http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: News from another island en Tue, 19 May 2026 08:45:58 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228206 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:56:54 +0000 chdot 228206@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I really must stop giving people the benefit of the doubt...."</p> <p>Nah, always good to be optimistic...</p> <p>Though there is the related 'why keep doing something just because you hope the result will be different'... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228201 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:45:11 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 228201@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I imagine Clarkson the cyclist is as rude and inconsiderate as Clarkson the driver."</p> <p>I imagine he's (almost) as far from his on-screen persona as Warren Mitchell was from Alf Garnett.</p> <p>I'm not saying he'll be lovely, salt-of-the-earth, but anyone that obnoxiously unpleasant would surely self-destruct.</p> <p>Hang on. No no no. As I'm typing this, I was forgetting about the racist abuse and violence over an incorrectly cooked steak etc. I really must stop giving people the benefit of the doubt.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228199 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:35:19 +0000 chdot 228199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>He's even tried a handcycle!</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2311149/Cycling-cynic-Jeremy-Clarkson-gets-bike--charity.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2311149/Cycling-cynic-Jeremy-Clarkson-gets-bike--charity.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228176 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 12:16:13 +0000 kaputnik 228176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I imagine Clarkson the cyclist is as rude and inconsiderate as Clarkson the driver. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228166 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:44:24 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 228166@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Clarkson on the telly is a character he plays. It's been noted many times before in the media when he (as well as Hammond and May) have been outed as cyclists. But playing on that wouldn't help his television 'anti-establishment' (hah!) persona. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228165 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:39:08 +0000 I were right about that saddle 228165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik</p> <p>It is so and I was walking to that very place when the majority of incidents of excessive kindness occurred.</p> <p>I suspect that even Mr Clarkson is overcome by the Ealing Comedy vibe prevalent on the island. (The main rail artery between Castletown and Douglas is served by the actual Titchfield Thunderbolt, as you will doubtless be aware, and the constitutional status of the island is based on that of Pimlico.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228158 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:18:06 +0000 kaputnik 228158@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em> Drivers universally polite and considerate </em></p> <p>I thought Clarkson kept a house on the Isle of Man? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228114 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:32:42 +0000 I were right about that saddle 228114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not Cav effect I don't think. Polite to me as pedestrian on urban and rural roads. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228111 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:15:47 +0000 chdot 228111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"2) Drivers universally polite and considerate - small population means you likely know the pedestrians or someone who knows them."</p> <p>Or the Cav effect...(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16770#post-228105 Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:42:41 +0000 I were right about that saddle 228105@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just back from the Isle of Man. As ever when I'm abroad I have a quick look at the transport culture. Key things...</p> <p>1) The buses are great. Frequent, clean, cheap and they go everywhere.</p> <p>2) Drivers universally polite and considerate - small population means you likely know the pedestrians or someone who knows them.</p> <p>3) The cycle infrastructure is Scottish. Shared use lamp post slalom courses that peter out in the face of any pinch point.</p> <p>4) Folk seem to cycle fancy mountain and road bikes up and down Douglas prom for recreational reasons. Hardly any transport cyclists to be seen.</p> <p>5) The standard bike rack is a weird art deco Sheffield rack with a surface coating similar to a medium grade carborundum whetstone. It'd take the paint of any frame in an instant - they were all empty possibly as a result. </p>