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Heavy Metal Handcyclist

@CrippledCyclist

Grumpy & surprisingly fast cripple. Here to remind people disabled people cycle, & campaign for equal access IANAL, my tweets do not constitute legal advice.

Katılım Temmuz 2011
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
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.
JELLY HEAD@LordOrk

Disabled people require the best value ticket and right fare for their journeys. The 50% concessionary discount for wheelchair users staying in their own wheelchair is only available at the ticket office When will this concession be available online or via ticket machines?

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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@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.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@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...
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Adam Tranter
Adam Tranter@adamtranter·
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.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@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!
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@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.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@RantyHighwayman Preferably the first one. If a particular tweet in the thread is important as well, go ahead, but the whole lot is unnecessary.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
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.
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MayaScientist | madscientist212.bsky.social
@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.
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MayaScientist | madscientist212.bsky.social
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.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
@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.
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Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist·
No excuse to be using your phone behind the wheel. Go get the bastards.
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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.
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