Tales from today's commute....

[Arjimlad]

My son sent me a photo of that very sub this morning, he was piloting a safety boat on the way to a bridge inspection I think!

He was facilitating an inspection of the railway bridge over which you travelled!

 

[Arjimlad]

Lovely old Datsun passed me this morning...

Followed by a sh*tt*ng Peugeot !

 

[Andy in Germany]

Frequently see blokes on the Bristol Railway Path doing about 20mph uphill not pedaling at all. Also those people on bikes with really fat motorbike type tires. The rolling resistance must be huge and you can't go that fast uphill either.

Don't know if it helps, but we occasionally get customers with this sort of bike at work. The bikes are invariably... imported, and while they generally conform to local regulations, the owners find that their internet bought bike has lots of non-standard parts, brakes with unknown hydraulic fluid, motors we can't repair; tyres we can't replace; batteries which no longer hold a charge that we can't order... and on, and on... and because the bikes are made very cheaply, the original parts are failing.

So look at it this way, in about five years many of these bikes will vanish and/or be replaced, leaving the owner with a large bill and a scrap bike, while you keep pedalling and getting fitter...