tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post2247970185259509779..comments2024-03-19T10:54:26.547+00:00Comments on Real cycling: Yellow fever: Skyride 2010Rob Ainsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-43550115760737227002010-09-07T19:51:11.481+01:002010-09-07T19:51:11.481+01:00If you were wondering where all the penny-farthing...If you were wondering where all the penny-farthings were, the Skyride was the same day as the <a href="http://www.theknutsfordgreatrace.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Knutsford Great Race</a>.Gareth Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405124248006286547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-19964517527750006362010-09-06T19:45:56.084+01:002010-09-06T19:45:56.084+01:00"I didn't see any tarmac impacts when I t..."I didn't see any tarmac impacts when I trundled round with the masses though."<br /><br />I saw one woman go over her handlebars and have a crunching impact. She braked to avoid a nuclear family who had stopped in the fast lane.<br /><br />I only saw three recumbents, but then they seem to be dying out in London. A few years back I used to see a couple of regulars dicing with death in Waltham Forest but then they vanished.<br /><br />What really annoyed me about Sky Ride was constantly having to stop for road-tax dodging pedestrians who wanted to cross the road. <br /><br />I saw very little in the way of imaginative bikes. I suspect the artistic cyclists shun Sky Ride because of the Murdoch patronage. Me, I am always happy to collect another Sky Ride bib, they are very good for dusting and cleaning the toilet bowl.<br /><br />I also picked up several bottles of free purple fluid which I believe may be good for lubricating my chain.freewheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731932510033958017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-79663769416135023472010-09-06T16:49:16.770+01:002010-09-06T16:49:16.770+01:00Il Pirata di PenzanceIl Pirata di PenzanceTimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-60696241499420402642010-09-06T16:25:29.942+01:002010-09-06T16:25:29.942+01:00@Nigel... ah, very clever!@Nigel... ah, very clever!Rob Ainsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545429147297468874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-34775687850026598912010-09-06T12:41:44.938+01:002010-09-06T12:41:44.938+01:00Patience, the lights will change eventually.
Utop...Patience, the lights will change eventually.<br /><br />Utopia, B.V.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228972852570724347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8570734860219292199.post-34603243658876861472010-09-06T09:11:27.243+01:002010-09-06T09:11:27.243+01:00Must say this year I noticed even more that the ye...Must say this year I noticed even more that the yellow bibs are detracting from this event. <br /><br />Everybody looks the same. I reckon next year fancy dress should be encouraged, or at least individuality.prj45https://www.blogger.com/profile/00577925032338977435noreply@blogger.com