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Seat riser kit and Helping Handles.Yes my friend I am on an Adventure only just got it a month or so ago so getting the miles in. Thank you for the information about the accessories I will look into it. Cheers.
Seat riser kit and Helping Handles.Yes my friend I am on an Adventure only just got it a month or so ago so getting the miles in. Thank you for the information about the accessories I will look into it. Cheers.
Many thanks kind regards. Alan.Seat riser kit and Helping Handles.
AsI understand it any barriers are put up by the local council and Sustrans has no say in the matter apart from giving advice which the council can ignore. I expect most councils groan at the proposal of a Sustrans route crossing their patch, more hassle, more expense, etc.
What would rerouting do? To where - a busy road? I very much doubt councils want barriers, too expensive for one. The only possible reason for a council, etc to erect a barrier is to prevent 4x4 or trailbikes trashing the path and creating a nuisance & more expense.That's a duck from Sustrans. They are the routing authority and could reroute or delete or simply renumber/relabel routes (maybe with an R on the end to indicate restricted access) to provide a minimum level of service on certain route types and to try to embarrass councils and public landowners into stopping discriminating. Why won't they? Too close to government?
Well, that would depend. I have only relied on one NCN route (I'm not disabled) and I will be cautious before doing it again. It was after dark in November, and I was confronted by deep muddy ruts, leading to a gate with a field beyond. My lights could just make out a few dozen pupils reflecting back at me. I stuck to the road I was already on and it was a perfectly acceptable route. A while later I was on the same route travelling in the opposite direction in summer, and by the time I realised I was at the other side of the same field, I decided to go forwards as it would be a lot of back tracking, and I had to carry my bike most of the way. It was a slog, and I regretted not retracing my steps.What would rerouting do? To where - a busy road?
If they follow delightful country lanes, in what sense are they distinguished by being Sustrans routes, as opposed to, you know, roads, available like all other roads for the use of cyclists?Then I think that you're not giving Sustrans routes a fair go. Sure, some are rubbish but very often they follow delightful country lanes or (near me) straight through the Longleat estate, a splendid route which afaik didn't exist before Sustrans negotiated access. The newish tunnels near Bath wouldn't have happened without Sustrans. I cannot see many councils creating bike routes by themselves, can you?
You can't compare it with France, etc but then many EU countries have a long tradition of cycling whereas here it's only just become popular.
Then I think that you're not giving Sustrans routes a fair go. Sure, some are rubbish but very often they follow delightful country lanes or (near me) straight through the Longleat estate, a splendid route which afaik didn't exist before Sustrans negotiated access. The newish tunnels near Bath wouldn't have happened without Sustrans. I cannot see many councils creating bike routes by themselves, can you?
You can't compare it with France, etc but then many EU countries have a long tradition of cycling whereas here it's only just become popular.
Fair point but a lot of recreational cyclists wouldn't know what an OS map is or how to use a road map even. They need their hand holding. Even I look at the local NCN routes on a map and think that's a good route and it saves me from working out a pleasant route through an area that I don't know. Use your brain thats all.If they follow delightful country lanes, in what sense are they distinguished by being Sustrans routes, as opposed to, you know, roads, available like all other roads for the use of cyclists?
(The other examples you give, negotiating access to private land, and pinch point infrastructure, I can recognise the value of)
To another cycleway or quiet road which disabled people can actually access, ideally. Maybe in some cases it would need more substantial rerouting but it's usually possible without busy roads.What would rerouting do? To where - a busy road?
Ha! I know far too many examples where the barriers are completely ineffective against trail bikes or only at one end of a route to agree with that. A more common reason for a council to erect a barrier is that there's some officer who doesn't give enough of a shoot about disabled people who insists cycleways obviously must have barriers for bonkers reasons like slowing cyclists down before junctions (because obviously, we'd ride out into traffic otherwise, like we do at all other road junctions(!) )I very much doubt councils want barriers, too expensive for one. The only possible reason for a council, etc to erect a barrier is to prevent 4x4 or trailbikes trashing the path and creating a nuisance & more expense.
I reserve most of my contempt for the council and government agency routes. There's no excuse for barriers blocking disabled people from them.As for embarrassing landowners, that's precisely what they shouldn't be doing. Paths can be permissive bridleways, any hassle & permission is withdrawn. Sustrans can only operate with the goodwill of councils & landowners.
So all the grants...?I very much doubt that Sustrans is close to this government.
Well-spaced bollards at carriageway interfaces to deter cars, police to stop other illegal motorised users, stonking fines and licence points when caught. As mentioned, the overwhelming majority of vehicles blocked by more restrictive barriers are cycles, while some motorcycles can still pass through because their handlebars are narrower.What's your solution to vehicles using bike/ walking paths?