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Newsgroups: aus.bicycle
From: "PeteSig" <pete...@bigpond.com>
Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:51:23 GMT
Local: Sun, Jan 6 2008 11:51 am
Subject: Re: Crap respsonse from Connex about bikes on trains.
"DJ" wrote: Restrictions start to look like persecution when there are only ever a tiny > Well no it's not ok but understandable to make restrictions at certain number of people who would take a bike on a peak hour train. > Say you weren't a bike rider, and your travelling in a fairly packed And say you had a need to take your bike on a train, and had chosen a > carriage and someone gets on the train with a wet bike with some mud > splashed up the side of it or just dirty water from the roads, rubbed up > against your suit or workclothes, carriage that was not packed full?? And the bike was clean? > or worse still, you get scraped along the leg with a sharp end of a pedal Some people just lack gross motor skills, I know. > or chainwheel or it rips your suit leg to peices, just because the bike > was in the carriage, > no fault to anyone but all it takes is a jerk from a sudden stop to send One thing all our crap train carriages lack is overhead straps and rails, so > standing passengers scurrying to get balance. that stops and starts are not such a threat. Why blame the cyclist? We had plenty of straps and open spaces in the old carriages of the 70s and 80s. > It's like on a bus, at no time are bicycles allowed on a bus due to the Yes, but they can be carried on external rails vis. Brisbane and Canberra > tight confines of that type of vehicle. buses > Prams are another pain in the arse,but unlike bicycles, don't have the !!!! > sharp peices to rip you open > and that's the only reason they restrict bikes at these times plus the No, the rail authorities seem to have an innate antipathy to bikes. V-line > fact that for every bike on the train, they can fit 2 more people. is banning bikes on peak country services, despite the fact that NO additional passenger space will be available as a result (all bikes go into designated bike luggage areas) Maybe things are differnet in NSW. You need to get a perspective on -- ~~~ ~ _@ You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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