the joy of bicyclettes
at two or three weeks into this new-fangled form of commuting i am by no means a seasoned cyclist but some pet hates have already emerged:
bus lane hogging buses that cling to the gutter and threaten your average six-foot-six cyclist with decapitation
cars that get in the right hand lane before a box junction but go straight ahead and threaten your average six-foot-six cyclist with decapitation
pedestrians who think they have a sixth sense to all road-borne threats. believe me, the only pedestrian with eyes in the back of their heads are those that walk headlong into the path of your average six-foot-six cyclist peddling as fast as his little wheels will allow
cobbles – if the hard plastic saddle on my folding bicycle doesn’t reduce the chances for gethin mark ii, the cobbled streets of edinburgh certainly will
This here blog is in honour of the esteemed Gethin William Albert Henley Esq, 5162 days old, who was born on 3rd April 2006 at 18:04 weighing a healthy 9lb 11½oz.
Daddy Cole is enjoying a career as a web developer whilst mummy Peta is juggling working part-time with being an all-round top mum
Comments:
Oompa said on Thursday, 7th December 2006
The six-foot-six cyclist has to get his priorities right. Either getting decapitated by a bus or car, a softer saddle, or gethin mark ll.
Methinks the most fun for all is the third option!