Sheffield_Tiger
Guru
Coupling my renewal of cycling with an overall desire to be "greener" I tried the train to Hull and back for the football and apart from walking to the station, time was about the same, traveling more relaxing than driving, and marginally cheaper too.
Thing is, I often go visiting after football to the other side of Hull, and messing about with buses isn't convenient so I was thinking of a cheap folder like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230383802135
Basically because I can get one new for about £75. I've put together one of the smaller 16" wheel ones of these Pyramid bikes and they are a little cheap and tacky, I know, but should manage 2 miles to the station this end, 2 miles to football then 4 miles in nice, flat Hull, to go visiting, before back to the station and back on the train (not normally a packed "football train" since mostly away supporters are travelling from elsewhere). Besides, it wants to be cheap locked to the railings outside the ground.
What are trains like for folders like this which fold up reasonably but nowhere near like a Brompton (can't justify that for 12 miles a fortnight) Rarely use trains at all so not sure how practical it really would be
Thing is, I often go visiting after football to the other side of Hull, and messing about with buses isn't convenient so I was thinking of a cheap folder like this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230383802135
Basically because I can get one new for about £75. I've put together one of the smaller 16" wheel ones of these Pyramid bikes and they are a little cheap and tacky, I know, but should manage 2 miles to the station this end, 2 miles to football then 4 miles in nice, flat Hull, to go visiting, before back to the station and back on the train (not normally a packed "football train" since mostly away supporters are travelling from elsewhere). Besides, it wants to be cheap locked to the railings outside the ground.
What are trains like for folders like this which fold up reasonably but nowhere near like a Brompton (can't justify that for 12 miles a fortnight) Rarely use trains at all so not sure how practical it really would be