I felt sorry for him

Bryan said:

Whilst cycling in to work this morning, past a staionary half mile of
traffic, I passed a convertible with roof down. Nothing surprising
there it is a nice sunny day, however in on the passenger seat, all
neatly folded up, was a Brompton! Why oh why would someone put one of
those in a car on a day like today?

Bryan

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Bryan

I would suggest he is going to use the cycle later. Perhaps he has just
driven 50 miles into the town, will park and complete his journey en
velo. Chapeau to him, not to the other srivers with no bikes though.

Bryan said:

Whilst cycling in to work this morning, past a staionary half mile of
traffic, I passed a convertible with roof down. Nothing surprising
there it is a nice sunny day, however in on the passenger seat, all
neatly folded up, was a Brompton! Why oh why would someone put one of
those in a car on a day like today?

Bryan

It's a strategy I use sometimes - drive to the city limits, park in a
Convenient Place, and ride into town. Works very well with Norwich,
Cambridge and Peterborough; all of which are at least 40km from me.

Chris Smith said:

It's a strategy I use sometimes - drive to the city limits, park in a
Convenient Place, and ride into town. Works very well with Norwich,
Cambridge and Peterborough; all of which are at least 40km from me.

Park and Rides are usually excellent place to ..errr...Park and Ride and
it's a lot cheaper and more flexible not using one of the buses provided.

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Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Tony Raven said:

Park and Rides are usually excellent place to ..errr...Park and Ride and
it's a lot cheaper and more flexible not using one of the buses provided.

Absolutely - and they often have traffic free Bus/Cycle lanes leading
from them straight into town.

Sadly, Norwich's Bus/Cycle lanes only go *into* the city, so you have to
mix it up with the traffic coming out again.

MSeries said:

Perhaps he has just
driven 50 miles into the town

Isn't it statistically more likely that he has driven <10 miles?

d.

quote='davek'MSeries said:

Perhaps he has just
driven 50 miles into the town

Isn't it statistically more likely that he has driven <10 miles?

d.[/QUOTE]

Almost certainly as this was on the way into Uxbridge, which is well served by tube and bus services, both of which will accept Bromptons at 8:30 in the morning (there even a mainline stationa c ouple of miles away of he was coming form further afield).

My main point was it was a nice sunny day and he should have been riding the thing. :-)

Bryan

in message <[email hidden]>, davek

(') said:

MSeries said:

Perhaps he has just
driven 50 miles into the town

Isn't it statistically more likely that he has driven <10 miles?

It's statistically unlikely that he's carrying a Brompton. But he is,
Therefore he is not a typical motorist. Do we know that the average
journey by Brompton-carrying motorists is less than ten miles?

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Bryan said:

davek said:

MSeries said:

Perhaps he has just
driven 50 miles into the town

Isn't it statistically more likely that he has driven <10 miles?

d.

Almost certainly as this was on the way into Uxbridge, which is well
served by tube and bus services, both of which will accept Bromptons
at 8:30 in the morning (there even a mainline stationa c ouple of miles
away of he was coming form further afield).

My main point was it was a nice sunny day and he should have been
riding the thing. :-)

Bryan

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Bryan

I know, my point was that perhaps is journey is beyond that for a
practical bike commute, hence the 50 miles.

Simon Brooke said:

Do we know that the average
journey by Brompton-carrying motorists is less than ten miles?

I have used a car to carry mine as little as 3 miles, but that was
because I was taking the car in for its MOT and wanted a means to get home.

I would hazard a guess that the kind of person who does a long-distance
mixed-mode commute is more likely to use the train than a car for the
long part of the journey, though I concede I have no evidence to support
this notion - except my own experience (70 miles by train, 3-6 miles
either end by bike), for all that's worth.

d.

Bryan said:

Whilst cycling in to work this morning, past a staionary half mile of
traffic, I passed a convertible with roof down. Nothing surprising
there it is a nice sunny day, however in on the passenger seat, all
neatly folded up, was a Brompton! Why oh why would someone put one of
those in a car on a day like today?

Bryan

You are v.unkind. My Brompton lives in the boot of the car, unless it
has travelled by train and is under the desk.

Where I work, there is a very steep increase in parking charges up to 4
hrs, then no further charge - unless you go out and come back in again.

The Brompton therefore takes me out on lunchtime errands (whether they
are within walking distance or not), halving the parking costs that I
pass to my employer (and he passes to the customer).