Bicycle on the tube
 

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

--
Who would you help in a fight, Peter van der Linden or Bill Gates?

Bicycle on the tube
 

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.

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

Bicycle on the tube
 

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!

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 :-)

If 'West London' means London Borough of Ealing, and you live there,
why not get a couple of hours of on-road cycle training for a nominal
£5 contribution?

Claimer: I am involved with this training. Email if you are eligible
and want more info.

Colin Mckenzie

--
The great advantage of not trusting statistics is that
it leaves you free to believe the damned lies instead!

Bicycle on the tube
 

Dave Arquati wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Sep 2004:

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.

I won't go near a bike in London since someone I loved was killed by a
careless van while riding her bike. No way.... and I hate it that
Husband cycles each day.
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 11 September 2004

Bicycle on the tube
 

In article ,
(Annabel Smyth) wrote:

Dave Arquati wrote to uk.transport.london on Mon, 13 Sep 2004:

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.

I won't go near a bike in London since someone I loved was killed by a
careless van while riding her bike. No way.... and I hate it that
Husband cycles each day.

Keep your eyes and ears peeled and use back streets where possible. That's
what I do.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Bicycle on the tube
 

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Dave Arquati wrote:

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!

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.

I'd agree strongly, especially since there is an excellent route for you -
the grand union canal towpath will get you all the way to Paddington, i
think, then you can use the Seven Stations cycle route to get to Euston.
The former is completely traffic-free; the latter is quite busy, but has
good cycle lanes.

Still, i understand entirely that it's not something you'd want to do
without having cycled in so long. Do have a go next time, though - cycling
shows you the city in a completely different light.

tom

--
Sorry. Went a bit Atari Teenage Riot there. -- Andrew

Bicycle on the tube
 

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:45:54 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:


I'd agree strongly, especially since there is an excellent route for you -
the grand union canal towpath will get you all the way to Paddington, i
think, then you can use the Seven Stations cycle route to get to Euston.
The former is completely traffic-free; the latter is quite busy, but has
good cycle lanes.

Still, i understand entirely that it's not something you'd want to do
without having cycled in so long. Do have a go next time, though - cycling
shows you the city in a completely different light.

tom

I regularly cycle from Kings Cross to Hammersmith (admittedly only on
Saturdays), and the Seven Stations is one of the routes I use. It's
not too bad, once I get away from the Euston Road.

If anyone would like to be shown the route, I leave Kings Cross at
8:40 on my Brompton -- in good weather only!

Regards,

Clive

--
Clive R Robertson -- AS/400 Programmer.

Webmaster of http://www.osterleypark.org.uk/ -- this describes
a beautiful National Trust property in West London.