Cant live without my cinq!!

[hippycinq]

My cinq is currently sitting in pieces at Extreme.. and is off to the bodyshop tommorow to be sorted out.. aaaaagh!! Cant cope without it.. am going to have to bike to work every day!!

Still, hopefully it will be worth the wait!!

 

[CentoEvo]

What are you having done?? Or is it top secret??
I guess if its at Extreme (if i'm thinking of the same one) your having 17's fitted, am i right??
Go on tell

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Who cares about my post count - it's all about quality not quantity!!
(at least thats what i tell myself anyway)

 

[Jonna83]

Is this Xtreme in Harlow? i mite have 2 have a nosey down there as ill b at collage monday

FIAT CinqueCento = Recycled Ferrari

 

[hippycinq]

It was at extreme in harlow, yes.. but had to collect it there and take it straight to the bodyshop in sandy..

Having quite a bit of bodywork done, tryin to keep it lil bit secret as may (not getting hopes too high) have place at max live if its finished in time and they like the pics..

Christ, its half seven in the morn, ive only been without the car since last night and im missin it already!!

Jonna83.. you live local to me then maybe? Im in stevenage, bout half hr drive from harlow.

 

[2.0 20v]

Sounds interesting, make sure you get some pics up on here too once its done

Si.
2.0 20v HGT + NOS (soon)

 

[MikeWhitcombe]

What's a bb.. bi.... bike???

Cinqmeister - The NOS Guzzler in a class of his own
http://www.channel9.tk
'95 Cinquecento SX 0,9l

 

[Jonna83]

Yes i kno stevenage I live in Sawbo bout 5mins from Harlow finishing at the collage this week 2 Might have 2 see ur cinq then

FIAT CinqueCento = Recycled Ferrari

 

[hippycinq]

b..bb..bike is this horrid 2 wheeled thing that makes you sweat like a nut and loose all your street cred!!

 

[hippycinq]

Jonna83..yes, i should be back in harlow once the car is done, to get some stickers made up.. not sure how long that will be though.. whats ur car like? there was another cinq at xtreme when i went to pick mine up..

 

[Jonna83]

wudn't have been mine i usually park in the collage and walk across. ill tell u when i can remember the site that my pics r on

FIAT CinqueCento = Recycled Ferrari

 

[MikeWhitcombe]

Ahh! Bikes! The things that hold up traffic at rush hour on Hamble Lane, the B3397 when there's a perfectly good, £8 million cycle lane on the road [!][!][!][!][!]

I play a game - how close can you overtake a cyclist without knocking them off? It's quite fun! The worst thing is - they're not breaking the law by riding on the road - just pissing everybody off! [!]

Cinqmeister - The NOS Guzzler in a class of his own
http://www.channel9.tk
'95 Cinquecento SX 0,9l

 

[HP]

It's funny how red lights don't apply to cyclists, or give way signs. Cyclists on my way to work play a rather dangerous lottery as they refuse to use the 10ft wide cycle path at either side of the road, opting to ride down the main road with traffic islands. It's not wide enough to get a bike and a car through at the same time. And it's a 40 limit. Eedjuts. It'll be the drivers fault if one of them gets hurt too.

Did I mention there's a lot of big lorries and tankers use the road too?

Rant over!!

Pete.
Cinq sporting 1242cc
http://mysite.freeserve.com/close_to_cracking_up/
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cinqs_and_Seis/
http://www.clubcento.co.uk/

 

[steveyensen]

Watch it you lot or I'll bash you one with my bicycle pump. Not every cyclist is a menace on the road!

As a CONSCIENTIOUS cyclist who has no choice right now, I am also pissed off with other cyclists who breach all the rules of the road. BUT I'm also pissed off with car drivers who push straight in front and pretend they haven't seen me. BTW, I wear a bright yellow jacket with plenty of reflective stripes, bright yellow helmet, and even the bike is yellow. Not just at night but in broad daylight. If they can't see me then it's time they bought themselves a white stick!

I have been knocked off my bike no less than FOUR TIMES over the many years I've been cycling by car drivers who think they own the road. I still have the pins in my left arm and leg to prove it

Admittedly three of them were Volvo drivers, and the other one a Merc, and was very glad that the Merc's nearside front door and wing were very badly dented when he smashed up my bike (and my body). What did he do? Pulled in to the side of the road without realising I was there. At 15 years of age (in 1968) helmets were not in general use then. And what did the f*cker do? He scarpered, didn't he? Unfortunately it happened in a shopping precinct so there were at least 10 witnesses.

Oh and it would also help if car drivers didn't use cycle tracks as somewhere to park their cars.

It also looks like I'll have to keep well away from Southampton if ever I have to use my bike in that part of the world ...

My rant over!!

Steve the geriatric Panda owner

(Me or the car? Actually, you're right on both counts )

Oh, and I almost forgot:

rule!

 

[Donz]

as an ex cyclist i hear an awful lot of what steve is saying and fully agree.

before i got my sei i was a 5mile per day cyclist(2 miles of which was down perths dual carrigeway bypass), which where you are pete with your 10 foot cycle lanes might not be so bad, but here the only cycle lanes we have are 2 foot wide and just an excuse to make cyclists use the gutter, which i wont do, i don't expect cars to drive in the gutter why should cyclists? these cycle lanes, which are barely wider than my handle bars, are also an excuse for people to ignore the highway code (which specifically states cycles should be given the same amount of space that a car is when being over taken) and to squeeze past cyclists. then of course you have people who have parked in the cycle lanes, not easy to pull out o fthese lanes once you are in them.

end of the day my philosiphy pn cycling was simple.

i uprated my gearing on my mountain bike giving it the top gear of a speeder

i then went everywhere at 30mph (minimum)

for me cars never had to pass me, i overtook them [}]

Rant a la Donz - over

SEI POWER
The NOS Guzzler with more posts than you - - is Donz
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[steveyensen]

And don't get me started on bus drivers ...

Steve the geriatric Panda owner

(Me or the car? Actually, you're right on both counts )

Oh, and I almost forgot:

rule!

 

[Donz]

and people on roundabouts who think they don't need to wait for cyclists

SEI POWER
The NOS Guzzler with more posts than you - - is Donz
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[steveyensen]

Thanks Donz, me old mate. After that collision with the Merc it took me nearly 10 years to pluck up courage to get on my bike again. Even now, there's no way I'll cycle during rush hour.

I don't cycle by choice. Why? Then take a look:

It's 8 miles to work, time taken is as follows (my house to the building where I work):

In my car, 20 minutes
On my bike, 40-50 minutes (outward 40, return 50)
On public transport (4 miles by train, 4 by bus, 75-90 minutes if I'm lucky)
Walking, 2 hours (which I did once last January, never again, the blisters are still healing)

Now you can see what I prefer, but my poor Panda isn't up to it yet, if it ever will be

Steve the geriatric Panda owner

(Me or the car? Actually, you're right on both counts )

Oh, and I almost forgot:

rule!

 

[CentoEvo]

Yeah but does'nt your arse kill after getting back on a bike after umpteen years.
And don't you hate when your alongside a bus or lorry and they acclerate covering you in thick black smoke, end up coughing your guts up for the next mile or so. [xx(]

"The Not so Fast but Furious"
Who cares about my post count - it's all about quality not quantity!!
(at least thats what i tell myself anyway)

 

[Donz]

worst i had on my bike was taking a corner badly with poor brakes and ploughing into a barbed wire fence - nice set of scars up my back from that one.

SEI POWER
The NOS Guzzler with more posts than you - - is Donz
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[steveyensen]

Oooooooo ... I bet that hurt

Steve the geriatric Panda owner

(Me or the car? Actually, you're right on both counts )

Oh, and I almost forgot:

rule!