One Man and his Fag-o-Cycle

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:11 pm

solely wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:27 pm I keep looking at your pictures and can't help but notice there is no litter.

There is. Some arsehole has dumped a fucking old jalopy up against a statue.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:48 pm

ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:34 pm Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?

Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:54 pm

solely wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:27 pm I keep looking at your pictures and can't help but notice there is no litter.

People are generally quite well-behaved when it comes to litter but we also have a small army of street cleaners who work 24/7 to keep the place tidy.

It also helps that dropping litter is an offence, with fines of up to £2500.

Litter legislation
The main piece of legislation covering litter is outlined in part 4 of the EPA. In particular, section 87 of the EPA states that it is a criminal offence to drop, throw down, leave or deposit litter in a public place. The maximum fine for littering of this kind is £2,500 and it can be tried in a magistrate’s court.

Source

ed · Post by ed » Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:17 pm

asthmatic camel wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:48 pm
ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:34 pm Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?
Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.

Ah yes. Thought so.
https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these, used by the confederates in the Whitworth gun. Amazingly accurate and with a daunting range.
Note the surfaces in lieu of engraved rifling.

He also developed a standard thread.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 7:12 pm

ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:17 pm
https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these.

Can't say I'm all that surprised.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 7:25 pm

ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 5:17 pm
asthmatic camel wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:48 pm
ed wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:34 pm Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?
Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.
Ah yes. Thought so.
https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these, used by the confederates in the Whitworth gun. Amazingly accurate and with a daunting range.
Note the surfaces in lieu of engraved rifling.

He also developed a standard thread.

I understand that he first became enormously wealthy by developing a standardised screw thread

In 1841 Whitworth devised a standard for screw threads with a fixed thread angle of 55° and having a standard pitch for a given diameter. This soon became the first nationally standardised system; its adoption by the railway companies, who until then had all used different screw threads, led to its widespread acceptance. It later became a British Standard, "British Standard Whitworth", abbreviated to BSW and governed by BS 84:1956.

Wiki

In any case, the Whitworth and its surrounding grounds are one of Manchester's "must sees".

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 11:57 pm

How to become enormously wealthy:

1) Invent standardized screw thread.
2) Profit.
3) ...and relax.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:03 am

Whitworth wasn't the type to relax: his passion for engineering kept him occupied throughout his life.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:43 am

I was feeling extremely decadent during my morning spin today and stopped for a shisha pipe: orange kiwi and mint. The perfect way to waste a couple of hours on a Saturday morning listening to BBC Radio 4's Today program. :)

https://i.imgur.com/fAwqUm2.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:49 am

Queen Elizabeth II would have wanted it that way.

– J.D.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:04 am

I never usually see a soul on the roads before 6.30 AM apart from the milkmen but this morning Manchester's roads were rammed with cyclists. I had to sit in Wythenshawe Park for half an hour while all the races got underway. Then I thoroughly embarrassed myself by falling off my bike in front of a huge crowd of spectators. :oops:

https://i.imgur.com/0m9yTAc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7hg7byK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3EoWr3R.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ljthmsh.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:08 am

Take heart, you could be President!

Wait . . . you are too articulate. You have to whore yourself out to Truss.

– J.D.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:06 am

My road bike's a treacherous bastard at low speeds. Turn a tight corner or hit a pot-hole and it just loves to dump me on the tarmac.

:x

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:20 am

https://www.twowheelingtots.com/wp-cont ... eels-4.jpg

– J.D.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 10:35 am

One of these, maybe. I'd probably need a lot less bum butter, too...

https://i.imgur.com/edfQMb3.jpg

DJ · Post by DJ » Sun Sep 11, 2022 2:48 pm

You could motorize it too.

solely · Post by **solely** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:32 pm

That tricycle is sporting a good American seat.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:01 pm

He has an American ass.

– J.D.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:54 pm

He has a fuckin' sore ass smothered in this stuff...

https://i.imgur.com/Eb6SxpA.png

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:16 pm

https://i.imgur.com/XJXaStj.jpg

– J.D.

shemp · Post by **shemp** » Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:02 am

Doctor X wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:16 pm https://i.imgur.com/XJXaStj.jpg

– J.D.

He'll need a lot more than 250 ml of cream for those.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Sep 12, 2022 12:11 am

He is not a virgin.

Maybe to Real Sports like football.

– J.D.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:20 am

I was a lacrosse goalie. Hard as fuck.

The number of times this happened to me doesn't bear thinking about.

robinson · Post by **robinson** » Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:27 am

Witness wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2019 11:20 pm https://i.imgur.com/55fygPB.jpg

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Tue Sep 13, 2022 1:22 am

https://i.imgur.com/b46wKps.jpg

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Tue Sep 13, 2022 7:41 am

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u264 ... /brood.gif

– J.D.

shuize · Post by **shuize** » Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:49 pm

asthmatic camel wrote: ↑Sun Sep 11, 2022 8:04 am I never usually see a soul on the roads before 6.30 AM apart from the milkmen but this morning Manchester's roads were rammed with cyclists. I had to sit in Wythenshawe Park for half an hour while all the races got underway. Then I thoroughly embarrassed myself by falling off my bike in front of a huge crowd of spectators. :oops:

Back when I started paragliding, under 100 flights I think, I managed to put myself in a tree near takeoff which required a "tree rescue" from other club members. I was embarrassed about it. But last week sitting around with a group of five other friends, I learned that only one of them had yet to make a "tree landing." Then I was a bit disappointed for not being special anymore.*

* Although, they still refer to that particular tree as "shuize's tree" so that helps.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:50 pm

https://i.imgur.com/oRIyyEr.jpg

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:11 pm

I'd definitely fall off one of those.

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Fri Sep 23, 2022 8:56 pm

Maybe if they put on training wheels.

– J.D.

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Mon Oct 24, 2022 10:48 am

https://i.imgur.com/7WuIH17.jpg

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 7:43 pm

Want!

Back in the real world, one of these might do...

https://i.imgur.com/9fEoxIx.jpg

solely · Post by **solely** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 9:50 pm

Don't you have enough toys?

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:55 pm

They're Veblen goods at those prices; you can get a decent motorbike for under $15k.
...and, from the photos, they aren't even supplied with pedals! :o

solely · Post by **solely** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:57 am

Does it come with a tractor seat for Americans?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=tr ... HoverTitle

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:32 am

ceptimus wrote: ↑Sun Nov 13, 2022 10:55 pm They're Veblen goods at those prices; you can get a decent motorbike for under $15k.
...and, from the photos, they aren't even supplied with pedals! :o

The Bianchi certainly is, although £1100 for a carbon fibre Boardman isn't outrageous. Still, you're right; it might knock 30 seconds off a trip. :)

Doctor X · Post by **Doctor X** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:21 am

Put my FagManly-Man-o-Manly-So-Manly-Your-Mom's-Pregnant-Again-and-the-Fleet-is-Not-in-Cycle "down."

It was a kindness.

Long story short, new one! :hyper:

– J.D.

Hotarubi · Post by **Hotarubi** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:41 am

Yes. We know what model you chose.

https://i.ibb.co/m0pVKxW/seatless.jpg

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:03 pm

I definitely don't want one of these, (although I bet ed has one.)

https://i.imgur.com/5by1NWa.jpg

Pyrrho · Post by **Pyrrho** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 7:11 pm

NSFW: