Do you think it would madness to try and take my MTB.........

[Bungle73]

.....on the train to the South Downs atm, giving the current chaos that has infected Southern? I haven't done it for ages, and I was planning on doing it this year.......

I guess I could get away with one from Hassocks, as I could use Thameslink, but as the for other destinations...........
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So no one's got an opinion then....?

 

[Mag_seven]

So no one's got an opinion then....?

Maybe if you didn't use a meaningless acronym.....

 

[DaleCooper]

How do you get Matlock Bath (MTB) on a train?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

If it means motorbike, I thought those were banned on trains these days - and I'd wonder why not just ride it there anyway...?

 

[Iskra]

A Motor Torpedo Boat? Yes, that's madness.

 

[krus_aragon]

"Mountain Bike" is what I read MTB as. Those are generally permitted on trains, but given Southern's current state of affairs it's a reasonable question to ask.

 

[TheEdge]

Mexican Tourist Board? Well, yes, assuming enough seats are available.

 

[Kite159]

Mum's Teddy Bear?

As long as it isn't one of those massive bears you see being sold by Harrods at heathrow then I'm sure you will be fine

 

[yorkie]

To be fair all the top results for "MTB" on Google refer to mountain bikes, and it is fairly well known.

However on this site it really should be defined the first time it's used, especially as it wasn't too obvious from the context.

 

[Flamingo]

A Motor Torpedo Boat? Yes, that's madness.

My first thought as well...

 

[Bungle73]

Yes, MounTain Bike. Given that the term is in widespread use, and that my question was about taking it on the train to the South Downs, I didn't feel that I needed to define it.

Nevertheless, what are the opinions?

 

[DasLunatic]

I thought the trains down there weren't fitted with Motor Trailer Buffets... even so, how would you fit a train carriage inside another carriage?

 

[TheEdge]

I thought the trains down there weren't fitted with Motor Trailer Buffets... even so, how would you fit a train carriage inside another carriage?

Carriageception

 

[DarloRich]

You will never get a Motor Torpedo Boat on a train. it is too big surely?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat

Your bike should be no issue. At least you could ride home when the service is cancelled!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

To be fair all the top results for "MTB" on Google refer to mountain bikes, and it is fairly well known.

However on this site it really should be defined the first time it's used, especially as it wasn't too obvious from the context.

Not all of us are from the current younger age group who are active upon this website and when I saw MTB in the thread, my first thought was that acronym that I have known for longer than I care to remember....Motor Torpedo Boat.

I see that I am not alone in this.

 

[Darandio]

To be fair all the top results for "MTB" on Google refer to mountain bikes, and it is fairly well known.

Certainly wasn't to me. I shouldn't really have to Google to find out......

 

[Bungle73]

Not all of us are from the current younger age group who are active upon this website and when I saw MTB in the thread, my first thought was that acronym that I have known for longer than I care to remember....Motor Torpedo Boat.

I see that I am not alone in this.

What is the "current younger age group"? The term has been around for ,probably, at least the last 20 years!

 

[321446]

I certain circles it has. Motor Torpedo Boat has been around for something around 100 so I would argue that in other circles that is the far more widely known!!!!

Chill. We got there in the end. Always come to a clear understanding, as the saying goes!!!!

 

[krus_aragon]

Wanders off to contemplate designing a Mountain Torpedo Boat instead... :P

 

[DaleCooper]

Not all of us are from the current younger age group who are active upon this website and when I saw MTB in the thread, my first thought was that acronym that I have known for longer than I care to remember....Motor Torpedo Boat.

I see that I am not alone in this.

No you're not alone, then again I'm an old codger.

Wanders off to contemplate designing a Mountain Torpedo Boat instead... :P

But please not a Motor Torpedo Bike, cyclists are dangerous enough already

 

[yorkie]

I've never heard of a Motor Torpedo Boat before. I will look that up now...

Certainly wasn't to me. I shouldn't really have to Google to find out......

I agree; hence why we ask that such terms are defined the first time they're used

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

What is the "current younger age group"? The term has been around for ,probably, at least the last 20 years!

I was 51 years of age 20 years ago...

 

[DaleCooper]

I was 51 years of age 20 years ago...

Blimey! You must be nearly 60 now.

 

[Springs Branch]

I'm also in the group who thought Motor Torpedo Boat on reading the OP's textspeak.

I wonder if the prevalence of this interpretation of MTB has anything to do with interest in a certain class of charismatic locomotives named after regiments & racehorses? Remember the Napier Deltic engine was originally developed for powering the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats.

(Briefly off topic I know, but those were the days of British engineering. "I say chaps, those Navy bods are putting a new, powerful, fast revving diesel engine into their high-speed attack vessels. Let's bolt a couple onto a loco frame and see how fast we can get it to go." Probably didn't happen like that though!)

 

[Bungle73]

I'm also in the group who thought Motor Torpedo Boat on reading the OP's textspeak.

I wonder if the prevalence of this interpretation of MTB has anything to do with interest in a certain class of charismatic locomotives named after regiments & racehorses? Remember the Napier Deltic engine was originally developed for powering the Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats.

(Briefly off topic I know, but those were the days of British engineering. "I say chaps, those Navy bods are putting a new, powerful, fast revving diesel engine into their high-speed attack vessels. Let's bolt a couple onto a loco frame and see how fast we can get it to go." Probably didn't happen like that though!)

What are you on about? I did not use any "text speak"...................................