The "crimes" if mixed mode commuting?

[Time Waster]

There's probably a few here who mix public transport with cycle commuting. So if you do what do you see as bad form when on public transport? Do you have a list of "sins" that you can't abide?

I have loud mobile phone calls, watching a video, film or TV show without headphones, playing music without headphones, sitting on the aisle seat of a busy train with your shopping on the other seat / table and a biggie is feet on the seat next to you (the person diagonally opposite sits with feet up). The last one can be made worse if the person takes their shoes off first of course.

Do you have any significant annoyances in such cases?

 

[Brandane]

Nobbers who stand in the doorway of trains, when there are seats available. Meaning when I get on the train with my bike, I can't lean it against the doors on the non opening side, and instead have to stand with the bike and manouevre it out of the way of passengers getting on or off the train at every stop.

Please don't suggest using the allocated bike storage area, as this is inevitably filled by other bikes, prams, luggage, or people.

 

[I like Skol]

Maybe try not inflicting your sweaty body and dirty, bulky bike on a train packed full of commuters? You could always man up and ride the full distance?

 

[fossyant]

You'd struggle to get a bike on the trains near us unless you got on with it at the first stop. They are rammed. Not sure why people do it TBH, especially full sized bikes.

 

[rivers]

People who don't book their bikes onto the IET trains and then take a booked space.

 

[T4tomo]

You'd struggle to get a bike on the trains near us unless you got on with it at the first stop. They are rammed. Not sure why people do it TBH, especially full sized bikes.

I was one of many many people taking a Brompton (*other inferior folding bikes are available) into London.

Why? riding a 2-3 miles on a Brommie is more pleasant than taking the tube, gives you a bit of morning exercise and head space and saves several £100 a year on tube fares.

I did gravitate to 2 bike solution once secure bike parking under the office became a "thing", but the Brommie would fit under the desk so was great when / where offices didn't.

 

[rivers]

You'd struggle to get a bike on the trains near us unless you got on with it at the first stop. They are rammed. Not sure why people do it TBH, especially full sized bikes.

Because I don't have the space in my house for another bike, even a folder.

 

[mjr]

Maybe try not inflicting your sweaty body and dirty, bulky bike on a train packed full of commuters? You could always man up and ride the full distance?

I have ridden the full distance to London, but an 8 hour working day plus 10 hours on the bike each way would have meant leaving 4 hours before I got home. So bike -train -bike makes sense.

 

[fossyant]

Because I don't have the space in my house for another bike, even a folder.

The right answer it throw everything out, have a chair and plenty of bike parking space.

 

[Brandane]

Not sure why people do it TBH, especially full sized bikes.

Can't speak for others, but in my case it is usually to take the bike to a start point further from home than is practical to ride when time is restricted. I get bored riding the same old local roads, and the train is sometimes a better option than the car. That's for leisure rides obviously, and since this thread is in commuting, I better cover that one for the pedants. Sometimes I use the train, then ride the last section to work. Why? Because I only work 4 hour days and sometimes like to ride home, but CBA'd getting up early enough to ride the 15 miles TO work. Personal choices to suit different circumstances and all that...

 

[fossyant]

Depends what your trains are like - my route is shockingly bad - absolutely rammed during commuting hours - I've a colleague that does mixed mode commute - but he get's on at the 'end' of the line in most cases, then is off at end of line Piccadilly Manchester - but getting on in Manchester can be a real challenge especially if a train had been delayed.

 

[I like Skol]

Personal choices to suit different circumstances and all that...

Absolutely, but don't complain that all the people travelling to work just like you are making your journey unpleasant or inconveniencing you!

 

[MichaelW2]

People who want to get on the train using the door you are trying to exit, with bike, but they wont leave room for you to roll out.

 

[wiggydiggy]

With the rise of phone apps instead of actual tickets - walking to the ticket barrier without your phone ready to be scanned!

 

[Time Waster]

Maybe try not inflicting your sweaty body and dirty, bulky bike on a train packed full of commuters? You could always man up and ride the full distance?

Or buy a Brompton!