Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Aug 15th 2004, 9:29 pm
#2311
Dutch expat/Aus citizen
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: South East, Perth (was Holland)
Posts: 5,789
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Sander
Hhmm, I was thinking about bringing my bike actually, but wondered if there was any point to it seeing as the roads over there aren't really bike-friendly and it seems a bit dangerous to me since they're not really used to bikes on the road as we are here.
Don't remember seeing any bikes around on the roads when I was there last year. But it is possible and there are even some bike paths?! At least that's what I understand from your post. Will have a think about it again.
Don't remember seeing any bikes around on the roads when I was there last year. But it is possible and there are even some bike paths?! At least that's what I understand from your post. Will have a think about it again.
;-)Yes, take it!
There's a bike path that goes all the way along the freeway. Then one along the trainline to Subiaco(and probably further).
And then there's a really nice one going all around the Swan, so you can do a circle (Perth-Narrows Bridge-South Perth - other bridge - back again)
And there's many more I think, like past the coast.
And then there's the roads, which are more dangerous. But you have to wear a helmet anyway :-D Yesterday, for 2 seconds I didn't have my helmet on(was getting off again nearly), and who comes up behind me.... a police moterbike!
I was like: oops, sorry, I've just returned from Holland bla bla(it's times like this when I need a dutch accent 
)But just was told to wear it!Oh, and sometimes it is a bit hilly...
Btw, did I tell you it only took me 15 mins to get to Subiaco!!!! And I wasn't even going that fast!
And that's where Pascal might/will probably get a job, so he can bike it easy! (is used to biking 30 mins)
Aug 15th 2004, 9:34 pm
#2312
da Bonehead
Joined: Jan 2004
Location: Lion in da jungle
Posts: 22,767
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Hi Sander,
I asked about bike riding a while ago so you may find this thread of interest
http://www.britishexpats.com/forum/s...d.php?t=205452
I asked about bike riding a while ago so you may find this thread of interest
http://www.britishexpats.com/forum/s...d.php?t=205452
Aug 15th 2004, 9:36 pm
#2313
Invisi... K
Joined: Jun 2004
Location: Montreal, Canada (from London, UK)
Posts: 3,760
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
hello all, anything new on the cut the crap thread?
Aug 15th 2004, 9:39 pm
#2314
Invisi... K
Joined: Jun 2004
Location: Montreal, Canada (from London, UK)
Posts: 3,760
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
hey Bundy, was in cambs this past weekend, changed a bit since i last went!
the new cinema is a right haven for young-tearaways!
the new cinema is a right haven for young-tearaways!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:39 pm
#2315
f1junkie
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: NL, Destination: Perth
Posts: 198
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
Where are you heading to? There are cycle paths around - Canberra is full of them (but not a lot else )
) ).Just need to finish uni and get that little thing called a 'visa' :scared:
Originally Posted by bundy
Like your signature by the way, class album that. Saw them live in London earlier this year.
EDIT: just read your post about coming off your bike...hope you're doing ok!!
I can't believe the car just drove on?? Here, have some karma!
Last edited by Sander; Aug 15th 2004 at 9:55 pm.
Aug 15th 2004, 9:40 pm
#2316
da Bonehead
Joined: Jan 2004
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
Feeling alright Bix? Not running a temperature or anything?
Really sorry to here of your misfortune though.
It's what I dread when on the bike.
Not enough consideration to the two wheelers is there ?
Aug 15th 2004, 9:41 pm
#2317
da Bonehead
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Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by ksct97
hey Bundy, was in cambs this past weekend, changed a bit since i last went!
the new cinema is a right haven for young-tearaways!
the new cinema is a right haven for young-tearaways!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:43 pm
#2318
Invisi... K
Joined: Jun 2004
Location: Montreal, Canada (from London, UK)
Posts: 3,760
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
:scared:
Very scared.
I go away for one weekend and look what happens...trolls, newbies....I don't like change!
I was beginning to think it might be concussion. Got knocked off my bike on Saturday by a *@*! BMW driver who then drove away!!!!!!! Leaving me lying on the road, bike tangled about my legs, bleeding profusely. Charming.
So I'm now nursing a spectacular array of bruises and cuts and scrapes. Chipped a rib off my sternum, left the tip of a finger somewhere on the road, scraped my hands, have a knee the size of a football, a bruised foot and - worst of all - a whacking great scabby bruise on my chin. Luckily managed to keep all my teeth and, blessed with a squishy nose, kept that intact too.
Spent the afternoon in the hospital and the rest of the weekend smothered in ice and savlon.
I think I deserve plenty of sympathy shaped karma.
And I can't type, due to my wounds, so excuse the typos.
Very scared.
I go away for one weekend and look what happens...trolls, newbies....I don't like change!
I was beginning to think it might be concussion. Got knocked off my bike on Saturday by a *@*! BMW driver who then drove away!!!!!!! Leaving me lying on the road, bike tangled about my legs, bleeding profusely. Charming.
So I'm now nursing a spectacular array of bruises and cuts and scrapes. Chipped a rib off my sternum, left the tip of a finger somewhere on the road, scraped my hands, have a knee the size of a football, a bruised foot and - worst of all - a whacking great scabby bruise on my chin. Luckily managed to keep all my teeth and, blessed with a squishy nose, kept that intact too.
Spent the afternoon in the hospital and the rest of the weekend smothered in ice and savlon.
I think I deserve plenty of sympathy shaped karma.
And I can't type, due to my wounds, so excuse the typos.
sorry to hear about yuor accident... was this in cambs? usually drivers are pretty tolerant of cyclists, and i mean that in the purist sense, summer-english-school-students do not count, 'cos they do not know how to cycle intelligently and safely!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:45 pm
#2319
She's a bird, you know
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 7,655
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Bix
I am just happy today Bundy
Really sorry to here of your misfortune though.
It's what I dread when on the bike.
Not enough consideration to the two wheelers is there ?
Really sorry to here of your misfortune though.
It's what I dread when on the bike.
Not enough consideration to the two wheelers is there ?
Thanks Bix. The little family from Edinburgh who came to my rescue were a bit scared of me I think because there I was, dripping blood, one shoe lying halfway across the road, my bicycle wrapped round my legs, ranting and raving about BMW drivers with all kinds of expletives streaming from my mouth. Then I burst into tears because it flippin well hurt and was a bit of a shock. Luckily, the mum had all kinds of tissues with her because (guess what) they'd just come back from Oz and she had one of those little packets of wipes and things you get on planes. So I stopped ranting and crying and started a whole long conversation about Oz whilst dripping blood over everything and everyone. Some kind person rescued my shoe.
Aug 15th 2004, 9:47 pm
#2320
She's a bird, you know
Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 7,655
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by ksct97
<doing a bit of catch-up>
sorry to hear about yuor accident... was this in cambs? usually drivers are pretty tolerant of cyclists, and i mean that in the purist sense, summer-english-school-students do not count, 'cos they do not know how to cycle intelligently and safely!
sorry to hear about yuor accident... was this in cambs? usually drivers are pretty tolerant of cyclists, and i mean that in the purist sense, summer-english-school-students do not count, 'cos they do not know how to cycle intelligently and safely!
LOL! Yes, summer school students are fair game. But not those organising the summer schools (me).
Luckily I was wearing my oh-so attractive purple cycle helmet and was therefore indigantly proud of myself for whacking my head and living to tell the tale (even if I have got a scuffed chin and nose)
Aug 15th 2004, 9:49 pm
#2321
f1junkie
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: NL, Destination: Perth
Posts: 198
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Simone
Wow, you discovered some useful information in the cut the crap thread!! ;-)
Originally Posted by Simone
Yes, take it!
There's a bike path that goes all the way along the freeway. Then one along the trainline to Subiaco(and probably further).
And then there's a really nice one going all around the Swan, so you can do a circle (Perth-Narrows Bridge-South Perth - other bridge - back again)
And there's many more I think, like past the coast.
There's a bike path that goes all the way along the freeway. Then one along the trainline to Subiaco(and probably further).
And then there's a really nice one going all around the Swan, so you can do a circle (Perth-Narrows Bridge-South Perth - other bridge - back again)
And there's many more I think, like past the coast.
Originally Posted by Simone
And then there's the roads, which are more dangerous. But you have to wear a helmet anyway Yesterday, for 2 seconds I didn't have my helmet on(was getting off again nearly), and who comes up behind me.... a police moterbike! I was like: oops, sorry, I've just returned from Holland bla bla(it's times like this when I need a dutch accent)But just was told to wear it!
Oh, and sometimes it is a bit hilly...
Oh, and sometimes it is a bit hilly...
I guess it makes sense with the traffic there...and the hills. How hilly is hilly btw? Driving along in the car it seemed ok, but maybe that's a bit different on a bike. :scared: I've the 'typical' dutch bike with 3 gears, no mountain-bike or ATB with hundreds of gears. So, if I take it it needs to be REALLY REALLY clean right?
Originally Posted by Simone
Btw, did I tell you it only took me 15 mins to get to Subiaco!!!! And I wasn't even going that fast!
And that's where Pascal might/will probably get a job, so he can bike it easy! (is used to biking 30 mins)
And that's where Pascal might/will probably get a job, so he can bike it easy! (is used to biking 30 mins)
Sounds good, hope he gets a job there...would be nice to ride to work every day! Much better than over here!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:51 pm
#2322
f1junkie
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: NL, Destination: Perth
Posts: 198
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Bix
Hi Sander,
I asked about bike riding a while ago so you may find this thread of interest
http://www.britishexpats.com/forum/s...d.php?t=205452
I asked about bike riding a while ago so you may find this thread of interest
http://www.britishexpats.com/forum/s...d.php?t=205452
Aug 15th 2004, 9:53 pm
#2323
Invisi... K
Joined: Jun 2004
Location: Montreal, Canada (from London, UK)
Posts: 3,760
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Bix
Ksct - what type car do you drive ?
but i ensure you i was not in the knocking-down cyclist mood on saturday!!!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:53 pm
#2324
Dutch expat/Aus citizen
Joined: Apr 2003
Location: South East, Perth (was Holland)
Posts: 5,789
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by bundy
Luckily I was wearing my oh-so attractive purple cycle helmet and was therefore indigantly proud of myself for whacking my head and living to tell the tale (even if I have got a scuffed chin and nose)
Bix, are you still planning to live semi-rural without a car!!
:scared: If your were going to a city, I'd say you'd be right, but otherwise....!!!!
remember, the public transport isn't that great either!!!!
Btw, if you try and get your license, do it here. If the UK is anything like Holland, then it'd be much easier to get it here!!!
Aug 15th 2004, 9:56 pm
#2325
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 8,147
Re: Let's just cut the crap and have a good row
Originally Posted by Bix
Not enough consideration to the two wheelers is there ?
too right!
and when i lived in london (going back to late 80's early 90's, i used to cycle a bit...until someone (who lived in the same block of the nurses home at charing cross hospital as me!) snipped my brake wires and i went pelting hell for leather round shepherds bush with no brakes!!! NOT nice I can tell you, speshly when you come nose to bumper with a lorry!! one busted shoulder later.......
