Barclays/TFL cycle hire scheme in London

[PacificOcean]

It has almost been two months (9 days left) already, I can't see your prediction being fulfilled to be honest.

I also am unaware of these "cheery" pieces discussing the decapitation of a cyclist, maybe I haven;' been paying enough attention though

Maybe I was being flippant.

But if you throw tourists, non bike riders, and the general public in the mix of London roads, no helmets and bikes... Can I change my estimate?

As you have to jump through hoops to register, then it's only people who know how to ride bikes and can be arsed registering - if they realise the point of the scheme and anyone can turn up and use them - I give it one week from then.

 

[PacificOcean]

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[editor]

Maybe I was being flippant.

But if you throw tourists, non bike riders, and the general public in the mix of London roads, no helmets and bikes... Can I change my estimate?

As you have to jump through hoops to register, then it's only people who know how to ride bikes and can be arsed registering - if they realise the point of the scheme and anyone can turn up and use them - I give it one week from then.

How will a helmet protect a cyclist from decapitation? How many deaths have there been on London's streets in the last year that would definitely have been saved if the rider had been wearing a helmet?

 

[Orang Utan]

knowing how to ride a bike is 'jumping through hoops' is it?

 

[Termite Man]

knowing how to ride a bike is 'jumping through hoops' is it?

it is if your a stunt bike rider . Sometimes the hoops are even set on fire .

 

[snowy_again]

Or you're wearing a flaming suit. That might be a bit dangerous in an office though.

 

[PacificOcean]

How will a helmet protect a cyclist from decapitation? How many deaths have there been on London's streets in the last year that would definitely have been saved if the rider had been wearing a helmet?

"Maybe I was being flippant"

- Pacific Ocean

 

[PacificOcean]

knowing how to ride a bike is 'jumping through hoops' is it?

No, to register is though.

Did you even bother to read my post before jumping in and starting?

 

[Orang Utan]

No, to register is though.

Did you even bother to read my post before jumping in and starting?

yes, i did, it was all bollocks. so hard to separate one bit of crap from the other.

 

[salem]

Interestingly that accident being reported last week appears to have been just someone toppling off their bike rather then the initial over zealous (and since retracted) reports of someone being hit by a bus.

So we've gone almost 2 months and over half a million journeys have been made without any major incident. That's better then I expected to be honest.

It's inevitable that someone will be seriously injured or killed at some point but then being a pedestrian is pretty dangerous too and people are seriously injured or killed every day walking to work.

 

[strung out]

of course, what they should be looking at is the figures for accidents on bikes normally and the figures for people riding these hire bikes. that would give a far better indication of exactly how much attention they should be paying to the safety of boris bike users.

 

[PacificOcean]

yes, i did, it was all bollocks. so hard to separate one bit of crap from the other.

Much like your own posts then - you flipflop more than a Mancunian on holiday in Malaga.

 

[editor]

"Maybe I was being flippant"

- Pacific Ocean

So what actual facts have you got to support your hysterical arguments here? Anything?

 

[PacificOcean]

So what actual facts have you got to support your hysterical arguments here? Anything?

Well watching BBC London, and from even this board where a cyclist and popular poster was killed.

 

[editor]

Well watching BBC London, and from even this board where a cyclist and popular poster was killed.

Was he riding a Barclays bike at the time and would a helmet have definitely saved his life?

Unless the answer to both questions in yes, you're just posting up reactionary, irrelevant nonsense.

 

[rover07]

Have any been stolen yet?

And if not ...WHY NOT?

 

[PacificOcean]

It's inevitable that someone will be seriously injured or killed at some point but then being a pedestrian is pretty dangerous too and people are seriously injured or killed every day walking to work.

By what?

 

[PacificOcean]

Was he riding a Barclays bike at the time and would a helmet have definitely saved his life?

Unless the answer to both questions in yes, you're just posting up reactionary, irrelevant nonsense.

Well do you not think wearing a helmet would have saved his/her life?

Have you have evidence?

 

[Orang Utan]

Much like your own posts then - you flipflop more than a Mancunian on holiday in Malaga.

you're rubbish at arguing.

 

[Orang Utan]

By what?

traffic

 

[editor]

Well do you not think wearing a helmet would have saved his/her life?

Have you have evidence?

You're really rubbish at this.

Who is this deceased person you're talking about?
Were they riding a TFL bike? Did they have a helmet on or not? What did they die of?

If their internal organs were squashed by a HGV I'm pretty sure a helmet wouldn't have been much use... and then there's all that general research about the disputed effectiveness of helmets that was posted up earlier to consider..

 

[Open Sauce]

Well do you not think wearing a helmet would have saved his/her life?

Have you have evidence?

Why do you think a helmet would make any difference? Have you read any studies or is it "obvious"?

 

[ozzage]

Awesome

A hard-boiled cynic might even think you were being paid to praise the system so highly, but IMO, I think it's just as fantastic as you make it out

yes I can see it might look like that but no you're right I just love them - as well as my own bike! To be fair I did get a new bike (2 months ago) so that's probably helping my current bike-love too as my old one wasn't the best.

As for my suit for the other poster I don't always wear one being lucky enough to be in IT but I haven't noticed any wear on anything. Millions of people ride bikes daily in other countries in normal clothes without any major issues so I can't really see how it can be such a disaster!

 

[Sgt Howie]

So, Thorpe Park have to go on safety checks every morning, just for the one in million chance that there may be a defect -but TFL are giving bikes away to Londoners and tourists as long as your credit card can afford it, with no helmets against HGVs and frantically, manic London traffic - I don't see how this is a good idea?

You've got a lot of faith in a flimsy piece of plastic and foam if you think helmets are that essential.

It's pretty straightforward. I cycle regularly so I have no qualms about going up Park Lane on a boris bike on the occasions when I hire one. Most people feel otherwise so they'll stick to pottering about the back streets of Fitzrovia and Mayfair.

 

[FunkyUK]

I've been impressed with the redistribution of the bikes too. Especially at Kings Cross. When I arrive at KX in the evening there's a team of Serco? employees undocking the bikes as soon as they are docked to free up space, and in the mornings, as the demand is high, they are restocking the docks from a removals-type truck as quickly as the bikes are being undocked, so there are bikes for all. .......and this morning, I wasn't even decapitated once

 

[deadringer]

I've been impressed with the redistribution of the bikes too. Especially at Kings Cross. When I arrive at KX in the evening there's a team of Serco? employees undocking the bikes as soon as they are docked to free up space, and in the mornings, as the demand is high, they are restocking the docks from a removals-type truck as quickly as the bikes are being undocked, so there are bikes for all. .......and this morning, I wasn't even decapitated once

you must have been wearing a helmet!

 

[PacificOcean]

you must have been wearing a helmet!

Fuck off the lot of you. I just tried to bring up a serious point, that may have been wrapped in emotive language, but a serious point none the less.

I have been on these boards for six odd years and at first I could spend a whole afternoon at work killing time on here, but as the two twats above proves, no wonder all the good posters have left. I read U75 for about five minutes now.

I rescinded my comment, yet, they still poke fun.

Bollocks - the internet is supposed to be an enjoyable distraction - why do people take BB boards so seriously? Maybe get some mates?

* Flounces* (I think is the term).

 

[editor]

Bollocks - the internet is supposed to be an enjoyable distraction - why do people take BB boards so seriously? Maybe get some mates?

* Flounces* (I think is the term).

Jeez. And you accuse others of taking things too seriously? You made a bit of an arse of yourself on this thread and got called up on it, that's all.

If you're too thin-skinned to take the mild rebukes you got here in exchange for your daft posts, perhaps you'd best stick to status updates on Facebook.

 

[Sgt Howie]

Fuck off the lot of you. I just tried to bring up a serious point, that may have been wrapped in emotive language, but a serious point none the less.

I have been on these boards for six odd years and at first I could spend a whole afternoon at work killing time on here, but as the two twats above proves, no wonder all the good posters have left. I read U75 for about five minutes now.

I rescinded my comment, yet, they still poke fun.

Bollocks - the internet is supposed to be an enjoyable distraction - why do people take BB boards so seriously? Maybe get some mates?

* Flounces* (I think is the term).

Maybe you could wear a helmet next time you go online?

 

[doddles]

Maybe you could wear a helmet next time you go online?

I think we should all be wearing helmets most of the time. e.g. Car drivers suffer far more head injuries than cyclists, so they should probably be wearing helmets.