Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
They look like they might be a bit sturdier than these ones that some muppet bounced over earlier in the year.
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They look like they might be a bit sturdier than these ones that some muppet bounced over earlier in the year.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
They're not there for you. They're there for novice cyclists and children.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Children on a major commute route?
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
High school kids.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Presumably the solid bollards are an attempt to make it practical to actually ride on it then.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not on that part of the route. They should have put them half a mile further north on that road where the routes to the schools are. This is a route from studentsville to the universities and town
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I was very tired on the way home today and was cycling very very slowly so held up quite a few cyclists who couldn’t pass me. Made me feel a lot of pressure and one cyclist tried to pass me too close in the cycle lane. I don’t think they’ve thought it through
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
Why is this road not also a "route to a school" for some people?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
There are no high schools around there. Just loads of student housing and universities
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not sure how making cyclists hemmed in with no leeway for mistakes is going to encourage novice cyclists either.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
They are cheap and quick to put in, and as mentioned provide some level of protection above paint, though not as good as an actual kerb, it does not feel like drivers are likely to encroach on the lane (at least that's my experience with similar setups in Birmingham, albeit they have been bi-directional two lane cycle tracks not one lane like this one).
Councils currently are using Emergency Transport Orders (ETOs) to put in covid related walking and cycling infrastructure without prior consultation, these need to be temporary installations so that they can be removed easily either when covid is no longer an issue (eg: many local high streets in Birmingham have taken out on street parking to widen the pavement, and these will be returned to parking once that's not needed anymore); or in the case of cycle lanes, if they don't work.
Orang Utan to work properly, they really need to make cycle lanes two lanes wide, I'm really supportive of bi-directional lanes for this reason, if/when cycling becomes popular enough that there's too much traffic both ways to allow overtaking then you can add another cycle lane on the other side and make them both one way (with two lanes). Your council should be doing some kind of consultation alongside this so you can respond to the installation to give your views on why this doesn't work and what needs to change to make it better for cyclists. Have a search for covid-19 related installations and consultations.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
Looks like Ride100 is off after 2021.
As recommended by Surrey County Council's report after consultation.
The majority of residents weren't in favour. It's not like the Notting Hill Carnival on your door step but that's Surrey for you. Much of the route goes through areas where not many live it has to be remembered.
At least the report highlights the benefits but you have to ask were the residents aware of this?
As recommended by Surrey County Council's report after consultation.
The majority of residents weren't in favour. It's not like the Notting Hill Carnival on your door step but that's Surrey for you. Much of the route goes through areas where not many live it has to be remembered.
At least the report highlights the benefits but you have to ask were the residents aware of this?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
I think it could have been handled better, where with Notting Hill you can come and go, with Ride London people are trapped in their houses all day, they are not allowed to leave, which is a bit much really.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
Trouble with Leeds is the council likes to appear to do stuff and tick the cycling provision box, but don’t listen to cycling groups who tell them what is suitable, the highways planning team are quite conservative. They’ve also agreed designs with cycling groups then implemented them differently, like the Headrow end of Cookridge Street where they decided to end a new contra flow bike lane on a one way street abruptly and direct people onto a stop-and-push-the-button shared pedestrian crossing, rather than give them a phase on the main lights, apparently a tree was in the way.
That road you ride on is horrible though, people get clattered off all the time by people pulling out of side roads into the bike lane, treating the outer markings of the bike lane as the give way line. They’ve even made some of the turnings one way only but drivers ignore this. Only road worse is probably Kirkstall Rd.
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Im guessing the actual truth here is if you put the words “by car” on the end?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Or on foot unless you happen to have a pavement outside your house, which for vast sections of the route there isn’t.
miss direct
misfungled
Is this thread only for people who are really serious about cycling and know all the lingo?
I ended up in possession of a bike when my flatmate left one behind when he left the country a few months ago. I've since joined a sort of club (although don't think they can go out during lockdown) and am amazed by how much pleasure I'm getting out of cycling. I am very much improvising with a bike that's a bit too big for me and leggings and a fleece, but feel really pleased with my small achievements (can now get up the big hill without stopping).
Would be nice to have a place for cycling chat!
I ended up in possession of a bike when my flatmate left one behind when he left the country a few months ago. I've since joined a sort of club (although don't think they can go out during lockdown) and am amazed by how much pleasure I'm getting out of cycling. I am very much improvising with a bike that's a bit too big for me and leggings and a fleece, but feel really pleased with my small achievements (can now get up the big hill without stopping).
Would be nice to have a place for cycling chat!
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Welcome! great to hear.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Totally not, glad to hear you're enjoying it, it’s probably one of the types of exercise left.
Cid
Proper break this time
Nope!
If you’re still in Shef, have you made it out to the peaks yet? I highly recommend the route out to Damflask reservoir via Penistone road, Hillsborough then loxley road. The bit in Sheffield isn’t particularly nice of course, and there’s a short section of tram tracks. But penistone road has cycle lane for most of it. The climb out of town may or not be hard depending on fitness... but isn’t super long so you can always hop off and walk. The road to damflask does get some twats, but isn’t too bad. There are loads of cyclists from beginners to full Lycra types that use it, so I think regular drivers are pretty used to cyclists.
Once you get to damflask the views are already nice, and there are flattish and fairly quiet routes around the reservoir. You can also use it as a jumping off point for more advanced routes if they take your fancy.
For easy riding the route from near the law courts along the Don to Meadowhall (or indeed all the way to Rotherham) is ok. Though there’s a bit in attercliffe where you have to go along some industrial roads (not too busy). But it is the only entirely flat route you’ll find!
There’s a decent routing app called Komoot you can get. The first section of map is free, and will get you Sheffield and the peaks.
miss direct
misfungled
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
And there’s no marshalling to get people out where pavements aren’t there? There was at Velo B’ham...
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Marshalling allows you to cross the road, not to travel along it. For much of the Surrey Hills part of the course you have houses with driveways that just open on to the road, no pavements on either side, those people have the roads closed from 5am until around 3pm and they can't leave their property, which is a bit inconvenient...
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
One day a year, with plenty of notice. I’ve limited sympathy tbh
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
One day a year, with plenty of notice. I’ve limited sympathy tbh
Typical sociopath.
We have had people who live on the route who are going on holiday that day who need to stay at a hotel for the night before or else they can't get out, no one covers the costs of that kind of thing.
maomao
普費斯
Did they book their holidays a decade in advance?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Two decades.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Can't they just drive their 4x4s across country?
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I’m about to go out for a couple of hours. Bit nippy today, we might have finally crossed the full leggings boundary this year, although might brave it out with shorts and go base layer, arm warmers and gloves on the top for balance.
I was a bit worried that the post-bonfire night air quality might be a bit grim, but I think lockdown probably stopped a lot of the big bonfires this year, bit of a good breeze too, seems pretty fresh out. Also I’m not living in a shitty bit of Leeds anymore where bonfires would generally consist of plastic sofas, fridge freezers, synthetic carpets and anything else the local scum landlords wanted to fly tip in the park.
I was a bit worried that the post-bonfire night air quality might be a bit grim, but I think lockdown probably stopped a lot of the big bonfires this year, bit of a good breeze too, seems pretty fresh out. Also I’m not living in a shitty bit of Leeds anymore where bonfires would generally consist of plastic sofas, fridge freezers, synthetic carpets and anything else the local scum landlords wanted to fly tip in the park.
