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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!prichard.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e289df5$0$2494$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Unlawful Detention Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:45:25 +0100 References: <4e286934$0$2488$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>  Lines: 31 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 244d1aea.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=nCif9G@3J[L=DAdhZ02;[M0g@SS;SF6nGR9OH0:RnENDVWi[N8QK3>J`:ITG5aA:cG[NR;JDFQZfK X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2370 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:818031

On 21/07/2011 19:03, Simon Mason wrote: > > "Nuxx Bar"  wrote in message > news:4e286934$0$2488$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... >> Today, when cycling, I came to a vehicle-activated set of lights which >> was on red. It didn't detect me on my bike and so stayed red, for a >> good 3 minutes, until a car came up behind me and activated the lights >> and they mercifully went green at last. >> > > My carbon bike has the same problem. > I'll made a video to show you what to do. > Keep out a watch for it.

Thanks, but I'd prefer to see the video of your eight RLJing motorists, which I know others have also been keenly requesting.

> Good luck with the cycling, BTW.

I've always been an occasional cyclist. I know it suits some people's agendas to deny that people like Judith and me could possibly ever cycle simply because of the opinions we hold.

> Are you enjoying it?

Not really. I'm afraid I don't really "get" the appeal of cycling, like most apparently. I'm vaguely thinking of getting an e-bike though, which would probably annoy some of the "purists" round here. It would be a useful way of getting through towns/cities, circumventing anti-car measures while still not having to provide all the power yourself and therefore turning up as a sweatball.