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All this talk of queue jumping has me a bit confused. My route has a queue of (single occupancy) cars at least two traffic light cycles long at every junction. I don't think it's particularly anti-social of me to filter past the gridlock. It's the one factor that makes cycle journeys quicker than car journeys. My route is almost entirely cycle superhighways though, so it's a non-issue for motorists to pass me after the lights.

Also, I'd sooner have a world of pragmatic minimal meat eaters than one consisting of opposing hardline vegans and thoughtless KFC guzzlers.

Some random counterpoints to earlier posts:

• The deforestation argument isn't intrinsically valid against either meat or soy consumption. What matters is whether you eat meat or soy from an area that has been deforested.
  
• Similarly, I think soil erosion is a bit of a red herring if we're taking about locally sourced meat. Most of Britain's grazing land was deforested hundreds of years ago.
  
  

Tl;Dr - eating Welsh lamb won't deforested the Amazon and is unlikely to increase soil erosion beyond what has already occurred.

Wouldn't it be easier just to charter a plane to find the edge? You'd literally just have to fly in a straight line for a few hours and Bob's your uncle.

^ I realise this isn't in any way helpful, but bear in mind that pedal reflectors are also compulsory. This rules out the vast majority of pedals anyone would actually want to use. Same with lights that comply with British Standards.

We can have robocars causing accidents on the way to their robojobs and robocops nicking them. All the humans can stay at home and watch (robo?)Jeremy Kyle.

I don't think they'd be able to enforce a ban on cycling (in the dystopian robocar future) if they tried. You could cause critical mass levels of disruption with half a dozen cyclists blocking robocars. Just the membership of this forum simultaneously taking primary position would be enough to bring the city to a standstill in protest. There certainly wouldn't be enough cops to arrest everyone, if there were any left at all by then.

TBH I find the "might be used at track days" excuse pretty tenuous for fast cars. If every car capable of significantly exceeding the national speed limit was actually driven on the track we'd need a Nurbergring in every town in Britain to meet demand.

Who photoshopped the shadows on that Giant, MC Escher?

The (illusion of) power has already gone to my head.

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My point was not that all couples desperately want babies and all older women without children somehow yearn for them. It was more that couples that meet when one is a child and the other is middle aged are not exactly "typical", so citing one as an example of some overarching trend or conspiracy is a bit silly.

Lol at Macron being childless as evidence of a trend in birthrates. The fact that his wife was in her forties before they could legally have sex might have more to do with it.

I'd fully endorse not allowing them to get jobs either.

I can understand why someone might spunk four or five grand (edit: or ten) on a really nicely finished custom bike. To me that's the cycling equivalent of a high end watch. I'd never buy one, but if someone else has the money I'm happy to appreciate the craftsmanship from afar. Buying a super expensive bike with ugly welds and shit paint because it's functional just seems like a really odd choice. It's hard to see what it does that couldn't be achieved with a 90's MTB and £150 of braze-ons. Still, I'm not going to hate anyone over it. If they're earning money doing something they love then they're winning.

Yes, essentially. It is well established in law that minors have fewer rights than adults, although not all the rights kick in at 18. They can't buy fags or booze, they can't drive a car or get a job. Because they're kids. They also get the luxury of not being tried as an adult if they commit a crime, such as smashing up a cafe.

No

Too many differences to list, but the most obvious being that children don't have the same rights as adults on account of them also not having the same responsibilities.

Not quite as scary as it seems at first glance. If you're on a collision course with something 5 meters away from you, you're going to be taking some sort of evasive action whether you can accurately judge its speed or not. I think the real danger in urban environments is people "looking but not seeing" where they turn their head and saccade over big chunks of their view without realising. I believe that has more to do with the speed they turn their head than anything else.

Only just noticed your reply. Thanks, will check them out.

The hemp twine cable tie must have been done knowingly, surely. Nobody could write that with a straight face.

Oh fucking hell, please don't let this turn into a shared responsibility argument. It's the second most tedious bike argument known to mankind.

Had a really bizarre encounter this morning. Got the train in and was waiting at the ped crossing at Ludgate Circus. A guy walks his bike towards me crossing the opposite way, straight towards me. He walks all the way up to me, slows and nudges his wheel into my leg and shouts "seriously?!".
Me: wtf, you walked into me man! Walk around me.
Him(angry, gesturing): I'm walking this way.
Me: ????

Fucking odd. The pavement was empty all around me too. I hope he doesn't ride like he walks.

^^ This line of thinking ends in jaywalking laws. Fuck that.

How durable do you find them? I like a minimalist shoe but I have a feeling I'd destroy the ultra thin soles in about a month.