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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2005 19:43:23 GMT
Can you take a unicycle anywhere on the Underground?
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Post by piccadillypilot on May 23, 2005 21:19:26 GMT
Isn't there a thread on this in uk.transport.london?
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2005 21:24:33 GMT
Yep. That's why I'm asking - I was hoping that someone with access to the Rule Book could say for sure how broadly defined the term 'bicycle' is in the Byelaws.
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Post by chris on May 24, 2005 7:37:12 GMT
Can you take a unicycle anywhere on the Underground? I'd argue yes because a bicycle has the prefix 'bi', meaning 2, in this case 2 wheels. A unicycle has the prefix 'uni' as in 1. i.e. 1 wheel. To put it a different way, you could call a unicycle a 'monocycle', since it only has 1 wheel! The rule book probably says bicycle, which has 2 wheels, and a unicycle has just 1 wheel which, therefore, makes it exempt from the rule. I rest my case. |
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Post by piccadillypilot on May 24, 2005 7:51:03 GMT
I am reliably informed that the WRM uses the word "bicycle". Thus, as Chris has suggested, a unicycle is permitted. ;D Until one meets a jobsworth having a bad day.  |
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Post by citysig on May 24, 2005 14:00:58 GMT
The rules also state that anything which could obstruct the carriage of passengers or their safety cannot be taken onto the system. So provided the unicylce is small and does not have a wheel similar in size to a penny farthing, I am sure it would be allowed.
Should the jobsworth be on duty, I am sure that, your journey (if they allow you to board) will be full of decent people who do not use obusive language, do not spit, and are dressed smartly. Just a few of the other by-laws the jobsworth may have read in the course of their duties.
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