Evening Standard

[markharry66]

Cant say I have noticed any difference, more electric bikes. There is less local to me compared to 10 years ago.

Evening Standard

 

[Drago]

Im in Larndon tomorrow. I'll be walking the 2 mile journey rather than ride one of those abominations.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I wouldn't even know how to get one!
even in Liverpool I see them - and the scooters - but I have no idea how you register etc

but that is because I can;t see me using one!

 

[mjr]

I wouldn't even know how to get one!
even in Liverpool I see them - and the scooters - but I have no idea how you register etc

but that is because I can;t see me using one!

app, innit? No alternative, unlike better systems. All your phone data are belong to them.

Or you just brute-force them and ride with the alarm blaring, as seems popular in London.

 

[T4tomo]

not been in print form for some time

 

[Dogtrousers]

not been in print form for some time

Not daily but it does appear in print - I think - weekly. I know because I've picked it up and done the sudoku quite recently.

I have to admit those hire bikes aren't for me. There's not a hole in my life that they fill. I have nothing against them but I've never felt the need to try them.

 

[T4tomo]

Not daily but it does appear in print - I think - weekly. I know because I've picked it up and done the sudoku quite recently.

You are correct, it appears as the London Standard of a Thursday. I'm not often in an out of London much nowadays, and clearly not been in on a Thursday! The Metro is a poor substitute but does have a few sudoku / puzzles to keep you amused.

 

[markharry66]

anything that gets peope out on a bike is a good thing who cares if its an e-bike, moutntain bike or a road bike its one less car on the road.

 

[Drago]

Or you just brute-force them and ride with the alarm blaring, as seems popular in London.

I spotted loads like that in London the other day beeping merrily away as they went by and no one batted an eyelid.

All other bikes were ebikes modded/imported to illegal eleftric motorcycle levels. Other than the odd Brompton legal human powered bicycles seemed extinct.

 

[mjr]

I spotted loads like that in London the other day beeping merrily away as they went by and no one batted an eyelid.

All other bikes were ebikes modded/imported to illegal eleftric motorcycle levels. Other than the odd Brompton legal human powered bicycles seemed extinct.

Thankfully, that's not my experience. It is starting to look a bit that way at times on a few big roads like Euston Road, though.

 

[Drago]

Thankfully, that's not my experience. It is starting to look a bit that way at times on a few big roads like Euston Road, though.

Yeah, I went Euston Road, Tottenham Court Road, Shaftesbury Avenue.

 

[T4tomo]

Yeah, I went Euston Road, Tottenham Court Road, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Amateur, you should have cut down Gordon Sq, Malet St & Bedford Sq / Bloomsbury St...

 

[lazybloke]

When i'm in London for a work mtg, i love the opportunity to jump on a boris bike and get some exercise.

Why wouldn't you?

 

[Dogtrousers]

When i'm in London for a work mtg, i love the opportunity to jump on a boris bike and get some exercise.

Why wouldn't you?

For me I guess it's 3 reasons.
1) I really like walking through London. For me it's absolutely the best way to get about town.
2) I don't have a clue how to work the things. Presumably you need an account or an app or something?
3) If it's too far to walk I'll get a bus. Or if longer than that a tube (or the Elizabeth line which ackchually isn't a tube) - and as I'm ancient, tubes and buses are free (after morning rush hour)

I have nothing against them, but they've never grabbed me by the collar and said "use me".

 

[Drago]

If I want to ride a bike in London I'll take my own.