once nearly clipped a cyclist and even then the naughty little b*gger overtook a line of traffic turning left, in the dark, when it was raining without any lights, I still managed to stop!! There is no excuse for not "seeing" a cyclist whatsoever if you take the legally required amount of due care and attention whilst driving.

well said Pat

I've been lucky so far....he says before getting on his bike tonight

V MAx your wanted on and finally

curtain call

Bushy,

If cyclists are doing dangerous manouvers, they're fair game though, as long as the driver is signalling and has priority. But your serious moment is appreciated by those of us on smaller vehicles.

"RJ500" Typo? I thought it was RG500?

If you had one of those you're madder than I ever suspected, it vies with the Max as the maddest machine ever to hit the road!

Respect to Bushy.

Sorry V Max, typo ...

RJ is some old donkey thing that Yamaha used to do isn't it?

The maddest machine to ever hit the road was the RD350 YPVS which was by far the most powerful thing on aframe that light ever ... Closely followed by the RG500 and RD500 as you rightly state! Brain out, helmet on ... Let's go f***ing beserk!! (and fast!)

Yep .. it's a sad and sorry excuse, and was used by the driver who hit me. When our friendly policeman turned up, I asked him what action would be taken against the driver suggesting that Careless Driving might be in order as he clearly didn't look before reversing into me the policeman said "Ah, but he did look, he just didn't see you" No action being taken against driver, me limping. Having a clear conscience can hurt sometimes. By the way V MAX, is your bike the one with the Nuffield three point linkage?

Peter,

Yep, and variable thrip valves.

Sorry to butt in on the cycling club - just wanted to say hello to Brad - hope you had a good hols.

Don't really know much about the bicycle as such - though for some reason I recall my name and said vehicle and 'office' coming up in overheard conversations in my younger days......

MC-H far too introspective at the mo (yes all my fault!) - though dear Peter S has started something for ER II to get into - but am not sure where it will go.

Chelsea Girl... Bike?

Bike... Chelsea Girl?

Nope, don't get it!!

Hooray, her Chelseaness is still alive: thought perhaps you'd had to go into hospital for a life-threatening knee op and was just going to e-mail to make the appropriate enquiries.

MC-H difficulties not, repeat not, your fault at all. Peter L put it very well first thing this morning in this very thread, and we all agree with him.

and now it looks as if I just nicked Peter S' idea from MC-H, which I honestly didn't.

Bushy, was there perhaps a Raleigh Chelsea at some point? Who knows?

Raleigh Chelsea? Yep! I rode mine 'til it was falling to bits and then it went to me little brother!

Brad's "Cole Porter Night" over on "af" isn't going down to well with the yokels! LOL!

I'm waiting with baited breath for ij, McSqueel, Mel or Doug Nazi to make their opinions known.

I'm sure they'll join in with the spirit of the thing. Not.

Let's see if Dr Dickie / Pooter crawls out now.

If you use the "Latest Messages" button on AF, you can get some extraordinarily surreal results.

I hadn't been there since Brad started his Cole Porter thread, co I LMed, scrolled down to the last 1 I'd seen (V Max's ref to Gestapo Bob Harris) and then read upwards. So there I am, tears rolling down my face courtesy of The Slovan, when suddenly I come across a post from Ruth about school uniform! Extraordinarily weird juxtaposition. Fantastic work everyone!

Bushy,

You know Horse - what goes wiv me cart, mate! Just popped out to give him his nosebag. Bleedin' hell - don't you know nuffing?

Triple ?

I could w**k in a circus!

Pat,

I did the same thing and its surreal, isn't it? A whole load of nonsense then a completely serious slab of text about school uniforms. Its like a clash of 2 totally different cultures, the Mad and the Po-Faced.