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  • Those canal towpaths again...

    From JNugent@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 2 15:18:42 2025
    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Sun Feb 2 16:24:05 2025
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:

    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

    Eau dear!

    They looked like a couple of drips…I’ll bet they were:

    A) going too fast for the conditions

    B) watching their front axle.

    It could have been a pedestrian at risk, at least it was only another
    cyclist that got his just desserts.


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    Spike

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  • From Peter Keller@21:1/5 to JNugent on Mon Feb 3 11:37:39 2025
    On 3/02/25 04:18, JNugent wrote:
    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

    I cant's see anything. I am asked or a login.
    I am not on Facebook.

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  • From Peter Keller@21:1/5 to Spike on Mon Feb 3 22:44:31 2025
    On 3/02/25 22:29, Spike wrote:
    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 04:18, JNugent wrote:

    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>
    I can’t see anything. I am asked or a login.
    I am not on Facebook.

    Just click on the X in the top right-hand corner, and it goes straight to
    the video.

    Trigger warning: video shows how not to cycle round blind bends on a narrow towpath. 1.4 million views.

    Thanks. Ouch!

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to Peter Keller on Mon Feb 3 10:59:28 2025
    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 22:29, Spike wrote:
    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 04:18, JNugent wrote:

    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

    I can’t see anything. I am asked or a login.
    I am not on Facebook.

    Just click on the X in the top right-hand corner, and it goes straight to
    the video.

    Trigger warning: video shows how not to cycle round blind bends on a narrow >> towpath. 1.4 million views.

    Thanks. Ouch!

    More like ‘glug glug’!

    Wonder what the (disease-carrying?) canal water tased like…

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    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Mon Feb 3 11:20:07 2025
    On 03/02/2025 10:59 AM, Spike wrote:

    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 22:29, Spike wrote:
    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 04:18, JNugent wrote:

    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

    I can’t see anything. I am asked or a login.
    I am not on Facebook.

    Just click on the X in the top right-hand corner, and it goes straight to >>> the video.

    Trigger warning: video shows how not to cycle round blind bends on a narrow >>> towpath. 1.4 million views.

    Thanks. Ouch!

    More like ‘glug glug’!

    Wonder what the (disease-carrying?) canal water tased like…

    Rats piss... leads to Weil's Disease (or so I am told)...

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to Spike on Mon Feb 3 11:00:38 2025
    Spike <[email protected]> wrote:

    Wonder what the (disease-carrying?) canal water tased like…

    …tasted… ☹️

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    Spike

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to Peter Keller on Mon Feb 3 09:29:22 2025
    Peter Keller <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 3/02/25 04:18, JNugent wrote:

    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>
    I can’t see anything. I am asked or a login.
    I am not on Facebook.

    Just click on the X in the top right-hand corner, and it goes straight to
    the video.

    Trigger warning: video shows how not to cycle round blind bends on a narrow towpath. 1.4 million views.

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    Spike

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  • From brian@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Feb 5 11:42:55 2025
    In message <[email protected]>, JNugent
    <[email protected]> writes
    <https://www.facebook.com/share/r/168BkXEZ9e/>

    A few years back when I was out running, a cyclist passed me on a
    narrow bridge at break-neck speed , also alarming a mother with a push
    chair. The path joined the Union Canal tow path down a ramp. I was
    amused to find him fishing his bike out there a couple of minutes later.

    There are also plenty of blind bends on the canal like the video where
    I've had a lot of near misses on my runs.

    Speed limit is supposed to be 6mph.



    Brian
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    Brian Howie

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