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Post by ARENA on May 30, 2014 13:19:29 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2014 14:33:10 GMT
Interesting, but no gears and a back peddling brake?
Also they mention if it gets stolen it will be detected by another similar bike riding past. Hmmm. I suppose so, until the thief decides to remove the battery!
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Post by apple on May 30, 2014 16:34:32 GMT
Wow, that is awesome.
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Post by Nobody on May 31, 2014 1:59:56 GMT
I always knew that Canadians are smart. They are also very tough as far as cold weather is concerned.
Let's face it: Canadians are a rare breed.
The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart
50° Fahrenheit (10° C)
・ Californians shiver uncontrollably.
・ Canadians plant gardens.
35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C)
・ Italian Cars won't start
・ Canadians drive with the windows down
32° Fahrenheit (0° C)
・ American water freezes
・ Canadian water gets thicker.
0° Fahrenheit (-17.9° C)
・ New York City landlords finally turn on the heat.
・ Canadians have the last cookout of the season.
-60° Fahrenheit (-51° C)
・ Santa Claus abandons the North Pole.
・ Canadian Girl Guides sell cookies door-to-door.
-109.9° Fahrenheit (-78.5° C)
・ Carbon dioxide freezes makes dry ice.
・ Canadians pull down their earflaps.
-173° Fahrenheit (-114° C)
・ Ethyl alcohol freezes.
・ Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg
-459.67° Fahrenheit (-273.15° C)
・ Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops.
・ Canadians start saying "cold, eh?"
-500° Fahrenheit (-295° C)
・ Hell freezes over.
・ The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup
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Post by scorp on May 31, 2014 7:46:51 GMT
Oh great - more bicycles...
Yippee...
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Post by jimshoo on May 31, 2014 8:52:19 GMT
I once had a motorbike.
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Post by ARENA on Jun 3, 2014 8:30:58 GMT
I was one of the first bike commuters in London. (Raleigh Roadster)  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 9:12:45 GMT
I was one of the first bike commuters in London. (Raleigh Roadster) Long before you wore helmets I imagine Arena. I have a memory of driving into Hull in the mid 60's. I was in charge of a big project there so would travel up very early. And suddenly the town would be alive with literally hundreds of bikes at 3am. The fishing fleet had docked and these were mainly women all going to sort gut and pack the fish. Happy days. A young man without too many cares let loose in Hull. Some part of the attraction is that at any one time there were about 7000 men at sea.  |
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Post by scorp on Jun 4, 2014 9:49:13 GMT
 In my twenties I rode a Vespa... originally a 125cc, then a move up to the Vespa GS, with a high-compression, mighty 150cc... I once had an indicated 80mph out of it, downhill... then it seized... yanked in the clutch and got it to stop. Half an hour, and several cigarettes, later it started OK and off we went! At one time I was doing Nottingham to North London and back every weekend. I must have been barmy. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 10:03:06 GMT
We were just bloody hard Scorps. I had a Triumph Tiger Cub which I would regularly ride from my home near Gatwick to see a girlfriend in Bewdley. I was too poor to get real gear so froze to death. I used a towel round my neck to stop the water,and had an old flying jacket which was like blotting paper. It would take me several hours to thaw out. I remember one journey where ice formed on the outside of the jacket. I only did it becasue she was worth it  |
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Post by scorp on Jun 5, 2014 8:10:18 GMT
I remember a day when the journey up to Nottingham took me nine hours! The country was fogbound -- all except for one village on my route, Barton-in-the-Clay in Bedfordshire. As I rode into the village, the visibility was perfect - great! I thought... but once I rode out the other end - fog again - all the bloody way!
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