Serious question
If Mrs Ladypig has limited vision, should she be on a bike?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 11:59, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

She uses her whiskers.

( Kroney, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:00, Reply)

Well, she seems to cope fine normally,
Sticks to routes with clearly marked cycle lanes. A fella stepped off the pavement in front of her, I don't think seeing properly would prevent that. But I do worry about her cycling, but it's her only form of transport that she can rely on to get places efficiently in ox.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:02, Reply)

ooo, good Chrimbo name.

( Kroney, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:03, Reply)

I was worried about her safety
Is she OK?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:04, Reply)

Yeah, she had a helmet and decent cycling gloves do got away with whiplash and bruising.
When I first saw her cycling I was terrified for her, but she seems to have found a way to use what little she can see as well as listening out. She cycles faster and better than me.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:06, Reply)

I think I need to get a bike to come to work
Its only 10 miles
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:09, Reply)

Does your work have one of those bike scheme things?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:12, Reply)

They used to have one
Not sure now
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:15, Reply)

Isn't Oxford full of cobbles?
Hardly perfect for cycling, i would have thought.
Then again, I've only been there once, and just to the colleges part, and my memory is shit at the best of times.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:04, Reply)

I love Oxford
Had many a good drink round there over the years
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:05, Reply)

Fucking cyclists are everywhere in Oxford.
It's like trying to drive in Ho Chi Minh city.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:06, Reply)

I guess I'm used to it,
I have noticed a pronounced lack of cycles in other cities as I drive around.
I'm in Andover today, doesn't seem to be any people, let alone bicycles.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:08, Reply)

The one thing I will say is that they're not as suicidal as the London variety.
Not that it's much comfort when you're picking bits of Raleigh out of your grill.
( Kroney, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:09, Reply)

You should buy her a donkey

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:11, Reply)

I don't want a smelly donkey.

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:12, Reply)

Safer than a bike self steering innit
and much cooler as well, you could buy her a poncho and hat to go with it.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Fri 13 Dec 2013, 12:15, Reply)