Heavy Metal Handcyclist

It's quite shocking how little known the D50/D30 are. Wheelchair users who stay in their chairs and visually impaired persons are entitled to a 50% concession on Anytime Returns, 30% on Anytime Singles. You must buy it from a ticket office or guard. No Railcard needed.

@4wheelstable @DSkaith If that's what they enact, then whether it's intended or not, that's what they've done....

@2_Wheeled_Wolf The "you have a cycle with you, therefore you're a cyclist not a pedestrian" bit is utter rot as well. Crank v Brooks, 1980.

@4wheelstable @DSkaith (iii) is your blue-badge and Motability carve-out. Why does Requirements have a capital R?

@dothebart @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter The red ones do, yeah - they're clamped around the hub. The white ones at the front are identical to the ones on the 'chair, but clamped to the, uh...stirrups? The front wheel tips side to side to steer, so they tip along with it. I lean as I turn, so hard to show...

@CrippledCyclist @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter they spinn with the rearwheel?

Great to chat with @andrewmoult59 about hand cycling in the West Midlands. We discussed the very real issues for disabled people caused by access barriers and inaccessible infrastructure. I’ll only support schemes that are accessible for people using non-standard cycles.

@dothebart @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter I have the same lights on my 'bent, but at a 45deg angle. Looks really cool at night, especially when turning - or so I'm told, I can't exactly see them!

@dothebart @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter They're also unusual, which means people pay more attention to them, and they are useful to gauge gaps and clearances - the light pattern can tell you if you fit, essentially.

@dothebart @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter This actually shows the beam cast pretty well. It's also loose enough in the mount that I CAN flip it back to being basically flat, which is useful for unlit roads, but I generally try to avoid doing so - have flat centre-mount light I use so infrequently I'm not sure it works!

@dothebart @BirminghamKav @SaskiaHeijltjes @adamtranter Phrasing; I care more about the surface conditions immediately in front of my castors when I don't have the cycle attached, as even with suspended 6" castors wheelsnatchers, gravel etc are still an issue - sharp relief shadow lets me know when to wheelie or veer.

@RantyHighwayman Preferably the first one. If a particular tweet in the thread is important as well, go ahead, but the whole lot is unnecessary.

Ah, I see today is a "My meds make me super restless and anxious, without ability to actually put that energy towards anything due to decision paralysis" day, rather than a "my meds let me be super functional and actually get things done" day.

@CliveAndrews @RantyHighwayman He's also just straight up wrong about how fares are set.

@MadScientist212 @DoOneThingForMe And nothing of value was lost. Good riddance.

@DoOneThingForMe The context makes it better actually: made a variation of The One Joke that right wingers have and in a shocking display Twitter actually enforced their rules on misgendering. They could get the account back if they just delete the tweet but the owner is trying to grift instead.

I think I owe The Babylon Bee an apology. Previously I've maintained my stance that they are never actually funny but I must retract that now as them getting banned by Twitter is straight up hilarious.

@zoebarratt1 @yorkinspkids @YorkAccessible There's a reason I never re-lock it unless it opens onto an area with animals. I rarely have my radar key on me if I'm out on one of my handcycles - it's not like I can nip into a toilet, and I can't reach the padlock anyway.

@CrippledCyclist @yorkinspkids @YorkAccessible Thankyou we hadn’t realised that, we always have our radar key with us. We will definitely check it out, hardly user friendly though is it?!

Finally got to trial an all terrain buggy thanks to a fellow @yorkinspkids carer. 1/2 mile after setting out we encountered an issue on Rawcliffe Ings. Not just the city centre that doesn’t like disabilities #DisabilityTwitter #disabled #inclusion #ableism @YorkAccessible

No excuse to be using your phone behind the wheel. Go get the bastards.

@flickhwilliams @zoebarratt1 @yorkinspkids @YorkAccessible Same - I can't reach it to open it!

@CrippledCyclist @zoebarratt1 @yorkinspkids @YorkAccessible Not much better than nothing- I wouldn’t be able to do it independently in my wheelchair even though I have my RADAR Key on my key ring so always with me 😩

Holy hell. mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/0… Ukraine is claiming to have completely annihilated the Russian 331st Guards Airborne - an elite unit, ~2000 men, ~200 vehicles. Claiming a single survivor. That's...Wow.