If I was a motorist, critical mass would anger me
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PBo wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:Coming home late on Friday, I find myself cycling over Waterloo bridge, scalps are flying and pedestrains to my left find their vision momentarily blurred as my speed bends the very light before them, but that is another story.
Physics FAIL.
Mass bends light, not speed.
So this just proves you are a REALLY fat ba$tard"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:PBo wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:DonDaddyD wrote:Stevo 666, you need to see me sprint. I can't do it for long but when I do, I can bend light.
I thought it was only really massive objects that could bend spacetime (light)
DDD are you trying to tell us you are in fact a bit of a porker?
He has always come across as a bit of a MACHO type... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_co ... alo_object
I'm REALLY glad I don't live in London right now :P
Ha!!! Out-geeked you by 4 minutes!!!!!
Only relatively speaking....
ba-dum. Tish!!!!
I only have a moment, but the gravity of your crime has made me go nuclear! I am forced to charge you with crimes against physics puns. Currently, the sentence is 2 light years. Wave goodbye to your family, dont resist and don't try to interfere with the process. Reflect on your crimes, the potential difference could be positive.
(and , yes, I know a light year isn't a measure of time - it's called artistic licence)0 -
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Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't0 -
Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
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As a motorist, I find driving in London at all pretty annoying.0
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lost_in_thought wrote:
And how exactly does any of what you've just said relate to critical mass being a Good Thing?
Anyone in a car in a jam caused deliberately by a bunch of cyclists is going to become more anti-cyclist, not less.
It's not for the car drivers0 -
Eau Rouge wrote:andrewc3142 wrote:Some of these cars may indeed be on essential journeys. But I'd be willing to bet that the majority are on school runs of less than a mile and commutes into work that could be by bike or public transport. Just an observation, not a rant.
None of them, however, are there to intentionally block the road to hold up cyclists to demonstrate that cars belong on the road too.
Not convinced the intention of most people on a CM ride is actually to block the road. I'd agree there is an element, usually at the end, that seems to want to create a blockage, but most of the time the ride usually moves surprisingly quickly.
I still find it interesting that drivers are remarkably tolerant of jams caused by large numbers of cars on journeys that are unnecessary. But not of being held up by large numbers of bikes.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
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...oh :oops:0 -
JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
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...oh :oops:
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OK being held up by a traffic jam is one thing, being held up by slow moving cyclists more than three bikes across is another.
If I'm stuck behind a car intent on going 15 - 20mph when its safe to do 30mph and there is nothing ahead then yes I get aggitated.
Now I'm not sure how many of you have ridden over Waterloo brigde, but its wide, even before it narrows due to the underpass. For cyclists to be taking up the entire road and the entire length of the bridge is quite something...Food Chain number = 4
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Headhuunter wrote:vorsprung wrote:One day a month there is a small bike jam somewhere in London
All the other days there is a massive car jam
Why can't these car drivers be more considerate?
...............however CM intentionally clogs up the road
Not if your on a bike.0 -
Il Principe wrote:JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
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...oh :oops:
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First off, most folk in london haven't heard of Critical Mass.
Do any of there argument stand up to much? no. Do I think they do any good? no. this said I don't think they do much harm due to first off.
But I agree they should be allowed to exist, that doesn't mean corking etc though, which is still not on.0 -
Il Principe wrote:JonGinge wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
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...oh :oops:
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my god - hexadecimal geek in our midst!
try recasting the "10 kinds of people" joke into hex
1) those who...
2) those who....etc
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.15)..and those who won't accept f as a number0 -
Jay dubbleU wrote:Kieran_Burns wrote:01001001 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100101 01100100 00101110 00100000 01001001 00100000 01100110 01100101 01100101 01101100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100111 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100010 01110101 01110100 00100000 01101101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01100100 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100111 01110010 01100101 01100101 00100000 01110111 01101001 01110100 01101000 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01100010 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01110000 01110010 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01100101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01100110 01100001 01100011 01110100 00100000 01100111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100100 01100001 01101101 01101110 00101110 00001101 00001010
There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.0 -
At Jon, always at. Except when I'm swearing at your rapidly disappearing back... :shock:
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that doesn't mean corking etc though, which is still not on.
From what I've read the corking is too keep the CM together and stop cars getting stuck amongst cyclists, so it is on (You'd just end up with more "confrontation" which isn't good)Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired.0 -
PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.0 -
Aidy wrote:PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.
Or not.
But never anything else.Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Aidy wrote:PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.
Only binary joke ever? Or am I asking for this thread to suddenly get a lot longer?Never be tempted to race against a Barclays Cycle Hire bike. If you do, there are only two outcomes. Of these, by far the better is that you now have the scalp of a Boris Bike.0 -
The Hundredth Idiot wrote:Aidy wrote:PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.
Only binary joke ever? Or am I asking for this thread to suddenly get a lot longer?
a "1" walks into a bar, and says to another "1". Well that makes three of us.
(and while we're at it, where's the other three idiots?)0 -
It would appear that this thread has gone a bit off topicChunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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vorsprung wrote:One day a month there is a small bike jam somewhere in London
All the other days there is a massive car jam
Why can't these car drivers be more considerate?
thats because theres too many cars, not beacues the drivers have deliberately gone out of their way to get into peoples faces, if drivers tried critical mass tactics the entire city would be genuinely and literally gridlocked for miles in every direction.
drivers may be ubiquitous and traffic may be heavy but compared the the CM'ers they're a model of consideration.0 -
Has that kind of militant behaviour ever raised sympathy for a cause? Look at those times when rail or tube workers go on strike: they may have a reasonable point to make, but it just causes hassle followed by resentment.
I wonder how many of the CM members have written to their MPs, their councils or their employers to lobby for better conditions for cyclists.0 -
Aidy wrote:PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.
Back to the Heisenberg Syndrome then - now who was I ?0 -
vorsprung wrote:I always thought the idea of critical mass was to show if everyone cycled, cycling would be safe for everyone
If you talk to mr average why they won't cycle to work occasionally on a sunny day and they will say "it is too dangerous"
"Dangerous" is an easy excuse for being too lazy to try it. You get the same answer if you ask parents why they drive the mile to the school instead of walking every morning.
The council in a local village called their bluff and put in guard railings on the footpath, I'd love to know what effect it had on the number of people driving to the school.0 -
Jay dubbleU wrote:Aidy wrote:PBo wrote:Jay dubbleU wrote:There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't
best. binary. joke. ever.
Oldest binary joke ever.
Back to the Heisenberg Syndrome then - now who was I ?
I'm uncertain.... how about you?Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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For what it's worth I think it's good to have a 'mass' of people on the roads at once.
It demonsatrates that cyclists are a potentially powerful lobby and will not always be pushed into the gutter.
Yeah, being rude will upset people but you don't always get what you want by being polite all the time.
Maybe CM doesn't say much more than 'We are here' but that's not a bad statement to make.
I've never ridden with CM but I'm always happy to see it going by whether it's being held up on the top deck of a bus on Waterloo Bridge or from my bike, like last Friday when I waited a couple of minutes while it passed along theobald's rd.0