Tales from London

[ColinJ]

I spent 3 years as a student living in Salford/Manchester and that was enough of big(-gish) city life for me. I only went out socially 3 or 4 times and didn't feel tempted to do it more often. In London, I'd probably get a regular Sainsbury's delivery and never leave the house/flat!

I prefer being less than an hour of leg power away from this kind of thing ...

 

[mcshroom]

Or less than an hour from me: -

 

[MontyVeda]

The main reason being that I dont like the feeling of using a new bike. I dont feel strong on it. I like to use something that I know well and have trust in.

I know what you mean Matt... I'm used to a rigid steel framed MTB with calliper brakes... put me on a rigid alloy frame and it'll shake the bones out of my arse... give me a bike with V-brakes and their 'twitchyness' worries me... put me on a bike in New York with V-brakes on the wrong sides, i was constantly telling myself not to slam on the front anchor by mistake, otherwise my face would hurt, but for all the worry being on an unfamiliar bike, in an unfamiliar city... the experience was excellent. I wouldn't let an unfamiliar bike put me off.

 

[asterix]

Reminds me of hiring a bike in Amsterdam, the kind with a back pedal brake. What with that, not knowing the city, the tram lines, the trams, the pedestrians and using the 'wrong' side of the road it was a real hoot.