Uncle Mort said:Mansfield isn't a city bonj. But granted, it's a damn sight less hilly than Sheffield. But is it more the lack of a university and students?
Uncle Mort said:Mansfield isn't a city bonj. But granted, it's a damn sight less hilly than Sheffield. But is it more the lack of a university and students?
Uncle Mort said:Mansfield isn't a city bonj. But granted, it's a damn sight less hilly than Sheffield. But is it more the lack of a university and students?
marinyork said:Sheffield never really was a car city but since the buses have gone downhill...
Uncle Mort said:I think it's very important; Sheffield has a huge student population with the two Unis, and it has the reputation of being one of the places that most students stay on afterwards to work and live. That gives you a more middle-class population (and probably a more green/alternative population) and that will usually lead to more cyclists (whether they are shopping, commuting or just weekenders). There must be something, as it's bloody hilly!
bonj said:the cyclists can't all be students, I see loads cycling in the opposite direction to the uni.
Are they on their way home?bonj said:that's one possibility - but the cyclists can't all be students, I see loads cycling in the opposite direction to the uni.
marinyork said:I think it does seem to be growing a bit. The £4 daily bus ticket might be a lot to do with it. Also there always was fairly busy cycling commuter belts in Sheffield (the flatter and more affluent bits) or bits that are hilly but a very short distance from town. The other bits are cycling deserts and still are. It's just how things work out. Rotherham is as flat as the north east of Sheffield or other flatter bits but there are virtually no cyclists in Rotherham. Sheffield never really was a car city but since the buses have gone downhill...
summerdays said:There is a Bristol website where you can log various things to do with cycling from where they should put in new stands to hazard points etc. When you look at the distribution map it seems to be predominantly to the north of the river with a bit on the immediate south. Its the nearest I can get to a cycling distribution in Bristol.
First map is total pin points:
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and the second is the recently added points still follows a similar distribution:
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Perhaps if you never see a cyclist its a lot harder to be the first.
Nah. [/QUOTE]Uncle Mort;781412][quote name= said:is that a polite way of saying everyone in mansfield are scummers?![]()
marinyork said:I don't know much about Bristol but it's an interesting point. Rivers are often natural barriers to cycling. In Sheffield interestingly enough this isn't the case as unlike many other places in Yorkshire such as Wakefield and Leeds (even York) we don't suffer from a dearth of bridges.
summerdays said:There is a Bristol website where you can log various things to do with cycling from where they should put in new stands to hazard points etc. When you look at the distribution map it seems to be predominantly to the north of the river with a bit on the immediate south. Its the nearest I can get to a cycling distribution in Bristol.
Perhaps if you never see a cyclist its a lot harder to be the first.