I live a short walk from the Ricoh Arena / Stadium in Coventry. It is hosting Olympic events such as ‘Women’s Football’ and the security has been huge. A short time before the game starts, a Police helicopter goes up and hovers in a number of spots watching for trouble during the events. The noise for a couple of hours is amazing! At least the crew are getting plenty of experience… During the event. anybody parking in our street without a resident’s pass displayed gets a parking ticket. This sounds like a good place to have ‘park and ride ‘ facilities’ in place so bikes can be hired and parked safely at the stadium. The cycle rout to the stadium is a fairly safe one and traffic-free bike/pedestrian paths in the last half a mile or so! Maybe this notice should have been available to the organisers a year ago?
Interesting to note that the primary tenants of Ricoh Arena are Coventry City FC that was founded in 1883 by the owner of a bicycle manufacturing firm.
I tried growing icycles one time and had no luck.
My local horticulturist said to plant ice cubes and water them twice daily. Shows you what he knows….
posting at my office. I’m currently carrying mine up 7 flights of stairs and keeping it in my cubical with me because of the lack of racks and they don’t like bikes on the elevator for whatever reason. ;/
You are a better person than me. I’m at heart a lazy person, so my bike would be in the elevator with me! The building owners at my work put up a bike rack a couple of years ago. I was excited and parked my bike at it nightly, until I noticed that the Techs were letting dogs pee on my bike. Upstairs it goes. Just rude.
One situation where recumbents are less handy than wedgies. Especially tadpole recumbent trikes. Even worse when you have to hold the visibility flag arm in one hand ‘cos otherwise it would jam the lift door….
The thought reminds me of an occasion where I was taking a rotary clothes dryer (a wedding present) from Luton to Birmingham (not Alabama) by public transport. Bus, train, tube (=subway), train and bus again. Gave me an insight into the problems faced by pole vaulters….
Bicycle as a “wheelchair”… yes.
There was quite a case concerning this claim some time ago. A bus driver refused to take a handicapped man with his small bicycle on the bus, claiming that bicycles are not allowed on buses without special provisions for that purpose (racks etc.). The passenger claimed that his bicycle is a “compensation tool” for him, just like a wheelchair would be – and should be treated that way. In the aftermath, the transport service company accepted that claim, apologized and stated that the driver was in the wrong.
The passenger happens to be a member of one quite special band.. so a song came from this event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qacVvm-8ao
I don’t read adverts – in newspapers I subconsciously register “advert” and my eyes go on to the next news item. Same with interweb pages. That explains why I have just spent five minutes trying to work out why the comic strip wasn’t appearing – just realised that what my eyes had flicked away from as an advert WAS the strip. Good one too.
Ooops! I thought I was the only one that happened to. It took me a few moments to register the unusual “comic strip” as I too flicked right past it for the same reason!
Oh, I love that. One to print large and stick up outside the local government offices.
In other news, I am ridiculously excited about the Olympics coming to my home city. It’s going to be incredible!
I can think of a couple of nice places to plant that message…
I live a short walk from the Ricoh Arena / Stadium in Coventry.
It is hosting Olympic events such as ‘Women’s Football’ and the security has been huge.
A short time before the game starts, a Police helicopter goes up and hovers in a number of spots watching for trouble during the events. The noise for a couple of hours is amazing! At least the crew are getting plenty of experience…
During the event. anybody parking in our street without a resident’s pass displayed gets a parking ticket.
This sounds like a good place to have ‘park and ride ‘ facilities’ in place so bikes can be hired and parked safely at the stadium. The cycle rout to the stadium is a fairly safe one and traffic-free bike/pedestrian paths in the last half a mile or so!
Maybe this notice should have been available to the organisers a year ago?
Interesting to note that the primary tenants of Ricoh Arena are Coventry City FC that was founded in 1883 by the owner of a bicycle manufacturing firm.
I tried growing icycles one time and had no luck.
My local horticulturist said to plant ice cubes and water them twice daily. Shows you what he knows….
Were you leaving enough space between them? Or maybe you were planting them too deeply.
posting at my office. I’m currently carrying mine up 7 flights of stairs and keeping it in my cubical with me because of the lack of racks and they don’t like bikes on the elevator for whatever reason. ;/
You are a better person than me. I’m at heart a lazy person, so my bike would be in the elevator with me! The building owners at my work put up a bike rack a couple of years ago. I was excited and parked my bike at it nightly, until I noticed that the Techs were letting dogs pee on my bike. Upstairs it goes. Just rude.
Thats not pee… it’s anti freeze
Like yellow snow?
If a wheelchair can ride in an elevator, and a hand truck, and rolling luggage, I fail to see the distinction here: my bike rides with me.
And if you rock the bike up onto its back wheel, it takes up no more room than another standing human passenger.
One situation where recumbents are less handy than wedgies. Especially tadpole recumbent trikes. Even worse when you have to hold the visibility flag arm in one hand ‘cos otherwise it would jam the lift door….
The thought reminds me of an occasion where I was taking a rotary clothes dryer (a wedding present) from Luton to Birmingham (not Alabama) by public transport. Bus, train, tube (=subway), train and bus again. Gave me an insight into the problems faced by pole vaulters….
Bicycle as a “wheelchair”… yes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qacVvm-8ao
There was quite a case concerning this claim some time ago. A bus driver refused to take a handicapped man with his small bicycle on the bus, claiming that bicycles are not allowed on buses without special provisions for that purpose (racks etc.). The passenger claimed that his bicycle is a “compensation tool” for him, just like a wheelchair would be – and should be treated that way. In the aftermath, the transport service company accepted that claim, apologized and stated that the driver was in the wrong.
The passenger happens to be a member of one quite special band.. so a song came from this event.
I don’t read adverts – in newspapers I subconsciously register “advert” and my eyes go on to the next news item. Same with interweb pages. That explains why I have just spent five minutes trying to work out why the comic strip wasn’t appearing – just realised that what my eyes had flicked away from as an advert WAS the strip. Good one too.
D’oh!
Ooops! I thought I was the only one that happened to. It took me a few moments to register the unusual “comic strip” as I too flicked right past it for the same reason!
Same here!
Any chance of making this one public Rick, so it can easily me shared?