Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route 
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Man Up or Play It Safe?
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Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route 
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Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route 
?
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upsidedown said:
It really slows down my commute - it's all plain sailing the rest of the journey (well, the way in anyway) - having to get off and walk just to get past that roundabout adds about 5 minutes!
Spoke to a cyclist colleague who comes in very early in the morning (well, by my standards - about 8am) and he says that early the drivers rarely stop at the lights by the ped crossings. Nice. Lots of HGVs crossing too who rarely see anything smaller than a hatchback so I'm still somewhat adverse.
upsidedown said:
It really slows down my commute - it's all plain sailing the rest of the journey (well, the way in anyway) - having to get off and walk just to get past that roundabout adds about 5 minutes!
Spoke to a cyclist colleague who comes in very early in the morning (well, by my standards - about 8am) and he says that early the drivers rarely stop at the lights by the ped crossings. Nice. Lots of HGVs crossing too who rarely see anything smaller than a hatchback so I'm still somewhat adverse.
upsidedown said:
It really slows down my commute - it's all plain sailing the rest of the journey (well, the way in anyway) - having to get off and walk just to get past that roundabout adds about 5 minutes!
Spoke to a cyclist colleague who comes in very early in the morning (well, by my standards - about 8am) and he says that early the drivers rarely stop at the lights by the ped crossings. Nice. Lots of HGVs crossing too who rarely see anything smaller than a hatchback so I'm still somewhat adverse.
Crankarm said:Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route
Sadly not - if you zoom out a bit you'll see there's nothing else crossing the A38 for miles - it's like a river and this roundabout is the only bridge.
Crankarm said:Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route?
Sadly not - if you zoom out a bit you'll see there's nothing else crossing the A38 for miles - it's like a river and this roundabout is the only bridge.
Crankarm said:Don't know the area but surely there are alternatives to the busy A38 and A52? There seem enough minor roads/streets nearby to plan an alternative safer route
Sadly not - if you zoom out a bit you'll see there's nothing else crossing the A38 for miles - it's like a river and this roundabout is the only bridge.
Scratch
Über Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I'd take the safe option, but then I have been knocked off my bike by a driver who didn't give way on an island.
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
Scratch
Über Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I'd take the safe option, but then I have been knocked off my bike by a driver who didn't give way on an island.
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
Scratch
Über Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I'd take the safe option, but then I have been knocked off my bike by a driver who didn't give way on an island.
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
I have a similar problem, I almost never cycle over this island but take the underpass. People coming off the M6 really don't like giving way
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=srjdnwgvbh3x&scene=7442250&lvl=1&sty=b
I figure its better to be safe than sorry, even if it does mean I'm jealous of the brave cyclists who go over the island and leave me miles behind!
