Crankarm
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Guided Bus Way for me. The only stresses are glass, stones, chavs and horsesh1t. The flocks of geese over head and wabbits are little trouble.
="BigonaBianchi, post: 2400716, member: 3228"]..no way do I want segregation on uk roads!!
when I'm mixing it with traffic it's actually more laid back & I can concentrate on the dangers around me + producing power.
I think someone designed Basingstoke's roads to be as cycle unfriendly as possible, and then set up close passing and being aggressive courses. It's mad.My commiserations.
I used to think I did when I lived in Britain, I even used to get a rush from it - but, as I said, it's only when you aren't having to put up with that any more that you realise that the rush is strongly connected to stress. I'll see what it's like when I get back to Tokyo in the summer - I always say Tokyo as having the excitement of road cycling in London but without the aggression from drivers...
If I need to cycle to the supermarket with my trailer or to the vet with cat in said trailer there should not be dangers around me.For me the stress comes from having to deal with cyclists dawdling about... when I'm mixing it with traffic it's actually more laid back & I can concentrate on the dangers around me + producing power.
Just because you feel confident on 70mph dual carriageways and 60mph NSL A roads, is it not very selfish to oppose segregation and expect newbies to cycling, including children, to simply man up and follow your example?
...but many of us had the opportunity to build up experience on quieter roads, and quieter roads are becoming ever more scarce.we were all newbies once
...but many of us had the opportunity to build up experience on quieter roads, and quieter roads are becoming ever more scarce.
Even parents who cycle are unlikely to permit their offspring to cycle to school on dual carriageways or 60mph A roads. Why oppose segregation alongside such roads and deny young people the opportunity to build up their cycling experience?
With the exception of Poland, the UK is the worst country in Europe to cycle in.
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AFAICT, mortar bombs.what caused the potholes? Your bike or the motor vehicles?
Desire for no Dutch style integrated and all-round solution is effectively condemning all but a few percent of the population to never be able to cycle, and that is terribly sad.