tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post5311762728208246336..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: Fighting with bicyclesJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-43596188246638816362008-11-08T03:13:00.000-05:002008-11-08T03:13:00.000-05:00This is wonderful stuff. However, I don't think my...This is wonderful stuff. However, I don't think my exercise bike will make a good substitute, if for no other reason than I can't lift it.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-78776605918928608112008-11-07T21:46:00.000-05:002008-11-07T21:46:00.000-05:00I played bicycle polo once. It was kinda fun. Bu...I played bicycle polo once. It was kinda fun. But the tactics all seemed to involve using your bike to block other bikes.Andrew Gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02715992780769751789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-1380251542906670072008-11-07T17:22:00.000-05:002008-11-07T17:22:00.000-05:00There's a rather good mini-documentary on Bartitsu...There's a rather good mini-documentary on Bartitsu at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tC5O7HV_KY .<BR/><BR/>The "self defence on a bicycle" material was not a part of Bartitsu, per se. It appeared in a 1901 magazine article that may have been a parody of E.W. Barton-Wright's own articles on subjects such as "self defence with a walking stick." Or, it may have been intended to have been taken seriously; readers are invited to judge for themselves after visiting http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jimmy_fatwing/SelfProtection/cycle.htm .Tony Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988076129608058625noreply@blogger.com