johnr
Über Member
- Location
- Grand depart 2014 county (east)
On my way home from work on Sunday morning, cyclists outnumbered cars 12-to-5. We're starting to win! 
Are we reaching critical mass?
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
There's certainly more on my commute between Dewsbury & Leeds. Over the past week I've seen 10-15 new ones.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
has the weather been fair ?
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Definitely not.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
clarion
Guru
- Location
- Exiled from Hyperborea
We're getting there.
Col5632
Guru
- Location
- Cowdenbeath
Defo more people on my commute but still not anywhere near enough 
Ian Cooper
Expat Yorkshireman
- Location
- Silver Spring, MD, USA
Same amount on my commute - one cyclist - me. And this is 'Bike Week' here in the US.
And 'starting to win'? I've been riding a bike exclusively for over 40 years - I've already won!
And 'starting to win'? I've been riding a bike exclusively for over 40 years - I've already won!
DougieAB
Getting the messages
- Location
- Gorebridge/Edinburgh
Lots of bikes at my work means that its a fight for the showers in the morning. I clock in half an hour before start time to get a shower before the masses appear.
Jdratcliffe
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Redhill, Surrey
+1 noticed today about 50 cyclist at elephant & castle this morning ( 8:30/40ish)Defo more people on my commute but still not anywhere near enough
freewheelwilly
Senior Member
- Location
- London
In London these days its not uncommon to see around 100 cyclists on a 5 mile commute. At one of the companies i work for they have installed new bike secure facilities in the underground car park for up to 80 bikes roughly. All the stands are full and many are doubled up.
Col5632
Guru
- Location
- Cowdenbeath
Only time i see more than 5 cyclists is if a club pass me by or im doing an event 
Boris Bajic
Guest
This will come and it may not be a bad thing. Looked at across the decades, it is no surprise.
Car ownership became (relatively) cheap in the 1960s and has recently become much more (relatively) expensive.
My grandfather: 1892-1982. Soldier and bank employee. Never drove. Never owned a car. Never wanted to.
My father: 1921-1996. Soldier and economist. Drove all his adult life. Company car from 1948 to retirement. Own car thereafter.
My maternal line followed a similar pattern, but with car ownership starting a generation earlier.
Me: 1960s to date: Bought 1st car at 18; owned one ever since. Keen cyclist, but always a driver.
My eldest child: Born 1993. Drives, but has no ambition to own a car. It's not even in her thinking. Keen cyclist.
My younger children: Too young to drive, but not particularly interested in learning. Both keen cyclists.
I'm not sure it's a case of anyone 'starting to win'. Motorists and cyclists are very often the same people.
Sometimes, cyclists would be motorists if their finances or priorities allowed it.
There is no critical mass in this calculation, literally or metaphorically.
Car ownership became (relatively) cheap in the 1960s and has recently become much more (relatively) expensive.
My grandfather: 1892-1982. Soldier and bank employee. Never drove. Never owned a car. Never wanted to.
My father: 1921-1996. Soldier and economist. Drove all his adult life. Company car from 1948 to retirement. Own car thereafter.
My maternal line followed a similar pattern, but with car ownership starting a generation earlier.
Me: 1960s to date: Bought 1st car at 18; owned one ever since. Keen cyclist, but always a driver.
My eldest child: Born 1993. Drives, but has no ambition to own a car. It's not even in her thinking. Keen cyclist.
My younger children: Too young to drive, but not particularly interested in learning. Both keen cyclists.
I'm not sure it's a case of anyone 'starting to win'. Motorists and cyclists are very often the same people.
Sometimes, cyclists would be motorists if their finances or priorities allowed it.
There is no critical mass in this calculation, literally or metaphorically.
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