confusedcyclist
Veteran
Back on the horse this morning, almost immediately an twunt in a 5 series saloon (you see!!!) pulled out of a junction with frozen side windows nearly clobbering me. On the bright side another opportunity to practice shouting my french. Le wenker.
You'll all be pleased to hear I have been looking at high output lighting rather than cars, for the off-road section. I'm pretty sure I have a chinese cree light that I always considered too bright for the road stashed somewhere in garage, I'll have to see if that's still working. But I'll be giving the route a cautious go with my rather narrow road beam (360 lumen) this evening.
I've already thrown out the idea of spending £6000 on a car, I just cant face the depreciation costs. I might consider up to £2500 on a 5 year old car, because they don't depreciate much and less risk of being totally decrepit... but it might not come to that come spring, I'll be blissfully riding on the off-road route.
@DCLane I don't mind the CSH that much, some junctions as you say are a pain, with cars pulling in and out haphazardly, but I ride the road at some points to avoid that, particularly before the thornbury bit.
Can you recommend a route to NCN66 from the BRI? Obvious routes are very busy with all the traffic heading to the M606, probably more hazardous than my stretch through Manningham to the city centre.
You'll all be pleased to hear I have been looking at high output lighting rather than cars, for the off-road section. I'm pretty sure I have a chinese cree light that I always considered too bright for the road stashed somewhere in garage, I'll have to see if that's still working. But I'll be giving the route a cautious go with my rather narrow road beam (360 lumen) this evening.
I've already thrown out the idea of spending £6000 on a car, I just cant face the depreciation costs. I might consider up to £2500 on a 5 year old car, because they don't depreciate much and less risk of being totally decrepit... but it might not come to that come spring, I'll be blissfully riding on the off-road route.
@DCLane I don't mind the CSH that much, some junctions as you say are a pain, with cars pulling in and out haphazardly, but I ride the road at some points to avoid that, particularly before the thornbury bit.
Can you recommend a route to NCN66 from the BRI? Obvious routes are very busy with all the traffic heading to the M606, probably more hazardous than my stretch through Manningham to the city centre.
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