I decided to make a graph because I thought it would be quicker than writing everything out.
I was wrong. It wasn't but never mind.
You'll find it here down there, people, and you are all very very welcome.
Presented in the finest tradition of all statistics - heavily open to misinterpretation - it's a sample, of data showing cyclists treated in English and Welsh A&E departments for an injury they sustained entirely by themselves whilst out on their bikes.
*impressed blink*
It means, einsteinians, that they had no help at all.
Not only that - but the figures (dictated to me over the phone last night from a book* owned by a friend) specifically focus on one area only of injury, and serendipitously it just happens to have some relevance to what's been discussed in this thread!
I knew you'd all be pleased :)
Injuries to the Groin whilst Cycling
* *cool stare round thread* The cycling chapter wasn't as detailed as the zipper injury one, but you can't have everything I suppose.
Like you Jonathan. several dads during term time, ferry their little ones to and from our local primary school on their bikes. The only notable difference from the picture you posted is that they all wear helmets and knee and elbow protection. The only time it doesn't look safe is when impatient motorists* hove into view, and there are many. I've only seen the child seats fixed to step-through frames though. I imagine it allows for more stability when waiting at traffic lights.
And when mounting and dismounting - you're less likely to kick your precious cargo in the head! This, people - is always a plus in my book :)
*ones who must have, at some point in their lives, also been cyclists I think... assuming the data provided on the mutual hatred between the groups is accurate of course ;) It must work the other way round too and explain all those bad-tempered cyclists. It seems really counter-intuitive to me - but facts are facts we're told ;)
all residents of my house like to have fun! Always!
It sounds a lovely place to be :)
edited for some hideous grammar in the green asterisked section
erratum: the graph has an error - hold on - I'm going to fix it.... there are no erratum
:)
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But before we start I have to admit that only fairly recently I staggered home from an annual local beer festival. I would have staggered home a tad earlier but you see, (or you would have seen had you been there, but you weren't, so you didn't) there was the inclement moment in the ambient weather. To put it bluntly it pissed down with rain for 45 minutes accompanied with appropriate thunderous applause from the clouds above..
That meant that yours truly was marooned in the beer tent. Oh no! I hear you all shout, What an unmitigated disaster!! Errrr well yes and no.
Firstly, making the best of it as us English tend to do, I had another look at the beer list and espied a Russian Imperial Stout at 10.5%. The inclement weather was still inclement so, I threw caution to the winds and bought a 1/2 pint. Blimey O'Reilly, it was £4.50 !!! I kid you not :-)
After that my stamina and my wallet both ran out in equal measure, and i wended my rather uncertain way to the bus stop to get on a big red thingy in the vague direction of where I thought I remembered that I lived.
Anyhow here we are apparently.
Now what was I originally going to be here to be on about??? Any ideas?
Ah! parents and kids on bikes rings a bell (<------ Yes people that was a pun)
At least in the UK as Annie correctly says, they all wear helmets and knee and elbow protection. Apparently they don't bother in other countries. But have any of you ever driven behind a parent wobbling along the road with a young kiddie on a bike? It is downright damn dangerous.
If I had kids, no wife or partner of mine would be allowed to do that with my child, I can tell you that, and nor would I. In fact I think it should be outlawed.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
The bicycle that I take my children along with indeed has a step through frame.
The bike I ride to work on does not and I can fit one child in the back. To then get on and off that bicycle requires acrobatics! And yes, if your not careful and will step of like you normally do with a diamond shaped frame, you could kick that precious cargo.
Even on the bike with step through frame I occasionally forget I can just step through, just out of habit, but then fortunately never got far enough to actually hurt my children, generally just requiring some more acrobatics to not fall, which I fortunately never did with children.
When one applies for Life Assurance in the UK one of the standard questions is "Do you partake in any hazardous or dangerous sports?". If I answered yes, I live in Holland and ride a bicycle with kids strapped on, but fortunately I haven't lost one yet, I doubt I'd be accepted.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
When one applies for Life Assurance in the UK one of the standard questions is "Do you partake in any hazardous or dangerous sports?". If I answered yes, I live in Holland and ride a bicycle with kids strapped on, but fortunately I haven't lost one yet, I doubt I'd be accepted.
So the answer would be "no" and you would be accepted, easy done and done.
Exactly. Nothing hazardous about riding a bicycle at low speed on a cycling lane in Holland. Even if you were to fall down it is extremely unlikely that will cost anyone their life. You might break something, my kids would get a bit scared perhaps but most likely won't get as much as a scratch.
There's even three in my
There's even three in my house. Only one of those is mature though.
Jonathan_76 wrote:There's
I think it could be the other two that have more options though!
Funny things go on in Holland
Funny things go on in Holland :-))) The land of the free .......
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Chris S_2 wrote:Funny things
all residents of my house like to have fun! Always!
I decided to make a graph
I decided to make a graph because I thought it would be quicker than writing everything out.
I was wrong. It wasn't but never mind.
You'll find it here down there, people, and you are all very very welcome.
Presented in the finest tradition of all statistics - heavily open to misinterpretation - it's a sample, of data showing cyclists treated in English and Welsh A&E departments for an injury they sustained entirely by themselves whilst out on their bikes.
*impressed blink*
It means, einsteinians, that they had no help at all.
Not only that - but the figures (dictated to me over the phone last night from a book* owned by a friend) specifically focus on one area only of injury, and serendipitously it just happens to have some relevance to what's been discussed in this thread!
I knew you'd all be pleased :)
Injuries to the Groin whilst Cycling
* *cool stare round thread* The cycling chapter wasn't as detailed as the zipper injury one, but you can't have everything I suppose.
Like you Jonathan. several dads during term time, ferry their little ones to and from our local primary school on their bikes. The only notable difference from the picture you posted is that they all wear helmets and knee and elbow protection. The only time it doesn't look safe is when impatient motorists* hove into view, and there are many. I've only seen the child seats fixed to step-through frames though. I imagine it allows for more stability when waiting at traffic lights.
And when mounting and dismounting - you're less likely to kick your precious cargo in the head! This, people - is always a plus in my book :)
*ones who must have, at some point in their lives, also been cyclists I think... assuming the data provided on the mutual hatred between the groups is accurate of course ;) It must work the other way round too and explain all those bad-tempered cyclists. It seems really counter-intuitive to me - but facts are facts we're told ;)
It sounds a lovely place to be :)
edited for some hideous grammar in the green asterisked section
erratum: the graph has an error - hold on - I'm going to fix it.... there are no erratum
:)
Please wait here. Further instructions could pile up at any time. Thank you.
Annie, lovely to see you
Annie, lovely to see you again :-))
But before we start I have to admit that only fairly recently I staggered home from an annual local beer festival. I would have staggered home a tad earlier but you see, (or you would have seen had you been there, but you weren't, so you didn't) there was the inclement moment in the ambient weather. To put it bluntly it pissed down with rain for 45 minutes accompanied with appropriate thunderous applause from the clouds above..
That meant that yours truly was marooned in the beer tent. Oh no! I hear you all shout, What an unmitigated disaster!! Errrr well yes and no.
Firstly, making the best of it as us English tend to do, I had another look at the beer list and espied a Russian Imperial Stout at 10.5%. The inclement weather was still inclement so, I threw caution to the winds and bought a 1/2 pint. Blimey O'Reilly, it was £4.50 !!! I kid you not :-)
After that my stamina and my wallet both ran out in equal measure, and i wended my rather uncertain way to the bus stop to get on a big red thingy in the vague direction of where I thought I remembered that I lived.
Anyhow here we are apparently.
Now what was I originally going to be here to be on about??? Any ideas?
Ah! parents and kids on bikes rings a bell (<------ Yes people that was a pun)
At least in the UK as Annie correctly says, they all wear helmets and knee and elbow protection. Apparently they don't bother in other countries. But have any of you ever driven behind a parent wobbling along the road with a young kiddie on a bike? It is downright damn dangerous.
If I had kids, no wife or partner of mine would be allowed to do that with my child, I can tell you that, and nor would I. In fact I think it should be outlawed.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
The bicycle that I take my
The bicycle that I take my children along with indeed has a step through frame.
The bike I ride to work on does not and I can fit one child in the back. To then get on and off that bicycle requires acrobatics! And yes, if your not careful and will step of like you normally do with a diamond shaped frame, you could kick that precious cargo.
Even on the bike with step through frame I occasionally forget I can just step through, just out of habit, but then fortunately never got far enough to actually hurt my children, generally just requiring some more acrobatics to not fall, which I fortunately never did with children.
When one applies for Life
When one applies for Life Assurance in the UK one of the standard questions is "Do you partake in any hazardous or dangerous sports?". If I answered yes, I live in Holland and ride a bicycle with kids strapped on, but fortunately I haven't lost one yet, I doubt I'd be accepted.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Chris S_2 wrote:When one
So the answer would be "no" and you would be accepted, easy done and done.
Exactly. Nothing hazardous
Exactly. Nothing hazardous about riding a bicycle at low speed on a cycling lane in Holland. Even if you were to fall down it is extremely unlikely that will cost anyone their life. You might break something, my kids would get a bit scared perhaps but most likely won't get as much as a scratch.