How was your cycle commute?
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sleaterkinney
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There was a Brompton in my space on the rack today. 
han
love is the answer
Actually, I disagree. I was doing a circuit around very narrow country lanes (one car width) around Warlingham yesterday, and loads of guys on racer kept whizzing past, going like the clappers! But yes, I guess you don't have the risk of pedestrians and car doors.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
This, but - as we've now seen - Oval roadworks (in for months) for 'improvements' are already a fucker. I hate back-streets, might even consider going across as far as London Bridge and back across to Farringdon.
Yep, def Dulwich Park but maybe not Barry Road as it's very busy. Next door, Crystal Palace Road is far quieter - horses for courses I guess.
iamwithnail
Well-Known Member
Goes kind of perpendicular at the bottom though, if you go down there you need to do East Dulwich Road and that's as bad/worse. Looking at it, I'd actually probably do Friern Rd, which comes out at the right spot on the park.
It's 150m of East Dul Rd - and it's a cycle/bus route. Friern is hillier; Barry Rd is the main road i.e longest in situ for a reason, it's the least undulating path from A to B.
tbf, all three options are valid and if you don't mind the noise/traffic Barry Road is fav.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Barry Road is quite fast but it is also lined with parked cars and lots of young families live in those houses. I miss my old route which was basically the A2.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Why? On country roads the closer you are to the speed of the traffic, the safer you'll be.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
Surely going faster is probably sensible on narrow country lanes (as long as you're covering the brakes ready to stop if you need to)? If cars come round a corner and find themselves suddenly up against a cyclist doing 11mph it's more likely accidents will occur.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i dunno. i don't use them, so what do i know, but i feel safer on wider roads cos i can get out of the way if i have to. any unexpected hazard on the narrow and high hedged roads that i've used in the past, and you're a goner.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Anyway, I was talking about London roads originally. Apologies, as I know this thread can be London-centric. I don't like cycling fast on narrow London streets with cars parked on either side and lots of turns that slow you down, so long straight A roads with fast traffic are preferable. For me.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
The company I work for has anounced it's doing the "cycle to work" scheme again this year. But instead of it being the version where you can buy from a LBS it's now Halfords-only.
I feel like setting fire to Head Office
See if you know someone friendly in HR that will allow you to go elsewhere - any largish bike retailer will be able to spoonfeed/handhold you through even a single (i.e. not a whole group scheme) bike purchase transaction (That they've done hundreds of times before). You'll probably get a "computer says no" response, but worth a shot (though do your research first)
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Limpsfield Road is a popular lumpy road for the Sunday Puncheurs (Its my route when I go to my brothers) and yep it's a completely different ball game to London. It's a visibility thing IMO. Londons just more dense and you're never more than 2 seconds from an 'out of nowhere' potential hazard. Whilst there are blind corners in the country side, broadly you can see what's coming (and they you) a long way off.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
I appreciate the reply Ted, but where I work the Dead Hand of HR is almost as chilling as the Dead Hand of IT. And I work closely with both IT & HR so I should know.
They took the path of Satan just to spite me I'm sure.
han
love is the answer
I went there for the first time on Monday. Couldn't believe how quickly you can get into proper countryside from darkest Lambeth. Definitely doing more of that!
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Utopia
"Jackanackanory"
I think I saw you cycling on Monday afternoon, red Specialised, jazzy socks tucked in, turning onto Peckham road, you went round the outside of a bus, round 4:40ish?, I was behind you on my single speed.
You look much taller IRL!
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Layhams is the preferable one IMO/E.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Yeah that was me, I was coming back from a meeting in KenningtonI think I saw you cycling on Monday afternoon, red Specialised, jazzy socks tucked in, turning onto Peckham road, you went round the outside of a bus, round 4:40ish?, I was behind you on my single speed.
You look much taller IRL!
Utopia
"Jackanackanory"
Watch out for the ferral Gypsy kids round there, my mates girlfriend was riding & some of the little fuckers thought it'd be funny to threaten her with a stick & then throw crab apples at her! Little fuckers!
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
show us all yer jazzy socks then
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
'Ferral gypsy kids' - piss off bigot
