rendelharris Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 uncleglen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> edcam Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Please stop calling them Boris bikes. I'd> rather> > not be reminded of that dangerous oaf.> > Ooooh- if he is dangerous he MUST be doing> something right! (I voted for him twice btw)Of course you did. The fact that he's a crypto-fascist buffoon who cares about nothing but his own power and continually switches position depending which way he thinks the wind is blowing, who's been deeply involved in a number of extremely dubious/corrupt deals (announced today that investigators are looking into whether to levy chargebacks on the absurd garden bridge), that he is on record (literally, a recorded telephone call) that he would give his convicted criminal mate Darius Guppy the address of a hostile journalist provided he only had him roughed up but not killed, that he has continually broken the ministerial and MP codes for his own personal profit and that he has the personal morals of a sewer rat would clearly make him deeply attractive to your sort. Ooh yes, he's all dangerous, must vote for him! Idiots like you are precisely how Trump came to power and why we're sleepwalking into disaster. Despair. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1266428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 malumbu Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> i> > > > Were you thinking of Billy Connolly?> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p055vwcr (58"> > video)> > > Perhaps subconsciously!Ha! I remember the gag well, maybe I was channelling it! Seriously though, they did make the towpath an ugly mess. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1266431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 edcam Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Please stop calling them Boris bikes. I'd rather> not be reminded of that dangerous oaf.Sorry, you're quite right. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1266516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 LOL I saw someone riding up the pavement on a yellow bike yesterday - swerving left and right.Realised they have a light (and maybe a dynamo) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1266534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 peckman Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Who's idea to allow a licence for those . They are> dumped everywhere. What a ridiculous conceptThis 1000 times.Who ever thought this was a good idea? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1275559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 You are all getting rather rabid. Concept is good, but for various reasons may be failing. Perhaps someone can suggest a positive alternative. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1275585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnL Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 The bike itself would need to be constructed from materials that are trackable.Nanobots. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1275632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelina Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 well, some buffoon who didn't think it through...."What will people do when the bikes run out of juice?"Maybe they forgot that question needed answering. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1275634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Angelina Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> well, some buffoon who didn't think it> through....> > "What will people do when the bikes run out of> juice?"> > Maybe they forgot that question needed answering.They're not electric! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1275665 Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc97 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Why are these bikes "littering" when they're parked but all cars stopped on my road are "parked"? Maybe just because we're used to the latter and need to get used to the former? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1277656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 njc97 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Why are these bikes "littering" when they're> parked but all cars stopped on my road are> "parked"? Maybe just because we're used to the> latter and need to get used to the former?Perhaps because people don't tend to park their cars at random across the pavement?Seriously, I'm a mad-keen cyclist, non-car owner, but I can only see these things as an ill-conceived, already failing scheme that's cluttering an already overstretched urban environment and, given the ease with which they can be pinched, aiding and abetting criminality (see the "Robbers on bikes" thread). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1277682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I was going for my morning flat white with my brother and nephew today when I nearly tripped over one of the yellow bikes slung up against a low garden wall in Landcroft Road - it was only by walking around it that I managed to avert tripping over and injuring myself and probably having to go to King?s with a minor head injury and a fractured wrist. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1277982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed26 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 . Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1279100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 The best hire bike scheme I have seen is the one which operates in Brighton. The bike have built in locks and so need to be locked properly, but don?t necessarily require a specific docking space (though there is an extra charge if you lock it outside of one). They work really well , don?t get left anywhere and don?t require as much infrastructure as the Boris bikes. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1279117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelharris Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That sounds a lot more workable. Hopefully they'll have proper tracking too; I found out recently that, certainly for the Mobikes (the silver and orange ones), once the lock's smashed and they're ridden away without being opened with the app, they become "frozen" or "ghost bikes" - their location shows on the app as being the place they were last legitimately locked! What genius dreamed that up? If the police had access to real-time tracking of the stolen ones, what criminal would think of using them in their activities? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1279118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbin Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Bob Buzzard Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> ...when I nearly tripped> over one of the yellow bikes slung up against a> low garden wall in Landcroft Road - it was only by> walking around it that I managed to avert tripping> over and injuring myself... Phew! Well done Bob. Clever manoeuvre that - walking around the big yellow thing in order to avoid tripping over it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1279249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 robbin Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Bob Buzzard Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > ...when I nearly tripped> > over one of the yellow bikes slung up against a> > low garden wall in Landcroft Road - it was only> by> > walking around it that I managed to avert> tripping> > over and injuring myself... > > Phew! Well done Bob. Clever manoeuvre that -> walking around the big yellow thing in order to> avoid tripping over it.It was difficult, let me tell you, because I had to keep an eye on my nephew as well, he?s that age when they just run ahead regardless. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1282498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Looks like OFO are scaling back their presence in East Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell.https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/25692-2/#.W782qCgn-dl.mailto Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1285043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Good, glad to hear that, I?ll. be able to walk about ED unimpeded. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/198956-thone-bloody-yellow-bikes/page/2/#findComment-1285434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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