On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:39:08 +0100, "JNugent"
wrote in message
:
If they operate in the same way as bicycles, the answer must be
"yes".
Your ignorance is, as ever, encyclopaedic.
And as usual, you are 100% wrong.
Really? Do feel free to prove it.
You admitted you'd not even seen a unicycle in 30+ years. I own one.
They do not operate the same way as bicycles, and the answer you gave
- that this being the case they "must" be banned on the tube is in any
case wrong.
The legal definition of cycles is, in most Acts where they are
covered, "a bicycle, a tricycle or a cycle having four or more wheels
not being in any case a motor vehicle". TfL's website only refers to
restrictions on *unfolded bicycles*. In fact it says "To take a bike
on public transport *without restriction*, you need to invest in a
folding cycle" (my emphasis) which clearly implies that folding bikes
are exempt.
So what?
So your statement "the answer must be yes" is clearly false.
Unicycles have just the one wheel and no chain or handlebars.
Nut true.
Only giraffes have chains, they are not usually considered suitable
for commuting (as per the OP). I imagine someone must have tried, but
the ones I see used for commuting are all 24" or 26" wheel standard
yikes. I've seen two people commuting on 26" Munis.
And yes, there is a "unicycle" with multiple wheels. Like the
giraffe, it's a trick bike, and not for transport. And yea, I have
seen a man ride a yike pushing along a front fork and wheel with
handlebars attacked. He was a clown, not a commuter.
They
are about the same width and thickness as a folded Brompton (depending
on wheel size). A yike (unless it's a Coker or one of the bigger
Munis) is likely to be smaller than a guitar, and will have no
projecting oily bits. And of course it is not a bicycle, being short
one wheel.
Dear me. What shade of anorak do you prefer?
The OP asked a technical question. You gave an answer based on
prejudice which was wrong in every important respect. I corrected
you. Live with it.
Guy
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