http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Vigilante or superhero? en Mon, 18 May 2026 13:54:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76701 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:23:13 +0000 minus six 76701@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>cycle eroticism</em></p> <p>well.. ahem... err.. *blush* </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76699 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:20:31 +0000 crowriver 76699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I notice there's a rather dubious story linked from the page which claims to be investigating <em>cycle eroticism</em>, or something. Have to say I'm going with bax's spoof hypothesis for both articles. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76695 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:03:54 +0000 minus six 76695@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>apologies for my earlier unwarranted derision.</p> <p>in my defence, i'm still rebelling against the doctor's advice earlier this morning that they will require to send a camera up my urethra.</p> <p>there... you just can't get more off-topic than that.</p> <p>remember kids: don't drink green tea extract all day for a decade.</p> <p>i'll get me coat. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76689 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:13:04 +0000 minus six 76689@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>you need to ask? of course its not permitted. </p> <p>stand by your desk.</p> <p>my secretary will enroll you for the re-education camp. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76688 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:09:11 +0000 ruggtomcat 76688@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>fox news could not do better! :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76687 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:07:55 +0000 wingpig 76687@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is is not permitted to (sardonically or otherwise) dislike the article (spoof or not)? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76686 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:04:30 +0000 minus six 76686@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>my original comment was sardonic, like the majority of my posts unashamedly are.</p> <p>i don't believe the article is any more than a spoof.</p> <p>but i liked it for that.</p> <p>my follow up comment was directed at both uberuce and yourself.</p> <p>but even if i'm wrong about those crrrazy americans, i can't see the vigilante superhero meme catching on in the UK, can you ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76685 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:57:48 +0000 wingpig 76685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, I'd much rather you clarify things, just so there's no chance of any of that only-seeing-things-written-down internet-tone-of-voice misinterpretation stuff happening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76684 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:55:17 +0000 minus six 76684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>och, you decide. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76683 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:52:30 +0000 wingpig 76683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Who should lighten up and where has some humour gone unnoticed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76681 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:44:56 +0000 minus six 76681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>in such a moderate and well balanced forum, humour can often go unnoticed.</p> <p>lighten up.</p> <p><em>ie. i presume the article to be a spoof.</em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76680 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:34:39 +0000 wingpig 76680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>DISLIKE. Or "-1" or whatever.</p> <p>Remember, kids: violence solves nothing. Don't get mad - get video evidence. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76679 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:34:38 +0000 Uberuce 76679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Careful you don't cut yourself with that edge. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76678 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:29:30 +0000 minus six 76678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LIKE </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76677 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:02:34 +0000 Tom 76677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think some people are temperamentally unsuited to cycling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76673 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:35:23 +0000 kaputnik 76673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How does he always get his lock back if he's throwing it through windows? And one moment it's a U-lock, then it's a handcuffs-type lock...</p> <p>Perhaps "The Shock" is more an agglomeration of cycle messenger lore than one individual? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7401#post-76670 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:42:12 +0000 SRD 76670@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.gigcity.ca/2012/07/01/lawbreakers-beware-local-bicycle-vigilante-will-mess-you-up/">This story is even more controversial because it’s about a vigilante cyclist who smashes car windows, catches thieves and locks them to bike racks, and can stop a car engine without the driver even knowing what happened.</a> And even if the driver whipped a Glock out from under the seat, The Shock says he’s not all that worried.</p> <p>“They’ve already got a weapon. Their vehicle is the biggest weapon they’ve got. I’m not really afraid of a gun because I’ve been threatened by a much larger piece of metal,” he explains. “A gun isn’t much use at 20 yards, anyway. At least, not the way most people hold it.” </p>