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Old May 24th 05, 02:39 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.rec.cycling
JNugent JNugent is offline
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Default Unicycles on the London Underground

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

wrote:


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.

They don't operate in the
same way, and the answer is not, in any case, unequivocally yes for
bicycles.


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?

Unicycles have just the one wheel and no chain or handlebars.


Nut true.

There only has to be one example of a unicycle with a chain for you to be
wrong in that statement of such misplaced generality.

And you *are* wrong.

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?