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From: Andy Bonwick on 23 Jul 2010 14:23 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:08:29 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty" <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote: >Andy Bonwick wrote: > >> I like the idea of using the Tenere but I think I'd struggle to get it >> past my boss because we've supposedly got a ban on using private >> vehicles for company business. > >I'd still use the bike & cover the fuel cost out of my own pocket. It'd >be far & away the easiest & most stress-free option. > I've been told I can do whatever I want within reason. They even asked if I wanted them to arrange one way car hire for me and I decided that telling them hire cars were the devils spawn because you can't smoke in them was a waste of time. ><thinks> > >Or it would be if you had a bike that could complete a trip around the >M25 under its own power. stinky bait. The Tenere has had three trips to Europe this year and it only broke down twice on one of them.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 23 Jul 2010 15:30 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> typed >I've never used this service and I'm wondering whether or not it's a >good idea. I used to always use it when I travelled through Heathrow. It only let me down once when, on returning, I got to the (strangely quiet) platform to be told that all services were cancelled due to engineering works. There was a 2pt sign in the ticket hall telling you that. The major downside is that it comes into Paddington, and the Circle Line is regularly fucked. Other than that, it's OK. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: steve auvache on 23 Jul 2010 15:53 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:23:13 +0100, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: > >The Tenere has had three trips to Europe this year and it only broke >down twice on one of them. Hoe many times did it break down on trips where it broke down numbers of times other than twice? -- steve auvache
From: Andy Bonwick on 23 Jul 2010 16:02 On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:53:23 +0100, steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:23:13 +0100, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> >wrote: > > >> >>The Tenere has had three trips to Europe this year and it only broke >>down twice on one of them. > >Hoe many times did it break down on trips where it broke down numbers of >times other than twice? None but I have to play to the crowd and encourage people to think I've got a collection of either unreliable or unrideable bikes.
From: stephen.packer on 23 Jul 2010 17:29
The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Simon Wilson <siwilson(a)nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > The favourite bike parking spot by T2's been demolished now though > > hasn't it? > > If it's the one under the on-ramp between T1 and T2, I dunno. There must > be another close by. There's that parking but it's often full IME (park at heathrow most weeks) Better parking for T1-T3; head towards T1. Go into the short stay car park, ride straight out (you can go past barriers without any trouble). Bike park immediately on your left (5m after barrier). > > >I've seen where the bike parking is for T5 but not sure about > > T1/T3/T4 - I assume by your post that they exist. > > There's bike parking at T4, yes. You go past the drop-off (or is it > pick-up? The one on ground level, anyway) point on the ground floor, and > the road bears round to the right, and the bike parking's under the > off-ramp from the pick-up (or drop-off) point on the upper floor. > > T5 is the best, because it's purpose built with nice little roofing to > keep the rain off and pretty flower beds. I agree. Plus there's a bus stop for the sofitel opposite so I get to expose myself as I change out of bike gear into a suit. |