Cycling is definitely getting more trendy again

[Chris Norton]

Round here, there are certainly more bikes. Shame they are riding on the pavements.

 

[400bhp]

Cycling has become more "normal" I think. I get less "looks" at the office when I arrive in my daft lycra.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Lots more cyclists in my area too, I noticed since the summer.
Plenty of utilitarian cyclists in ordinary clothes, of all ages.
Now I see as many women as men cycling from my bit (outskirts) to the centre of town.
I think the reason is a combination between the unusual mild weather and the recent restructure of local bus services, probably there are less buses on the road, while the fares have increased.

 

[welsh dragon]

That's true. In my area they are going to be cutting the number of busses. Without them it's either bikes or the car.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

That's true. In my area they are going to be cutting the number of busses.

But how am I going to live without smoochies!?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

But how am I going to live without smoochies!?

I am not going to google this ...

 

[welsh dragon]

@viktor don't take the mick. Typing on my tablet. Not the easiest thing to do. Regards. W. D

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

@viktor don't take the mick. Typing on my tablet. Not the easiest thing to do. Regards. W. D

You can go into the settings part and switch off the autocorrect and so on.

 

[welsh dragon]

Many thanks.

 

[Banjo]

I think a perfect storm fuelled by a number of factors has pushed the popularity of cycling ahead in recent years.

People are more aware of the benefits of exercise and keeping weight within limits.

Fuel prices gone through the roof.

Local Bus services usually inadequate.

Cycle to work scheme.

Road congestion and parking problems.

I think the Wiggo effect has contributed but not as much as the rest as the numbers had surged upwards a few years before the last Olympics/TDF succeses.

 

[glenn forger]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...clists-in-london-road-revolution-8870826.html

Dramatic rise in cyclists in London road 'revolution'

 

[glenn forger]

 

[Frood42]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...clists-in-london-road-revolution-8870826.html

I have cycled the roundabout in that picture quite often.

I am not sure we need to give cyclists more consideration than others, but I do think that we should be given some consideration, rather than being an "out group" who are thought about as a last minute addition.
I am thinking of many of the poorly painted in afterthought "cycle lanes" and cycle signs which run close to barriers and inside of door zones...

 

[Globalti]

Good map. I'm interested to see that the folk living along the Thames going out in a south-westerly direction are cycling a lot more than their neighbours in other outer suburbs, presumably the river valley helps to encourage them? Also interested by the darker patch around the Regent's Park/Hyde Park area... I wonder if the more cosmopolitan or international character of the residents of those areas means cycling is seen as less acceptable? Not surprised to see the hotspots - now fashionable Hackney districts within close reach of the City.

I was born in London and worked there from 1980 to 1986 so have always had a soft spot for the place.

 

[glenn forger]

Odd glowing spot in Hackney, like a million joints being fired up.