Grrr Bromptons

[Miquel In De Rain]

I do, although I have an iphone and an iPad, so I'm not religious about it

I wouldn't dare get those,they are for important people.

ha ha, ok, maybe I'm being a bit negative but...

The problem is there is a limited number of racks at our office (these are spaces dedicated to our company - we have 30 spaces for an office that holds about 1000 people) , so we all have to scrabble about to fit - so if you have a brommie, you could either take it in the office with you or fold it and fasten it to the end of the rack thus allowing an extra space for one more colleague to park too.

Just parking it lilke that to me means you dont need a brommie.

While I'm grumbling... while I was showering and changing, 3 sweaty blokes came in got changed and went to their desks. Please guys unless you've only come a mile or so - you stink!

We've got a bloke at work who locks his brommie in our roster room.Guess it's more secure there and more convenient than our bike racks.

 

[Lee_M]

Quite right. Perhaps re-deploy a couple of car parking spaces to create another ten bike spaces?

We did that's why we now have an extra 30 spaces.

I still say if you aren't going to fold it up why buy a folding bike ?

 

[Lee_M]

The problem. Is that there isn't enough bike parking. Dont blame the Brompton, blame the facilities manager.

Ok I shouldn't blame the Brompton, ugly thing though it is, I should blame the stupid inconsiderate,selfish, hippy brompton rider :-)

 

[Hip Priest]

Sir,

I was disgusted to hear of your tirade against 'brommies'.

The people of Birmingham are as entitled to use the bike racks as anyone else.

This is just another form of racism.

Yours,

Major Misunderstanding

 

[Davidsw8]

Ok I shouldn't blame the Brompton, ugly thing though it is, I should blame the stupid inconsiderate,selfish, hippy brompton rider :-)

Bah!!

 

[Lee_M]

You actually know me?

Why? Which of the adjectives apply to you? :-)

 

[Lee_M]

Bah!!

Next week you'll be able to add "humbug" to that :-)

 

[Davidsw8]

Next week you'll be able to add "humbug" to that :-)

Not till December 1st fella!

Anyway, I'm not a hippy, I'm a geek, there's a difference!

 

[Lee_M]

If you're a geek you are excused a brommie as long as you completely dismantle it and reengineer it yourself at least once a week

Btw my spell checker just changed brommie to bromide, which seems apt to me

 

[Davidsw8]

If you're a geek you are excused a brommie as long as you completely dismantle it and reengineer it yourself at least once a week

Btw my spell checker just changed brommie to bromide, which seems apt to me

Ok, an impotent inept geek!

 

[jefmcg]

We did that's why we now have an extra 30 spaces.

I still say if you aren't going to fold it up why buy a folding bike ?

Maybe he folds it on the train? Maybe he bought it for a job where there wasn't safe parking, but he's happy enough not to have to fuss with folding/unfolding now. Maybe he lives in a small place with no room for a full size bike.

Not everyone has more than one bike - shocking, I know. I ran a folder as my only bike for 4 years, doing thousands of miles a year on it. I always folded it and took it with me, because I was too lazy to carry a lock.

 

[Lee_M]

Maybe he folds it on the train? Maybe he bought it for a job where there wasn't safe parking, but he's happy enough not to have to fuss with folding/unfolding now. Maybe he lives in a small place with no room for a full size bike.

Not everyone has more than one bike - shocking, I know. I ran a folder as my only bike for 4 years, doing thousands of miles a year on it. I always folded it and took it with me, because I was too lazy to carry a lock.

Maybe he does, maybe he could be more considerate, maybe all brommie owners are inherently selfish, it certainly seems like the ones in here are :-)

 

[TheDoctor]

You're the one having a rant, not them

 

[Davidsw8]

Maybe he does, maybe he could be more considerate, maybe all brommie owners are inherently selfish, it certainly seems like the ones in here are :-)

Hmmm, Im disappointed youd come out with that Lee, I thought this was light-hearted but that comment was damn pretty mean, despite the ''.

I pride myself in being very considerate, especially on the road.

Oh well...

 

[Lee_M]

In which case I apologise, it was meant to be light hearted, but thats the problem with forums , the tongue doesn't necessarily make it from the cheek to the page