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In article , Paul Weaver
writes On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 23:12:23 +0000, Tom Sutch wrote: Be confident, know that you are right, and if that doesn't work just put it in a bag before entering the network. It's then just luggage and there are no rules (save common sense) about that. As a Brompton in its cover isn't obviously a bike at all; it just looks like a large "something". I've never actually taken mine on a tube train (though I've always *meant* to) but I'd certainly cover it, if only to avoid getting such stick from passengers (and staff, apparently!). (That said, I did once get asked to leave a Midland Metro tram with mine but they relented when I started quoting the rules to them *and* produced a paper copy of an e-mail from customer services confirming that folding bikes were permitted. It was quite funny, actually!) What would they do with a person with a real bike? Aside from stopping at the gates (Most LU staff I've seen are too busy gossiping to notice), what would they do? As for luggage. Take a real bike, wrap a sheet round it and call it a suitcase, what's the difference? Ahem! Are you implying by any chance that a Brompton is not a "real" bike?! ;-) -- Ian Jelf, MITG, Birmingham, UK Registered "Blue Badge" Tourist Guide for London & the Heart of England http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk |
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