Simon wrote:
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:45:58 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:


On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Simon wrote:


I want to take a bicycle from west London to Kings Cross on the

Have you considered riding it?

This is probably a very silly question, but i thought i'd make sure!

tom


Not silly at all. Yes I thought of it but not having ridden a
bicycle for 25 years I thought perhaps it would be a bad idea. I
have only done a few miles in the last week. I have decided not to
take the bike this trip which is tomorrow now. I will have luggage
with me. My next trip next month I will only have a small backpack
and will have got my cycling confidence back I hope :-)

I think you'd be pleasantly surprised with yourself. It helps if you get
hold of one of TfL's excellent cycle maps (essentially an A-Z map with
cycle routes overlaid, colour coded according to whether they are
on-road, on-pavement, fully segregated etc. I did a trip between
Kensington & Canary Wharf having never ridden a bike in London before
(or even in anything bigger than a village for that matter!) and it was
a very pleasant experience - except after I'd got back, when the bike
got nicked.

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Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7
www.alwaystouchout.com - Transport projects in London