Ha , that in itself needs a dedicated thread
Andres
A gem from a golden age....
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/207260-Do-you-remove-vario-panniers-overnight?highlight=Panniers+hotel+night
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A gem from a golden age....
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/207260-Do-you-remove-vario-panniers-overnight?highlight=Panniers+hotel+night
We'll have side or centre stand on the ferry/Chunnel next.
Side , and make sure wheel is against the ‘curb’. Train can jolt and I’ve seen a bike tip before owner caught it .
Next ??
Alarmed disc lock ?
Kerb.
I think you've missed a trick....around the time of the comedy classic panniers on/off thread (which Wappers has linked), there was another howler about what stand to use.
Kerb.
I think you've missed a trick....around the time of the comedy classic panniers on/off thread (which Wappers has linked), there was another howler about what stand to use.
Kerb your enthusiasm
We'll have side or centre stand on the ferry/Chunnel next.
Not forgetting, Whatton’s subsequent marvellous, ‘Do you remove your underpants?’ tongue-in-cheek post and thread.
And park it with the side stand facing the front of the train!
It is odd that the Chunnel’s default position is to the left of the carriage, when facing the direction of travel. This puts the side stand ‘behind’ the bike. Had the default position been to the right, then the stand would be in front of the bike. To my simple mind, the latter would mean that the bike would have to be pulled over its side stand in the event of a sudden stop, rather than falling away from it. I guess that not many bikes fall over, so they’ve never done much about it.
There again, the transporting of bikes has changed enormously over the years. When the service first started only a very few bikes were allowed on, the front wheels being held in a sort of cradle. That didn’t last too long. Then there was the endless shouting at riders to avoid the rear wheel touching the central grating, for fear that you would die. Then we were sometimes ranked in two columns and sometimes in a herringbone formation. I think the only version of parking I haven’t seen is pointing backwards. Then there was the compulsory use of the centre stand, which confused the hell out of then, if the bike didn’t have one. This was coupled to the strident instruction to have the bike in gear, up on its centre stand (when of course the rear wheel is off the ground) so it made no difference at all.
The funniest thing is when they stress the importance of riding up the train on the right, which makes sense if you are to park with the front wheel pointing in on the left. Unfortunately, the poor loaders never quite work out that most (but not all) riders know how to aim a bike in order to end up at a certain spot. They wave and shout for you to turn at an angle that is impossible to turn at. They also haven’t quite worked out that, with the side stand to the left, the bike will lean to the left and the rider has to get off.... so don’t usher in the next bike so bloody close. That being said, some riders I watch couldn’t park a bike if it jumped up and did it for them. As for the twots that fire their bikes up the moment the train stops, gassing and / or deafening the riders behind.... they are just cnuts.
Hey ho, it will be nice just to go on the train......
PS As with ferries, bikes are a pain in the arse to the service operators. At least a car or lorry generally has four wheels, one at each corner and doesn’t fall over of its own accord.
Crossing via the tunnel once we were parked up next to a bike courier, a regular Chunnel user who specialised in European dashes - He was in his way back from delivering a lap top. Always interesting talking and observing chaps like him, what they wear, ride and just how they get on and do etc...
He parked nose into the kerb, on side stand and had a short strap to tie the handlebar to the side rail which tensioned everything into a nice secure position
He parked nose into the kerb, on side stand and had a short strap to tie the handlebar to the side rail which tensioned everything into a nice secure position
...on a separated note.
Who remembers that thread which went along the lines of
'we’ve arrived in Madrid (or some place not to far from the next location) enroute to some where a just a GS dash away and it’s a fucking disaster because there’s no bike train - the thread was asking where the bike train was'
Who remembers that thread which went along the lines of
'we’ve arrived in Madrid (or some place not to far from the next location) enroute to some where a just a GS dash away and it’s a fucking disaster because there’s no bike train - the thread was asking where the bike train was'
I did that when away on my R1100GS, because with two loaded panniers and top box, it was close to lifting its rear wheel and tipping as it lurched and rocked alarmingly on the train.
One of the jobsworth staff did their nut at me, going on about me blocking the pedestian thoroughfare and escape route with the strap.
They really struggled with the suggestion that people could walk or run to the other side of the bike.
It wasn't the same person who, after finally negotiating the inner city traffic congestion in Dat London, rode up to the Eurostar terminal and discovered it wasn't a vehicle carrying train, was it?
And in doing so, blocked the passageway, which annoys the conductor bods.... but amuses us.
This one, I think:
https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/43633-Rob-Nick-Steve-and-Tim-depart-the-Ace-for-Morocco
Post #14.....
I’ll add the joy of being thrown a cargo strap by the usual ‘grumpy’ loader on a ferry. I’m my best French accent I proclaim, “I am no truckerrrrrrr monsieur”, and walk off to have tea and scones
Some proper, full on hilarious stuff there... ......
Hope I'm not being twatish here
eek but,whatever happened to 'Fanum' ??...
He was one of the stalwarts when I came here, always good with wit and advice.
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......Hope I'm not being twatish here
eek but,whatever happened to 'Fanum' ??...He was one of the stalwarts when I came here, always good with wit and advice.
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....They're always miserable, grumpy, feckers, aren't they?
Ok, it wasn't on the Chunnel, but I remember Mr Grump on the ferry to Ireland, when I refused the aforementioned hurled at me greasy tie downs.
I was actually on my Ural combo, and refused the tie downs because I said that if the crossing was rough enough to tip the Ural over, we'd all be going to the bottom of the sea with it.
He just scowled and shuffled off to whatever dark corner they lurk in.
That’s the one - But it just goes to show you should not take the piss out off people, Tim's up to date record of 'go do one' is that of a person who does just that
Some proper, full on hilarious stuff there...
Hope I'm not being twatish here
He was one of the stalwarts when I came here, always good with wit and advice.
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He was indeed. A thoroughly good sort.
Bill (Fanum) was - and I guess still is - a good egg. He pops up on Facebook from time to time. I’m not sure that he was too well when, as he put it, they scooped out a bit of his brain with a grapefruit spoon.
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