A good reason to live in the hills, at least we know all the people in the village and which nutters should die first!! 😯

Three wheels also hits a bit of problem when it comes to road surface, that part of the road untravelled by regular car wheels etc can be a nasty place to put a driven wheel. Add some snow and you have an even bigger problem.

If the car you design is as much fun as the leaning tandem vehicle on YouTube then I would be a possible candidate for business use rather than my 16yr old. His need is to get 20 miles to school and back, buses extend his day as of last week from 8hrs out of the house to 10.5hrs which is quite a chunk and down to the vagaries of the buses.

As I said before, there’s a grain of a good idea, but I keep asking why there is no commercially successful independent manufacturer mopping up this market.

@Speeder:

I don’t want to seem negative but there are lots of examples of this type of vehicle on YouTube from concept vehicles to others that are well designed and executed, some seem to be almost at production stage. However, they are still not appearing on our roads so this must communicate something.

Having three wheels is a psychological barrier to anyone who has ever seen or encountered a Reliant or 1970s invalid carriage – hateful things and bloody dangerous. Even performance three wheelers are seen as eccentric – Morgan and the big bike engined sports trikes. There’s a hefty perception management job to do if you want this to be anything other than an academic exercise.

Personally I would want to be able to drive it around Sheffield’s roads and retain my teeth, not feel completely intimidated by HGVs and buses, have sufficient power/range to make it effective – that is to be able to keep up with traffic and not get forced into the gutter as mopeds do now. Carry work bags, shopping, sports kit, the usual day to day paraphernalia of modern living. It would have to be weatherproof if it’s to be used by commuters used to the comfort of their tin boxes. If you use aircon you’ll kill an electric powersource in no time.

I am a father of a 16 yr old who travels to the local city for 6th form, if it were to provide him with a safe and effective means of transport that was affordable and cheap to insure then I may be interested.

Good luck and keep us posted.

🙁 sad news,

I’d like to try being born 20 years later.

(Roman Orgies – rampant STDs, no soap – bleurgh! 8O)

Tough story to read.

Surely there must be technology that can be built into satnavs that prevents them being changed/altered whilst it is recording movement? That would seem an obvious safety feature.

See them stuck in the centre of windscreens so many times.

Pity he wasn’t a CPO or Cabinet Minister, then we might have seen some action.

@Joolsburger – hell yes, love winter riding – mud, rain, snow, it all turns boring trails into much more challenging terrain and a bigger challenge than just riding a bone dry trail. And, the trails are a lot quieter. 😀

rogerthecat – Member
I have a model Karmann Ghia stripped and ready to rebuild for the right money
(Scale 1:1)
What year is your Ghia, and are you serious about selling?

It’s a 69 and for the right money yes it’s for sale. Drop me an email if you are interested. Paul at Vividink dot info

The Karmann has 4 wheels – much safer

I have a model Karmann Ghia stripped and ready to rebuild for the right money 😀

(Scale 1:1)

loddrik what will you do if in 3-5yrs one of your children starts getting into trouble/goes off the rails?
Pour them a cup of Chamomile tea and suggest Yoga?

Hora – tell me you are kidding, would hitting the kid help develop the rapport needed to get them back “on the rails”?

I would suggest it is more likely to cause them to step further away and be even more unruly.

+1 Loddrik – Why would you want to inflict violence on a child, it teaches them nothing other than you are hurting them.

We have managed to get ours to 14 & 16 without ever lifting a finger to them and they have had their moments like all kids, from what others say about them they seem to have turned out decent human beings.

At some point, if society is ever to progress, we need to allow people to make their own decisions and deal with the consequences.

Yep, all of them.

Go fater stripes – pinstripes too narrow

Crime he didn’t commit?!?! Where to start – cruelty to elephants, sacking Rome the man was a hooligan.

+1 Binners. Word perfect.

To s19 – signpost to Polish motorway

Lubber – non sailor

Toner – competitor to CFH’s crayon empire

It’s a decent spot, one of the guys I ride with now is from Dronfield and he keeps saying that there’s lots about. Never ridden there myself as I’m in the Peak itself.

dangerous driving has a sliding scale from A2 to A8 with extreme measurements falling into the Q scale ending at Q7

What happened to the passion seen from Pearce and Adams way back when, at least they seemed bothered, even if they were a pair of carthorses.

Level of insanity of a roadie = Red Lights Jumped (RLJ)

Drama queen acting in character.
Luvvies are blessed with a sense of the overdramatic.

oo Tall – Kenneth Williams appreciates size!!

ez B – nectar fan with loose morals.

40PG – real tea addict

to howard – to me, to howard, to me

Wich – burn him!

fasthaggi – bloody heck there’s loads of ’em

project – Member

oh and at least its taken the media and us plebs eye off the syrian g20 conflict for a few hours.

Are you suggesting some sort of lizard overlord conspiracy on this good day to leak bad news?

@jock-muttley – I’d go for that and add in compulsory breath & drug testing too if it were up to me.

OP – great write ups.
Always get piss taken for carrying first aid kit and survival kit (foil blanket & nylon shelter) but you only need to be involved in one of these incidents to realise how helpless you could be without it.

Came to MTB from mountaineering so bring my old habits with me, I ride alone most of the time so route cards left at home etc, phone + backup, paper map etc. Means carrying a bit of gear but if it’s not you, at least you can help someone else.

avidtaylforth – really keen on genealogy

MrOverhoot – over enthusiastic owl

MrOvershoo – determined to move them

rOvershoot – armed dog warden

MrOversoot – incompetent chimneysweep

This is fun, but I really ought to go to work!

junkyar – the aristocratic sibling who got the inheritance.

junkard – bareknuckle fighter and he lays tarmac too

iemonster – king of examples

Cogar – dyslexic singlespeeder

Deadlydarc – night can be murder

amie – gender reassignment by photoshop

😀

If you want the Western bit of C&W then listen to Frankie Laine all entertaining ‘cowboy’ stuff.
Saw a lot of Cajun bands a few years ago, that’s quite entertaining but forget trying to understand any of the lyrics. If you want to sing along just slam your testicles in the cutlery drawer and you’ll be fine.

More convergence madness!

I feel your pain regarding phones! We have a dining rule; anyone caught checking their cellphone automatically pays for the entire meal as a forfeit!

If two people use their phones do they split it equally?

Or relaying the patio